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4.4 Recommended Actions for Log Messages

The Message action field for a logged message describes the recommended action. In some cases, no action is required. For example, an exception message may not indicate an error, but it may provide background information that helps to identify the cause of a later problem message.

Common recommended actions include the following:

The following sections provide more information about some of these actions.

4.4.1 Contacting Support Personnel

The Message action field may recommend that you contact one of the following types of support personnel:

Support personnel for the remote system

Support personnel at the host system with which SNAP-IX TN3270 is communicating

Support services

Support personnel at the company from which you bought SNAP-IX TN3270

4.4.2 Sending Log and Trace Files to Support Personnel

If the recommended action for a message includes sending the log files and trace files to support services, provide the error and audit log files created when the error occurred. If tracing was enabled, provide the trace files as well.

If you were running SNAP-IX TN3270 with audit logging or exception logging (or both) disabled, attempt to reproduce the problem with all categories of logging enabled. If you reproduce the problem, provide the new log files that include all event categories.

Your configuration files may contain information that you do not want to make available to a third party. If the recommended action asks you to send the configuration file to third-party support services, you may want to remove some information before sending the file. Modify or blank out the parameters instead of removing them completely, and provide a note explaining which parameters have been modified when you send the file.

4.4.3 Operating System Return Codes

The return code from an operating system call is sometimes returned in the Message text field. The return code may be shown either as a symbolic name or as a numeric value. Check numeric values in the errno.h file on the computer where the error occurred to find the corresponding symbolic name. The symbolic names are listed in your operating system documentation.

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