XLOG Transaction
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The XLOG transaction, associated with program DBUGLOGM, allows selected users to enable or disable the File Utility Audit Trail while Code Debug is active and to switch to a new generation of the data set while the File Utility Audit Trail is active. The following examples show the various screens displayed when the XLOG transaction is entered in different situations.
Code Debug CICS Not Active
If Code Debug CICS has not been initialized, the following figure will be displayed.
XLOG Screen with Code Debug CICS Not Active
Time: 16:48:48.0 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
CODE DEBUG CICS Audit Trail cannot execute, product is not active
Code Debug CICS Active, File Utility Audit Trail Not Active
If Code Debug is active, but the File Utility Audit Trail was not activated at product initialization or was terminated for some reason, the screen shown in the following figure will be displayed, allowing you to activate the File Utility Audit Trail.
XLOG Screen with Code Debug CICS Active, File Utility Audit Trail Not Active
Time: 17:07:53.8 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing is not active.
Do you wish to activate Auditing? ==> (Yes or No)
If you enter N (No), the File Utility Audit Trail will remain inactive, and the following figure will be displayed.
XLOG Screen after File Utility Audit Trail Not Activated
Time: 17:07:53.8 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing remains inactive.
If you enter Y (Yes), Code Debug will start the File Utility Audit Trail, and the following figure will be displayed.
XLOG Screen after File Utility Audit Trail Activated
Time: 17:24:04.2 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing has been activated.
Auditing is active.
Currently Writing to Dataset ’MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0935V00
Code Debug CICS Active, File Utility Audit Trail Active
If Code Debug and the File Utility Audit Trail are both active, the screen shown in the following figure will be displayed, allowing you to terminate the File Utility Audit Trail, switch to a new generation of the data set, or exit the XLOG transaction without making any changes.
XLOG Screen when File Utility Audit Trail is Active
Time: 16:52:12.8 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing is active.
Currently Writing to Dataset ’MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0935V00’
Do you wish to terminate or switch datasets? ==> (Term, Switch, Neither)
If you enter T (Term), Code Debug will terminate the File Utility Audit Trail, and the following figure will be displayed.
XLOG Screen when File Utility Audit Trail is Terminated
Time: 16:59:41.7 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing has been terminated.
Previously Writing to Dataset ’MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0935V00
If you enter S (Switch), the File Utility Audit Trail will remain active, the current generation of the data set will be closed, and logging will continue to a newly allocated generation of the data set. The following figure shows the screen displayed to verify that the data set has been switched.
XLOG Screen when Data set is Switched
Time: 17:39:26.3 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing has been switched.
Previously Writing to Dataset MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0935V00.
Auditing is active.
Currently Writing to Dataset ’MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0936V00’
If you enter N (Neither), the XLOG transaction will complete without terminating the File Utility Audit Trail or switching to a generation of data set. The following figure will be displayed.
XLOG Screen when Neither is Entered
Time: 16:52:12.8 Date: 12 MAR 2003 Term: A011 User: MYUSRID Applid: ACMEC123
Auditing remains active.
Currently Writing to Dataset ’MYUSRID.ACME.GDG.G0935V00