Navigating the Active log information panel


PACLOG enables you to view active log information, including:

  • Total cylinders of the active log
  • The average number of hours represented in the active logs
  • Minimum number of hours represented in the active logs
  • Start and end times of each active log

To view active log information

Start this procedure at the PACLOG Main Menu.

  1. In the PACLOG main menu panel, select 1. Logging environment - Display and/or model changes to DB2* logging
  2. In the Subsystem ID field, enter a subsystem ID and press Enter.The Logging Environment panel is displayed.

    ALMLG00A ============== Logging Environment  ===========================
    Command ===> __________________________________________________________________
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
    Type information. Then press Enter.                                           
                                                                                  
       Option . . . 2 1. Model       Display current statistics & model changes    
                      2. Actives     Display active log information                
                      3. Archives    Display archive log information               
                                                                                  
       DASD type. . 2 1. 3380        Device type used in rate calculations         
                      2. 3390
  3. For Option, enter 2. Actives, specify the DASD type in your environment, and press Enter.The Active Log Information panel is displayed.

    ALMLG02A ============ Active Log Information  ========= Row 1 to 3 of 3
    Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE
                                                                                  
       Total cyls of actives (1 and 2) :     3300                                  
       Average hours of data in actives:    0.440                                  
       Minimum hours of data in actives:    0.002  From: 2022-03-15 FRI 22:19:25.2
                                                     To: 2022-03-15 FRI 22:19:33.3
         Current active log copy 1 data sets                                       
               Start time                 End time            Cyls     cyl/hr      
         -----------------------   -----------------------   ------   --------     
         2022-03-15 Wed 13:35:33.0   2022-03-15 Wed 13:36:30.1    550   34137.93     
         2022-03-15 Wed 13:36:30.1   2022-03-15 Wed 13:39:24.5    550   11314.29     
         2022-03-15 Wed 13:39:24.5   --- INVALID END TIME --       0    UNKNOWN     
    ******************************* Bottom of data ********************************

Active log information panel field descriptions

This topic describes the fields on the Active Log Information panel.

Field

Description

Total cyls of actives (1 and 2)

This field displays 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, this field displays 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, this field displays the minimum number of hours for which data was available in the active logs. This is the shortest timespan in which all of the active logs were filled.

Start time

This field displays the start time for each active log, in the format yyyy-mm-dd wkd hh:nn:ss, where:

  • yyyy is the 4-digit year
  • mm is the month of the year
  • dd is the day of the month
  • wkd is the 3-character abbreviation of the day of the week
  • hh is hour of the day in military format
  • nn is minutes
  • ss is seconds

End time

This field displays the end time for each active log in the same format as Start time.

Cyls

This field displays the number of cylinders that this log occupies.

cyl/hr

This field displays the logging rate in cylinders per hour for each active log.


 

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