Using IPCS to view transaction trace output

Use the IPCS subcommand CTRACE COMP(SYSTTRC) to view transaction trace records. To obtain a sysplex TTrace stream, use the IPCS MERGE subcommand to format TTrace records from multiple input data sets. Any generalized trace facility (GTF) records imbedded in the TTrace records are processed without having to specify additional keywords to the above command. Figure 1 is an example of a short IPCS CTRACE COMP(SYSTTRC) SHORT command response.

Figure 1. Example: IPCS CTRACE COMP(SYSTTRC) SHORT response

ctrace comp(systtrc) short
COMPONENT TRACE SHORT FORMAT
COMP(SYSTTRC)
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SYSNAME   MNEMONIC  ENTRY ID  TIME STAMP       DESCRIPTION
-------   --------  --------  ---------------  ----------

SY1       TTCMD     00000002  14:17:20.833847  TRACE TT Command

SY1       TTCMD     00000002  14:18:11.611755  TRACE TT Command

SY1       EVENT     00000003  14:31:55.813125  TRACE EVENT

SY1       EVENT     00000003  14:31:55.899216  TRACE EVENT

SY1       EVENTU    00000005  14:31:56.378480  TRACE EVENT with User
                                                   Data

SY1       EVENTG    00000004  14:31:56.818367  TRACE EVENT with GTF
                                                   Data

Figure 2 is an example of a IPCS CTRACE COMP(SYSTTRC) LONG command response.

Figure 2. Example: IPCS CTRACE COMP(SYSTTRC) LONG response

ctrace comp(systtrc) full
COMPONENT TRACE FULL FORMAT
COMP(SYSTTRC)
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SYSNAME   MNEMONIC  ENTRY ID  TIME STAMP       DESCRIPTION
-------   --------  --------  ---------------  ----------
SY1       TTCMD     00000002  14:17:20.833847  TRACE TT Command
 CMDID.....0501
 COMMAND...TRACE TT,BUFSIZ=2M,USER=TESTERP1,TRAN=TRAN1,
 LVL=01

SY1       TTCMD     00000002  14:18:11.611755  TRACE TT Command
 CMDID.....0402
 COMMAND...TRACE TT,USER=DONNA*

SY1       EVENT     00000003  14:31:55.813125  TRACE EVENT

 COMPONENT..COMP      EVENTDESC..TTVAPIEA008       CMDID.....0501
 FUNCTION...TEST_ITZEVENT_WITH_FUNCTIONNAME.  TCB...007ED9C8
 ASID..0022
 TRACETOKEN..SY1       B2E447A3  F32E4048  05010100  00000000

SY1       EVENT     00000003  14:31:55.899216  TRACE EVENT

 COMPONENT..COMP      EVENTDESC..TTVAPIEA009       CMDID.....0000
 FUNCTION...................................  TCB...007ED7A8
 ASID..0022
 TRACETOKEN..          40404040  40404040  40404040  40404040
 LATENT workunit traced.

SY1       EVENTU    00000005  14:31:56.378480  TRACE EVENT with User
                                                       Data

 COMPONENT..COMP      EVENTDESC..TTVAPIEA003       CMDID.....0501
 FUNCTION...................................  TCB...007ED148
 ASID..0022
 TRACETOKEN..SY1       B2E447A3  F5D056C1  0105FF00  00000000
  +0000  E3C8C9E2  40C9E240  E3E340C4  C1E3C140 │ THIS IS TT DATA  │
  +0010  C6D6D940  C140E3D9  C1D5E2C1  C3E3C9D6 │ FOR A TRANSACTIO │
  +0020  D540E3D9  C1C3C540  D9C5C3D6  D9C44BE3 │ N TRACE RECORD.T │
  +0030  C8C9E240  C9E240E3  E340C4C1  E3C140C6 │ HIS IS TT DATA F │
  +0040  D6D940C1  40E3D9C1  D5E2C1C3  E3C9D6D5 │ OR A TRANSACTION │
  +0050  40E3D9C1  C3C540D9  C5C3D6D9  C44B     │  TRACE RECORD.   │

SY1       EVENTG    00000004  14:31:56.818367  TRACE EVENT with GTF
                                                       Data

 COMPONENT..COMP      EVENTDESC..TTVAPIEA004       CMDID.....0402
 FUNCTION...................................  TCB...007ED368
 ASID..0022
 TRACETOKEN..SY1       B2E447A3  F566F584  03030300  00000000
 HEXFORMAT AID FF FID 00 EID  E000
  +0000  E3C8C9E2  40C9E240  C7E3C640  C4C1E3C1 │ THIS IS GTF DATA │
  +0010  40C6D6D9  40C140E3  D9C1D5E2  C1C3E3C9 │  FOR A TRANSACTI │
  +0020  D6D540E3  D9C1C3C5  40D9C5C3  D6D9C44B │ ON TRACE RECORD. │
  +0030  E3C8C9E2  40C9E240  C7E3C640  C4C1E3C1 │ THIS IS GTF DATA │
  +0040  40C6D6D9  40C140E3  D9C1D5E2  C1C3E3C9 │  FOR A TRANSACTI │
  +0050  D6D540E3  D9C1C3C5  40D9C5C3  D6D9C44B │ ON TRACE RECORD. │