TRACE and REPLY commands

The following tables indicate the parameters you can specify on TRACE CT commands and a REPLY.

Parameters Allowed on TRACE CT for trace?
ON or OFF One is required
nnnnK, nnnnM Yes
COMP Required
SUB No
PARM Yes
Parameters Allowed on TRACE CT for Writer?
WTRSTART or WTRSTOP One is required, if a writer is being used
Parameters Allowed on REPLY for trace?
ASID Yes
JOBNAME Yes
OPTIONS Yes
WTR Yes

The WTR and WTRSTART parameters can be used in a parmlib member specified on the TRACE CT command. The parameters cannot be specified in a parmlib member that is read at IPL because the external writer is not available when the IOS component is defined.