After you customize and install procedure MFAGTF you can test out the procedure by issuing the following z/OS START command at a system console or using the TSO/ISPF SDSF command facility:
S MFAGTF.MYGTF
GTF will start and read the GTFCNTL parameter file. When the initialization complete message is issued GTF is ready to record trace data.
S MFAGTF.MYGTF $HASP100 MFAGTF ON STCINRDR IEF695I START MFAGTF WITH JOBNAME MFAGTF IS ASSIGNED TO USER RWITEK, GROUP CSIDVLP $HASP373 MFAGTF STARTED IEF403I MFAGTF - STARTED - TIME=19.08.44 AHL121I TRACE OPTION INPUT INDICATED FROM MEMBER GTFCNTL OF PDS <hlq>.CNTL TRACE=USRP USR=(FF1,FEF,0E9) END AHL103I TRACE OPTIONS SELECTED --USR=(FEF,FF1,0E9) AHL906I THE OUTPUT BLOCK SIZE OF 27998 WILL BE USED FOR OUTPUT 228 DATA SETS: <hlq>.TRACE AHL080I GTF STORAGE USED FOR GTF DATA: 229 GTFBLOCK STORAGE 82K BYTES (BLOK= 40K) PRIVATE STORAGE 1038K BYTES SADMP HISTORY 54K BYTES (SADMP= 40K) SDUMP HISTORY 54K BYTES (SDUMP= 40K) ABEND DUMP DATA 0K BYTES (ABDUMP= 0K) AHL031I GTF INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
You stop GTF by issuing the following z/OS STOP command at a system console or using the TSO/ISPF SDSF command facility:
P MYGTF
GTF acknowledges the stop command and closes down, as shown in the following example:
P MYGTF AHL006I GTF ACKNOWLEDGES STOP COMMAND IEF404I MFAGTF - ENDED - TIME=19.10.31 $HASP395 MFAGTF ENDED $HASP250 MFAGTF PURGED -- (JOB KEY WAS B9C101AA)