Using system logger services

This chapter covers the information you need to write a system logger application, including the following topics:

• What is system logger?
• The system logger configuration.
• Overview of system logger services.
• IXGINVNT: Managing the LOGR policy.
• IXGCONN: Connecting to and disconnecting from a log stream.
• IXGWRITE: Writing to a log stream.
• IXGBRWSE: Browsing/reading a log stream.
• IXGDELET: Deleting log blocks from a log stream.
• IXGIMPRT: Import log blocks.
• IXGQUERY: Get information about a log stream or system logger.
• IXGOFFLD: Initiate offload to DASD log data sets.
• IXGUPDAT: Modify log stream control information.
• Setting up the system logger configuration.
• Reading data from log streams in data set format.
• When things go wrong — Recovery scenarios for system logger.