You can output the MCF trace information acquired in the shared memory to the MCF trace file at a desired time. To start acquiring MCF trace information, use the mcftstrtr command. To end the acquisition of MCF trace information and output the information to the MCF trace file, use the mcftstptr command. Use these commands mainly to temporarily acquire MCF trace information when the disk output feature for MCF traces is defined not to be used (mcfttrc -t "disk=no").

The following figure gives an overview of outputting MCF trace information to the MCF trace file.

Figure 3-26 Overview of temporarily outputting MCF trace information