Retrieve information about tracing.
INQUIRE TRACEDEST .--------------------------. V | >>-INQUIRE TRACEDEST----+----------------------+-+------------->< +-AUXSTATUS(cvda)------+ +-CURAUXDS(data-area)--+ +-GTFSTATUS(cvda)------+ +-INTSTATUS(cvda)------+ +-SWITCHSTATUS(cvda)---+ '-TABLESIZE(data-area)-'
Conditions: NOTAUTH
For more information about the use of CVDAs, see CICS-value data areas (CVDAs).
The INQUIRE TRACEDEST command tells you where CICS trace entries are currently being written. There are three possible destinations, which can be used in any combination: the CICS internal trace table, the auxiliary trace data set, and the MVS Generalized Trace Facility (GTF). The number and types of trace entries are controlled by switch settings that you can determine with the INQUIRE TRACEFLAG and INQUIRE TRACETYPE commands.
If your CICS system is initialized to allow auxiliary tracing, it will have either a single auxiliary trace data set, known as the ‘A’ data set, or two, ‘A’ and ‘B’. The "current" or "active" one receives trace entries when auxiliary tracing is turned on, and the other, if there are two, is a standby, for use when the current one becomes full (see the SWITCHSTATUS option). If there is no auxiliary trace data set, the CURAUXDS value is blank.
CVDA values are: