_PKISERV_MSG_LEVEL subcomponents and message levels

The _PKISERV_MSG_LEVEL environment variable specifies the subcomponent and message level for logging messages.

The subcomponents are listed below:

Subcomponent	Meaning
*	The wildcard character (represents all subcomponents)
CORE	The core functions of PKI Services that are not specific to the other subcomponents
DB	Activity related to the object store or issued certificate list repositories
LDAP	LDAP posting operations
PKID	The PKI Services daemon address setup and infrastructure
POLICY	Certificate creation and revocation policy processing
SAF	SAF key ring, OCEP, and `R_datalib` calls
TPOLICY	Trust policy plug-in processing

The message levels are listed hierarchically below:

Debug level	Meaning
S	This indicates logging only severe messages.
E	This indicates logging severe and error messages.
W	This indicates logging severe, error, and warning messages. This is the default message level for all subcomponents if you do not set the environment variable.
I	This indicates logging severe, error, warning, and informational messages.
D	This indicates logging severe, error, warning, informational, and diagnostic messages.
V	This indicates logging all messages, including verbose diagnostic messages. This is very verbose. Guideline: Do not use V level unless IBM® support personnel instruct you to do so.

(For information about updating environment variables during configuration, see Optionally updating PKI Services environment variables.)

After PKI Services is up and running, if a problem occurs, the MVS™ programmer can:

Change the logging options dynamically - by using the MODIFY (or F) console command
Display the current settings - by using another MODIFY console command.