IBM VERSION 5 SY44-5902-05 - Manual (Page 114)

Product Activity Log (PAL)
The PAL is the general use system log containing entries for informational events,
thresholding incidents, dumps, and errors that need to trigger service actions. The
entries are full of basic and detailed information on the event in a somewhat raw
form.
This option is selected from the Start a Service Tool menu. It allows you to display
or print data that has been logged for various components of the system. It also
provides data summaries, allows data to be sorted, and allows you to work with
removable media statistics and display reference code descriptions. It was formerly
called the Error Log Utility.
Note: Some PAL entries regarding secondary logical partitions are written to the
PAL with respect to the primary partition.
Use the Product Activity Log option to:
v Analyze the log data of a specific subsystem. Some subsystem selections are:
– All logs
– Processor
– Magnetic media
– Local workstation
– Communications (SDLC, BSC, X.25, token ring, remote workstation, IDLC, if
supported by the system).
– Power
– Licensed program
– Licensed Internal Code
v Analyze all log data associated with the same log ID. The user must know the
log ID to use this function.
v Display summary information.
v Display information about a specific entry or a group of entries.
v Change Product Activity Log sizes.
v Display information about volume statistics for removable media.
v Review session or lifetime counters for a specific volume or removable media
type.
v Delete or print volume statistics lifetime counters.
You can send output to a:
v Printer (if available)
v Console display
In the limited paging environment, you cannot change PAL area sizes, work with
tape or diskette statistics, or examine session or lifetime counters for a specific
volume or removable media type.
The Service Action Log (SAL)
The Service Action Log (SAL) is a subset of the PAL. To access the SAL, select the
following options, in order, from a DST or SST menu:
v Start a service tool
v Hardware service manager
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