Viewing active log information


The Actives option of the logging environment modeling tool allows you to view information regarding the active log.

Before you begin

To view active log information, you must have the following authorizations:

  • EXECUTE authority for the BMC AMI Recovery Manager Db2 plan
  • Authority to use the Print Log Map utility

To view active log information

Start this procedure at the BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 Main Menu.

  1. In the BMC AMI Recovery for Db2 Main Menu, select 3. DB2 Subsystem Toolbox.
  2. In the Db2 Subsystem Toolbox panel, select 9. Logging environment.The Logging Environment panel is displayed.
  3. Select 2. Actives, select or verify your DASD type, and then press Enter. The logging environment modeling tool begins the analysis of the BSDS. Press Enter again to continue.The Active Log Information panel is displayed.

    ARMLG02A ============ Active Log Information - DGA3  ========= Row 1 to 3 of 3
    Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE
                                                                                 
       Total cyls of actives (1 and 2) :      600                                 
       Average hours of data in actives:    10.67                                 
       Minimum hours of data in actives:     0.10 From: 2022-02-28 MON 12:31:20  
                                                     To: 2022-02-28 MON 12:37:29  
         Current active log copy 1 data sets                                      
               Start time                 End time                Cyls     cyl/hr     
         -----------------------     -------------------------   ------   --------    
         2022-02-14 Mon 11:16:56.3   2022-02-14 Mon 11:22:09.3    660      19.60    
         2022-02-14 Mon 11:22:09.3   2022-02-14 Mon 11:27:09.1    660     571.43    
         2022-02-14 Mon 11:27:09.1   -- INVALID END TIME ---        0    UNKNOWN    
    ******************************* Bottom of data *******************************
  4. View the current information about the active log (for a list of field descriptions, see Active log field descriptions.)

Active log field descriptions

The following information describes each of the fields on the Active Log Information panel.

Option

Description

Total cyls of actives (1 and 2)

The total number of cylinders allocated to active logs. This includes copy 1 data sets and copy 2 data sets if they exist.

Average hours of data in actives

For all log data recorded in the BSDS, the average number of hours for which data was available in the active logs. This number is based on the current number of active log sets.

Minimum hours of data in actives

For all log data recorded in the BSDS, the minimum number of hours for which data was available in the active logs. This is the shortest time span in which all of the active logs were filled.

Start time

The start time for each active log, in the format yyyy-mm-dd wkd hh:nn:ss

End time

The end time for each active log is in the same format as Start time.

Cyls

The number of cylinders that this log would occupy if on DASD.

cyl/hr

The logging rate in cylinders per hour for each active log.

 

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