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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
The ability in CICS TS 4.2 and higher to allocate a very large internal trace table removes the need for aux tracing and hence avoid the problem entirely.
Hi Tony,
I know you are not talking about the internal trace but aux trace. My point is don't use Aux trace. Use a very large internal trace table above the bar, run the test, take a dump. Job done. No aux wrap problem and no internal trace wrap problem if you make it big enough.
This problem can be avoided entirely with CICS TS 4.2 and higher by allocating a very large internal trace table above the bar, running the test and taking an SDUMP, thus avoiding the AUX TRACE wrap problem. Please advise if this is an acceptable workaround.
Sorry... I'm not talking about the internal trace table, which wraps.
I'm talking about the DFHAUXT Auxiliary trace data set.
This data set can become full (and can also switch to DFHBUXT.)
CICS writes a message to the MVS and CICS logs - but these may not
be seen by the user who started and stopped the trace.