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Editing system entries


Before you can add, change, delete, recover, or save system entries in a logger definition member, you must first obtain the edit lock on the member.

To obtain the edit lock on a logger definition member, type EDIT on the COMMAND line and press Enter.

When the edit lock is obtained, the edit mode status field on the window information line changes from (00 BROWSE ) to (00 EDIT ) to indicate that the edit lock is active.

To add a system entry

  1. On the COMMAND line, type EDIT and press Enter to obtain the edit lock.
  2. Enter the ADD command in one of the following ways:
    • On the COMMAND line, type ADD sysname, where sysname is the unique name of a system where MainView Logger will run.
    • In the CMD field, type A next to a system entry that you want to use as a model.
  3. Press Enter.The Add a System Entry dialog is displayed.

    Add a System Entry dialog

     Add a System Entry in Parm Definition
     COMMAND ===>                                               SCROLL ===> PAGE
                                                                         MORE: +
      MVS System Name
      Description
      Mvlogger SSID                       Default Logger
      LOGSPACE
     Operation Section:
      Register Dataset         
      Log WTO Messages                    Compress Logfile
      Msg Filter member suffix            Max Msg per second
      Max Svc Dump to be taken            Multi Record
     Logfile Section:
      Logfile Prefix
      Storage Class                       Management Class
     Log File Allocation:                 (Recommendation 50 Cyl)
      Space Unit                          Cyl or Trk
      Quantities                          In above units
     DIV File Section:
      DIV Dataset Name
      Number of Blocks
  4. Enter information for the new system entry in the Add a System Entry dialog.For more information about the fields in this dialog, press the Help key.
  5. Press the END key to return to the LOGRDEF or LOGRDEFD view.

To change a system entry

  1. On the COMMAND line, type EDIT and press Enter to obtain the edit lock.
  2. Enter the CHAnge command in one of the following ways:
    • On the COMMAND line, type CHAnge sysname, where sysname is the name of the system entry that you want to modify.
    • In the CMD field, type C next to the system entry that you want to modify.
  3. Press Enter.The Change MVS System Entry dialog is displayed. This dialog is similar to the Add a System Entry dialog.
  4. Change the information for the system entry.You can change any value except the MVS System Name. For more information about the fields in the Change MVS System Entry dialog, press the Help key.
  5. Press the END key to return to the LOGRDEF or LOGRDEFD view.


 

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