Check message and job logs

Information about integrated Windows® servers is logged in several places. If you have a problem, this information may help determine its cause.

Monitor job log

The Monitor job log (see the topic Monitor job) contains messages that vary from normal processing events to detailed error messages. To check this log, do this:

1. At the i5/OS™ command line, use the Work with active job (WRKACTJOB) command and find the job in the QSYSWRK subsystem with the same name as your network server. If the job does not appear on this display, the job has either ended or has not started.
2. If you find the job, use option 5 to work with the job and option 10 to display the job log.
3. Press F10 for detailed messages.
4. If you find useful information in the log, write down the job ID (all three parts: Name, User, and Number). Then print the log with this command: DSPJOBLOG JOB(number/user/name) OUTPUT(*PRINT).

Note:

If the problem caused your monitor job to end or you are debugging a problem that happened before the present monitor job, search for a spooled file that contains information in the previous job log. To find spooled files that deal with your network server, use this command: WRKSPLF SELECT(QSYS *ALL *ALL nwsd_name).

QVNAVARY job log

The QVNAVARY job log contains messages that deal with the vary on and vary off of the IXS or IXA attached network server description when you shut down and restart from of the network server description when you shut down and restart from Windows server. To check this log for shutdown and startup errors, do this:

1. At the i5/OS command line, use the Work with active job (WRKACTJOB) command and find the QVNAVARY job in the QSYSWRK subsystem.
2. Use option 5 to work with the job and option 10 to display the job log.

You can also use WRKJOB JOB(QVNAVARY).

For IXS or IXA attached xSeries® servers, a batch job using the name BTnwsdname is submitted to perform the vary off and vary on needed to 'reboot' the server.

Identify the qualified name of the job that was submitted in the QVNAVARY joblog. Locate the joblog for the submitted 'reboot' job by fully qualifying the jobname using WRKSPLF SELECT(*ALL) JOB(qualjobname).

List all 'reboot' jobs with WRKSPLF SELECT(*ALL) JOB(BTnwsdname)

Job log of the job that initiated a vary on or off

If a batch job or interactive user initiated a vary on or off of the NWSD from i5/OS, the log for that job might provide helpful information. For example, if you used a VRYCFG or WRKCFGSTS command, you can use the Display job (DSPJOB) command and option 10 to look at the job log.

Server message queue

If during the installation you specified a message queue for your network server, that message queue can provide helpful information.

1. If you need to verify whether you specified a message queue, at the i5/OS command line, type DSPNWSD NWSD(nwsd_name) and press Enter. If it is set to *none, only serious messages go to the QSYSOPR message queue.
2. If a message queue is specified, use this command on i5/OS to display the messages: DSPMSG MSGQ(library/queue)

System operator's message queue

The integrated server updates the system operator's message queue (QSYSOPR) with normal startup and shutdown messages in addition to failure messages. To display these messages from the character-based interface, enter DSPMSG QSYSOPR.

Communications message queue

iSCSI attached servers include a communications message queue parameter. If during the installation you specified a communications message queue for your network server, that message queue can provide helpful information about communications status messages.

1. If you need to verify what message queue was specfied, at the i5/OS command line, type DSPNWSD NWSD(nwsd_name) and press Enter. If the communications message queue is set to *SYSOPR, messages go to the QSYSOPR message queue.
2. If a communications message queue is specified, use this command on i5/OS to display the messages: DSPMSG MSGQ(library/queue)

Profile synchronization job log

The profile synchronization job log contains EIM and user profile enrollment messages. To check this log, enter WRKJOB QPRFSYNCH.