Dump a Communications Trace was a blog I wrote back in 2009. That article reviewed the support for dumping the trace data in “packet capture” (PCAP) format and hinted that the DMPCMNTRC command would likely be updated to support this feature (without the need for a data area).
(more…)In the 5.4 release, IBM introduced the Work with Traces (WRKTRC) command. This is a handy little utility that allows you to review all the traces that may be active on a partition, as well as a centralized interface for managing traces.
(more…)A recent enhancement to the 6.1 communications trace support allows the collected communications trace data to be dumped to a file in the packet capture (PCAP) format. The Dump Communications Trace (DMPCMNTRC) command was introduced in V5R3. This command lets you dump a communications trace to a stream file. Prior to the 6.1 enhancement, you could then print the dumped trace data with the Print Communications Trace command.
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