IBM Enterprise Console manual Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter, Logging Events in Test Mode

Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter

If a problem occurs with the AS/400 adapter, you can perform problem determination by investigating the job the adapter is running in. Each time you start an AS/400 adapter, a batch job is started. You can view the adapter job by issuing the following command:

WRKJOB JOB(name)

Where name is the name of the adapter job that matches the name specified on the STRTECADP command. This displays the Work with Job dialog.

Note: Several adapter jobs might have existed on your AS/400 with the same name as the current adapter job. In this case, you are first presented with a list of jobs to choose from. Select the most recent job from the list.

From the Work with Job dialog, you can select option 10 to display the job log, or if the job has ended (selecting option 10 tells you so), you can view the job log that was generated by selecting option 4.

Examine the job log for messages indicating the error that occurred and follow the corrective action specified. For further assistance, contact Customer Support.

Logging Events in Test Mode

The file to which events are logged in test mode (instead of being sent to an event server) is created with a record length of 240 bytes if it does not exist. Because an event written to this file does not wrap to a new line if it is longer than 240 bytes, it is truncated. To avoid truncation, create the file ahead of time using the CRTPF or CRTSRCPF commands and specify a large enough record length to accommodate your events. To utilize this file, ensure it is specified for the ServerLocation keyword. For additional information, see the ServerLocation and TestMode keywords on pages 13 and 14, respectively.

Also, be sure that you use the proper format, ABCLIB/TECMSGS (Library/Filename). If the file does not exist, it is created automatically.

TCP/IP Considerations

Ensure that the event server and the AS/400 system are configured in your network Name Server, and that the AS/400 system is configured to resolve to the Name Server.

If you do not use a Name Server in your network, make sure that an entry exists on the AS/400 system in the TCP/IP host table for both the event server and the AS/400 system. Use the following commands to do this:

ADDTCPHTE INTNETADR(event server protocol address)

HOSTNAME((event server host name))

TEXT(’Tivoli Enterprise Console event server’)

ADDTCPHTE INTNETADR(AS/400 protocol address)

HOSTNAME((AS/400 host name)) TEXT(‘AS/400’)

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