3.3. OPERLOG

In SDSF the OPERLOG panel displays the merged, sysplex-wide system message log. Parameters of the LOG command allow users to choose the OPERLOG panel or the single-system SYSLOG panel.

The OPERLOG panel displays the data from a log stream, a collection of log data used by the MVS System Logger to provide the merged, sysplex-wide log.

Each individual product has its own log file on the z/OS platform. These log files may contain data that may be valuable when diagnosing a problem. It is particularly important to look for events that precede an actual abend or failure because the problem, in many cases, will have been caused by a previous action. Figure 3-2 shows the SYSOUT data sets that might be associated with a CICS address space. ...

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