Starting client tracing

To start tracing the Client daemon, enter:
        cicscli -d
To trace the Client daemon from the startup sequence, enter the -s and -d options together:
        cicscli -d -s

The Client daemon writes trace entries to the cicscli.bin file in the <install_path>\bin subdirectory. New trace entries overwrite any existing entries in the trace file. If required, make a backup copy of the old trace file before you start tracing.

Performance while tracing is on can be improved by using memory mapped tracing. With memory mapped tracing, data is stored initially in memory, and flushed to disk by the operating system's paging mechanism. For more information, see Memory mapped tracing.

To use memory mapped tracing, do the following:
  1. Turn on wrapping trace by setting the Client trace file wrap size (KB) field in the Configuration Tool to a value greater than 0; see Client trace file wrap size (KB) for details of the field setting.
  2. When you turn on tracing, specify the -b option as well as the other options, for example:
    cicscli -d -b
    or
    cicscli -d -m=component_list -b

Use the cicsftrc utility to format the trace file; see Formatting the binary trace file.