Trace Items Tab

The Trace Items tab has several items that must be selected and configured for the Trace application to operate properly.

List of Trace Items

The following components can be configured for tracing.

  • SNA applications

  • SNA Manager Client

  • SNA Manager Agent (MngAgent)

  • DB2 Network Library

Trace Items - Properties

Properties displays the Trace Properties Sheet that contains an Internal Trace, Message Trace, API Trace or the TN3270 Internal Trace tab depending on the Trace Item that was selected.

From the Internal Trace, Message Trace, API Trace and TN3270 Internal Trace tabs, you can either select a single item or click Set All.

To set Server trace properties

  1. On the Tools menu, click Trace Initiator.

  2. Click a component to trace from the list of Trace items.

  3. Click Properties.

  4. Click the appropriate trace tab.

  5. Click the appropriate options for the trace, and then click Apply.

Trace Items - Clear All Traces

Clear All Traces will clear all trace settings and stop any running traces. If you only want to clear a specific trace item, double-click the item or select the item and click Properties. Then click Clear All.

When you select Clear all Traces, you will be presented with a dialog box to verify that you want to clear all trace setting.

Trace Items - Purge All Trace Files

Purge All Trace Files will delete all trace files from the Traces folder that is designated in the Trace File Directory tab.

When you select Purge All Trace Files, you will be presented with a dialog box to verify that you want to delete all trace files. If you purge all trace files, the trace settings are not deleted.