CEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE

Show the MVS™ Generalized Tracing Facility (GTF) status.

In the CICS Explorer, the Regions operations view provides a functional equivalent to this command.

Description

The CEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE command shows whether CICS® tracing to the MVS Generalized Tracing Facility (GTF) is started or stopped.

This command is intended for use at terminals that do not support the CETR full-screen tracing transaction.

For background information about GTF tracing, see CICS GTF trace.

Input

Press the Clear key and type CEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE (or suitable abbreviations for the keywords).

The resulting display is similar to the following example. To change the displayed value, tab to the highlighted field and overtype it as required.

Sample screen

Figure 1. CEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE screen
  IN GTFTRA
  STATUS:  RESULTS - OVERTYPE TO MODIFY
   Gtf Sto

If you place the cursor against the result and press ENTER, CICS displays an expanded format, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. The expanded display
 IN GTFT
 RESULT - OVERTYPE TO MODIFY
   Gtftrace
   Status( Stop )

CEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramCEMT INQUIRE GTFTRACE STARTSTOP

Displayed fields

GTFTRACE
Indicates that this panel relates to a GTFTRACE inquiry.
STATUS
Displays the status of CICS tracing to the MVS Generalized Tracing Facility (GTF). The values are:
START
CICS tracing to the MVS Generalized Tracing Facility (GTF) is in progress.
STOP
CICS tracing to the MVS Generalized Tracing Facility (GTF) is not in progress.