SNA NRJE Node Managers Guide (30292-90007)

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SNA NRJE Troubleshooting
The Tracing Facility
to a disk file. The trace file name can be specified as an argument to any
of the commands used to start tracing. Naming the file this way allows
the contents of the file to be overwritten each time a new trace is
started (no warning is issued). Or you can let the default name be
assigned: NMTC
nnnn .PUB.SYS, where nnnn is a number from 0000
through 9999.
The trace file can be formatted through the NMDUMP utility. Using
NMDUMP for SNA NRJE is described later in this chapter. More
detailed information about NMDUMP is contained in the SNA Link
Services Reference Manual (for MPE V) and in Using the Node
Management Services Utilities (for MPE XL).
NOTE Although the format of the default trace file name is the same for all
types of tracing, the same default file name will not be assigned for
more than one trace. This is because the default trace file name is
automatically assigned in numerical order. For example, suppose the
last default trace file name assigned was NMTC0004.PUB.SYS. If you
started SNA Transport intrinsic tracing, and did not specify a trace file
name, the default name NMTC0005.PUB.SYS would be assigned. Then, if
you started SNA NRJE intrinsic tracing without specifying a trace file
name, the default name NMTC0006.PUB.SYS would be assigned. Finally,
if you started NRJE LU tracing, and did not specify a file name, the
default name NMTC0007.PUB.SYS would be assigned.
Remember, this applies only when you are using the default file-naming
scheme.