Use the records in the logrec data set or the logrec log stream as additional information when a dump is produced. The information in the records will point you in the right direction while supplying you with symptom data about the failure. Figure 1 shows the error processing for a logrec data set, named SYS1.LOGREC, which is the default name for the logrec data set.
You can set your system up to record errors on either a logrec data set or in a logrec log stream. This topic tells you what you need to know about each medium before deciding how to collect error records. To use the logrec data set or a logrec log stream, you need to know how to initialize each of them, how to record system events on each of them, how to collect the data when it is available, and how to interpret the output through EREP.
- Choosing the correct logrec recording medium
- Initializing and reinitializing the logrec data set
- Defining a logrec log stream
- Error recording contents
- Obtaining information from the logrec data set
- Obtaining records from the logrec log stream
- Obtaining information from the logrec recording control buffer
- Interpreting software records