One solution I saw was using a Screen Scrapper process. Have a PC setup that only has SYSLOG streaming to it. Then have the screen scrapper monitor.
Of course, for a Mainframe, automation tools like CA OPS/MVS, IBM Tivoli, etc. is more efficient. They are looking for events and providing a way to action those events. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kacynski, Walt > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 6:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tail of MVS SYSLOG > > What I really implied was the ability to "tail -f" to continuously watch the > syslog for > new events and send them to an external system. I'm finding a lot of > solutions to > get at the system but we want to create a real-time alerting mechanism using > the > distributed tools that we already have available. There is commercial > software out > there, but this seems like a basic function on any modern enterprise operating > system. I'm guessing that it is just a matter of piecing together the parts > that > everyone has already built. > > Walter Kacynski > Web Infrastructure Administration > Auto-Owners Insurance > For support, please see Wiki > 517-703-2506 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Gilmartin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 02:18 PM > Subject: Re: Tail of MVS SYSLOG > > On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 19:51:57 +1100, Paul Gillis wrote: > > >The ops words were "I want to send this data to an external system for > >analysis." > So I saw no need for head/tail capability on z/OS. Might be roundabout but > works > fine for me & may work fine for the op. Just another way to get the data out > of > JES2 to where it can be used. > > > And yet the OP distinctly said, "tail". Perhaps the OP will clarify. > > Isn't there some sort of console surrogate on the OMVS Tools and Toys page? > > -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
