4.7. SYSTRACE, RMFMON, and SDSF

The trace and dump process should be used as a dynamic tool to gather information at the time a problem is occurring.

Comparing the dump time with the time of the last trace entry for a specific ASID can indicate a hang condition if the ASID is not generating any trace entries.

Figure 4-2 shows an example of using IPCS to format the System Trace Table by issuing the SYSTRACE command from the IPCS Subcommand Entry panel. This displays the trace data for ASID that was dumped.

Figure 4-2. Primary ASID System Trace Table data
00 00A1 007C1588 SSRV 78 8134CE6E 0000FD03 00001E00 007AE200 00A10000 00 00A1 007C1588 SSRV 78 8134A9CA 0000FF12 00000010 007BC0F0 00A10000 00 00A1 007C1588 SVCR 7A 078D1000 800399BE 00000000 ...

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