Message log (Option M)

Overview

Adabas Audit Data Retrieval started tasks and batch utilities write messages which have the prefix IRM. These messages are written to JES and to the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval message database.

You can display the messages in the Adabas Audit Data Retrieval message database online. How to do this is described in this section.

To delete obsolete messages from the database, the log messages cleanup batch utility (B97DELOG) should be run at regular intervals. For more information on this batch utility, see "B97DELOG: Log messages cleanup batch utility".

Displaying the message log

To display Adabas Audit Data Retrieval messages online:

  1. From the Primary Selection Menu, choose option M.
  2. Enter selection criteria in the displayed selection panel and press ENTER.
    • You must enter values either in the Select from Last or in the Start/End Date fields.
    • All other fields are optional.

Select Log Messages panel

PE97MS00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 Command ===> _________________________________________________________________

 Select Log Messages

 Select from Last ===> __ hours__ 01-99 (H)ours or (M)inutes
 or blank to define Start/End

 Start Date (MM/DD/YYYY) ===> MONDAY____ Start Time ===> ........
 End Date (MM/DD/YYYY) ===> MONDAY.... End Time ===> ........


 Optional Selection Criteria:

 Message Number ===> IRM1700...
 Message Text ===> ........................................




 Press the ENTER key to display the message log table.
 Press the END key to return to the previous menu.

Fields

Field

Description

Select from Last /
Start/End Date /
Start/End Time

Enter values to select messages that were logged within the specified time range.

For more information on legal values, see the field descriptions of the List/Report Selection panel in "List/Report Selection Panel (Option 1)".

Message Number

Enter a message number including the prefix or a mask.

Message Text

Enter a string or a mask.

Example

Enter the following to display all warning messages of the previous day:

  • Start Date = Yesterday
  • End Date = Yesterday
  • Message Number = IRM%%%%W

Log Messages table

PE97MS05 ----------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 6
 Command ===> _______________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR_.

 Display Log Messages

 Date Time Msg-ID Message Text
 01/18/2021 08:45:06 IRM7004W SERVER : SELECT TIMEOUT
 01/18/2021 08:45:08 IRM7004W SERVER : SELECT TIMEOUT
 01/18/2021 08:45:09 IRM7004W SERVER : SELECT TIMEOUT
 01/18/2021 08:45:11 IRM7004W SERVER : SELECT TIMEOUT
 01/18/2021 08:45:13 IRM7004W SERVER : SELECT TIMEOUT
 01/18/2021 18:18:59 IRM1718W INDEX EXTRACTION OUT OF RECORD BOUNDARY ON PAGE 12
******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ********************************

You can use PF11 (RIGHT) and PF10 (LEFT) for horizontal scrolling in order to display messages that are longer than the column width.