Overview of using BMC AMI Log Analyzer for IMS
To use
BMC AMI Log Analyzer for IMS
, you must prepare and submit an analysis job, work with resulting LUOWs (if applicable) and log records, and (if necessary) refine results.
Before you begin
Complete the following tasks:
- Install and customize the product libraries. For more information, see the Installation System documentation.
- Configure product components. Configuration tasks include handling the product authorization password and configuring the CLIST that is used to invoke the ISPF interface. For more information, see the customization guide.
- Depending on how security is managed for resources in your environment, you might need to be granted authority to create Log Analyzer files. For more information, see the customization guide.
To use Log Analyzer
- Create a batch job that performs an automated analysis of your data by using either of the following methods:
Specify JCL and control statements manually by using ISPF EDIT functions. For more information, see Working-with-BMC-AMI-Log-Analyzer-for-IMS-jobs.
Log Analyzer provides samples that you can copy and modify. For more information, see Samples.
- Build JCL and control statements interactively by using the Log Analyzer ISPF interface. For more information, see Building-BMC-AMI-Log-Analyzer-JCL-by-using-the-ISPF-interface.
Submit the analysis job for execution.If you have selected LUOW-based reports, the result of the analysis job is a set of LUOWs that Log Analyzer has created and the log records that are associated with those LUOWs. Log Analyzer can also write batch reports and prepare information for analysis through the ISPF interface.
If you have selected a single-record report, the result of the analysis job is a batch report that contains information about that record.
- Work with the information by using an applicable method:
- If you have selected LUOW-based reports, you can view batch reports that provide information about LUOWs and their associated log records. For more information, see Working-with-batch-reports.
- If you have selected LUOW-based reports, you can use the Log Analyzer ISPF interface to work with LUOWs and log records interactively. For more information, see Working-with-reports-in-the-ISPF-interface.
- If you have selected a single-record report, you can view the batch report. For more information, see Working-with-batch-reports.
- If the automated analysis did not produce all of the results that you want, change the control statements in the JCL and continue the process at Step 2.For suggestions about changes to achieve the results that you want, see Refining-the-results-of-automated-analysis.
Where to go from here
If a problem (such as abnormal termination) occurs, see Troubleshooting-and-FAQs.