Capture for VM provides you with the following tools to assist you if a severe error occurs:
The following sections provide information on these tools.
Capture for VM puts a small amount of critical diagnostic data in a wraparound trace buffer during processing. Each trace buffer entry describes current data capture status. If a severe error occurs, the Capture program prints the trace buffer before termination. The printing of the trace buffer supplements the Capture program error message.
When an error occurs, you can run the Capture program with the TRACE option. When you use this option, IBM Replication writes trace information logic flow to STDOUT.
When Capture for VM terminates with a severe error, it saves critical diagnostic data in the CEEDUMP data set. This information is more detailed than the information in the Capture program trace buffer.