z/OS Communications Server
Obtaining a TELNET CTRACE and PKTTRACE to the TCPIP Dataspace


Obtaining a TELNET CTRACE to the TCPIP Dataspace

Start TCPIP CTRACE for Telnet
                                                                                                    
  TRACE CT,ON,COMP=SYSTCPIP,SUB=(tcpprocname)                                                                                          
  R xx,OPTIONS=(TELNET),END


* Recreate the failure *                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                   
Capture a SVC (console) dump with the following commands:                     
                                                  
DUMP COMM=(any name)                                                                                                               
R xx,JOBNAME=(tcpip),DSPNAME=('tcpip'.TCPIPDS1),CONT                                                                               
R xy,SDATA=(CSA,LSQA,PSA,RGN,SQA,SUM,SWA,TRT,LPA),END
                                                                             
                                                                                                                                   
Disabling the trace                                                                                                               
                                                            
TRACE CT,OFF,COMP=SYSTCPIP,SUB=(tcpprocname)

Sending the documantation for review                                                                                                        
                                                           
The TRSMAIN program should be used to terse all dumps and traces sent                                                              
to us.  IBM support is trying to convert to this process since it will                                                             
make dataset processing by you, the customer, compatible with all IBM                                                              
Support Centers.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
Procedure to obtain a copy of TRSMAIN (MVS terse program)                                                                          
     FTP service.software.ibm.com                                                                                                  
     USER: anonymous                                                                                                               
     PASSWORD: *****                                                                 Where ***** = any E-mail address                                                                   
     CD s390/mvs/tools/packlib/                                                                                                    
     There are two files:  README.TXT and TRSMAIN                                                                                  
     See README.TXT file for detailed instructions                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                   
Procedure to SEND doc to/from TCPIP Level 2 support via FTP.                                                                       
     ftp testcase.software.ibm.com (timeout 720                                                                                    
     USER: anonymous
     PASSWORD: *****                                                                Where ***** = any E-mail address                                                              
     cd s390/toibm/tcpip                                                                                                           
     mkdir nnnnn                                                                         Where nnnnn is the 5 digit PMR number                                                                               
     cd nnnnn                                                                              Enter newly created sub-directory                                                                     
     bin                                                                                       Set transfer mode to binary                                                                           
     put @@@@@                                                                     Where:@@@@@ = the dump/trace file name