Processing Traces in Batch Mode

You can process traces in batch mode by running IPCS under the TSO/E terminal monitor program (TMP) in a batch job. Since it can take a long time to process all of the trace records in a large trace file, use of batch mode for filtering the records and producing a readable output file can be helpful by not tying up the debugger's TSO session the entire time. This section discusses only the batch mode features specifically applicable to NFS traces. For general information on the use of batch mode, see z/OS MVS IPCS User's Guide.

The trace analysis can be submitted from the NFS Filtering Criteria panel by specifying "Y" in the "Batch Processing" field on the menu.

When batch processing is selected from the NFS Filtering Criteria panel, that panel will be followed by an IPCS Batch Job Parameters panel, with contents similar to this example:

GFSNBTP1-----------------     IPCS Batch Job Parameters     ----------------------
COMMAND ===>

Job statement information

//IBMUSER# JOB  ,NOTIFY=&SYSUID,
//    MSGCLASS=H,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),REGION=2M,CLASS=A
//*
//*
IPCSDDIR  => SYS1.IPCS.DIR
DUMPDSN   => 'VNDRCVQ.CT.NFSC'
COMP      => MVSNFSC
STEPLIB
//STEPLIB  DD DSN=SYS1.LINKLIB,DISP=SHR
//*
IPCSPRNT
//IPCSPRNT DD SYSOUT=*
//*
Start time  ===> 02/23/07,12:00:00.000000 (mm/dd/yy,hh:mm:ss.dddddd or
Stop time   ===> 02/24/07,12:00:00.000000  mm/dd/yy,hh.mm.ss.dddddd)

Edit generated JOB ?  ===> N (Y/N)

After update press  ENTER or  END/PF3.

The information from this panel is used together with a skeleton file for building the JCL to be submitted for the batch job. If desired, you can edit the JCL before it is submitted. This is done by specifying "Y" on the "Edit generated JOB ?" line. The default for this option is N. Once the JCL has been edited, you can submit the job by issuing the SUBMIT command on the editor command line.