Using the VIT analysis tool

This topic includes the following subtopics:

You can use the VIT analysis tool to obtain information about a VTAM® internal trace (VIT) that you have recorded on or transferred to an external device. The tool provides the following functions:

Storage analysis
Request and response unit (RU) counting
VIT extraction

You can choose to process only the VIT records that fall within a given time range in the trace record. In addition, you can choose to:

Add a title and a short description to the first page of each report.
Format the output.
Create a mini report at a specified interval.

For information on required target data sets for the tool, see z/OS Communications Server: New Function Summary. If you want a customized interface to be active to select the trace analysis commands of the VTAM program, see z/OS Communications Server: New Function Summary for information.

If you experience problems that you suspect to be related to the VIT analysis tool, see VTAM internal trace (VIT) analysis tool problems for help.