Message Broker Open trace

1. Stop the broker.
mqsistop <BrokerName>

Where <BrokerName> is the name of your broker.

2. Enable broker agent trace.
mqsichangetrace <BrokerName> -t -b -l debug -c <file size in KB>

3. Enable the Execution Group startup trace.
mqsichangetrace <BrokerName> -t -e <EGName> -l debug -c <file size in KB>

Where <BrokerName> is the name of your broker.
This command can be run even when broker / EG are in stopped state.

4. Start the broker to recreate the problem.

5. Turn off trace

mqsichangetrace <BrokerName> -t -b -l none
mqsichangetrace <BrokerName> -t -e <EGName> -l none

6. Retrieve the trace log for specified component.

mqsireadlog <BrokerName> -t -b agent -f -o agent.xml
mqsireadlog <BrokerName> -t -e <EGName> -f -o <EGname>.xml

7. Format the XML log file

mqsiformatlog -i agent.xml -o agent.txt
mqsiformatlog -i <EGName>.xml -o <EGName>.txt

8. After a PMR is open, submit the files agent.txt and <EGName>.txt to IBM Support.