Using logs

There are a variety of logs that you can use to help with problem determination and troubleshooting.

Use the following links to find out about the logs available for your platform and how to use them:
[z/OS]On z/OS® error messages are written to:
  • The z/OS system console
  • The channel-initiator job log

It is possible to suppress or exclude some messages on both distributed and z/OS systems.

For details of suppressing some messages on distributed systems, see Suppressing channel error messages from error logs.

[z/OS]On z/OS, if you are using the z/OS message processing facility to suppress messages, the console messages can be suppressed. See IBM MQ for z/OS concepts for more information.

[z/OS] For information about error messages, console logs, and dumps on IBM MQ for z/OS, see Problem determination on z/OS.