Re: Admin 101 -- Logs

[Al Mac <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

WRKSYSVAL F4 & *PRINT the sucker ... it marks all the stuff that no longer 
agree with how it came out of 400 box, then you can go view those on-line 
to see what the heck they do for you.

When you do an IPL, the QSYSOPR jobq gets cleared, along with some other 
ones specified by WRKSYSVAL for where various kinds of stuff to go.  Or 
perhaps you have GO POWER do the IPLs for you, on some schedule.

Check GO CLEANUP to see how long the logs get kept before getting wiped.

DSPLOG F4 will let you see data that is inside that window.  Cursor on line 
then F1 to find interesting details ... identify the message #s, then 
DSPLOG F4 F10 scroll to see where to key in the message #s, so as to see 
ONLT the stuff with those message #s.

If you view the DSPLOG associated with time of IPL, you can see all kinds 
of stuff trying to start, failing to start.  WRKSYSVAL has a setting where 
you might be using some start up other than what came out of IBM box.

WRKOUTQ & enter to see all the OUTQ ... there should be some for JOBLOGS 
DUMP files and other geeky stuff, depending on how often you clean that 
stuff out.

WRKPRB is sometimes informative.

Al Mac