HP 3000 Manuals

HP Performance Collection Software User's Manual (for MPE Systems)

LOGFILE 

LOGFILE [logfile]

For many UTILITY program functions, a log file must be opened.  This can
be accomplished by explicitly issuing the LOG command or implicitly by
issuing some other commands.  If a log file name is not provided, the
default LOGGLOB.SCOPE.SYS is used.

You can specify the name of either a raw or extracted log file.  If you
specify an extracted log file name, all information is obtained from this
single file.  If you specify a raw log file name, you must specify the
name of the global log file, even if you were not logging global data.

The other raw log files are assumed to be in the same group as the global
log file.  They have the following names:

LOGGLOB      Global log file.

LOGAPPL      Application log file.

LOGPROC      Process log file.

LOGDISC      Disc Space log file.

LOGINDX      Index file (MPE/iX only).

Once a log file is opened successfully, a report is printed or displayed
showing the general content of the log file (or log files), as in the
following example:

     GLOBAL      FILE: LOGGLOB.SCOPE.SYS           VERSION B
     APPLICATION FILE: LOGAPPL.SCOPE.SYS
     PROCESS     FILE: LOGPROC.SCOPE.SYS
     DISC SPACE  FILE: LOGDISC.SCOPE.SYS
     INDEX       FILE: LOGINDX.SCOPE.SYS
     SYSTEM ID: COOKIE PTC Hewlett-Packard SERIES 950

     DATA COLLECTOR: XL B.02.00
     DATA COVERS:   129 DAYS FROM 01/03/90 TO 05/11/90
     GLOBAL APPLICATION PROCESS DISCSPACE DATA RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE

     THE FIRST GLOBAL      RECORD IS ON 01/03/90 AT 12:40 PM
     THE FIRST APPLICATION RECORD IS ON 01/03/90 AT 12:40 PM
     THE FIRST PROCESS     RECORD IS ON 01/22/90 AT 10:42 AM
     THE FIRST DISC SPACE  RECORD IS ON 08/11/89 AT  6:16 PM

You can verify the log file that you opened with the SHOW command, as
described later.

You can open another log file at any time by entering another LOG or
LOGFILE command.  Any currently open log file is closed before the new
log file is opened.

The following commands require a log file to be opened:

       SCAN
       RESIZE
       CONVERT

If no log file is currently open, the following commands do an implicit
LOGFILE command:

       SCAN
       RESIZE
       CONVERT
       CREATE (following the creation of new raw log files) 


Caution  Do not rename raw log files!  Access to these files assumes the
         standard log file names are in effect.  If you must rename log
         files--for example to place log files from multiple systems on
         the same HP 3000 for analysis--first extract the data, then
         rename the extracted log files.


You can use a file equation to open an extracted log file, but you should
not use file equations to access raw log files.


NOTE  If you must have more than one set of raw log files on the same HP
      3000 system, create a separate group for each set of files.
      Although the log file names cannot be changed, the group and
      account do not have to be SCOPE.SYS. If you wish to alter the log
      files in any way, you must be logged on to the group where the log
      files reside and have read/write access to all the log files.

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