Using Log Analyzer to diagnose problems and answer questions
You can use Log Analyzer to diagnose a variety of typical and atypical problems and answer a wide range of questions that can arise in IMS environments.
The examples and scenarios that are described in this chapter represent only a small fraction of the situations that you can handle efficiently and effectively with Log Analyzer:
- Auditing-user-actions explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer provides information for internal and external audits.
- Viewing-database-update-activities explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer provides information for analyzing actions that have updated IMS databases.
- Analyzing-message-switching-transactions-and-MSC-traffic explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer provides information for analysis of message-switching transactions and traffic in systems that are participating in a multiple system coupling (MSC) network.
- Filtering-LUOWs-by-elapsed-time explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer provides information for analysis of LUOWs, based on the overall amount of time that has elapsed for the LUOW.
- Identifying-abnormal-terminations-abends explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer provides information about LUOWs that have experienced abends.
- Working-with-DL-I-call-trace-information explains scenarios in which Log Analyzer can help you analyze the information that is returned from a trace of DL/I calls.
- Obtaining-information-about-application-checkpoints explains how Log Analyzer can help you determine whether applications are issuing too many checkpoints.
If you are confronted with a situation that you are not sure about how to approach, you can contact BMC Customer Support for advice and guidance.
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