On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:43:09 -0500, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote:
>When I need to capture the "current" z/OS SYSLOG to a data set, I do it by >going into SDSF DA. I then SORT ASID to get *MASTER* to the top. I then put >a ? in front of it to show the SYSLOG entry, which I can then use like an >XD command to copy to disk. But I've noticed something "weird". I have two >members in my Sysplex (basic). For one *MASTER*, I see a DD name of >SYSLOG02 and a STEP name of RESOLVER. For the other *MASTER*, I see a DD >name of SYSLOG02, but a STEP name of BPXOINIT. > >I think that I understand the SYSLOG02. SYSLOGnn, where "nn" ranges from 01 >up and basically increments each time a SYSLOG output is spun off (or a W >command is issued). > >But where does the STEP name come from? Each of my systems seems to be >consistent. I.e. SY1 always shows RESOLVER, even after an IPL. And SY2 >always shows BPXOINIT, even after an IPL. At least as best as my memory >goes. > >I'm just really curious about this oddity. Does anybody out there have >something different? What? And Why??? > I noticed this many years ago. The step name comes from the last STC started with SUB=MSTR. Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
