In the i5/ OS v5r3 time frame the Rochester’s eSupport web team developed the Communications Trace Analyzer, a client/ server tool to do automated analysis on Communications Traces. This tool is a java based tool that uses a Rules Based Language (ABLE) for determining the possible causes of a problem in the network. The tool diagnoses the most common types of TCP/ IP communication problems in an IP network.

In i5/ OS v5r4 this tool was migrated to the base operating system. By having specialized agents for each of the problems, supplying a master agent that gathers all the information and produces the final analysis, and providing an easy to use user interface this tool has proven to be a powerful resource for problem determination in the field of communications.

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. Install Communications Trace Analyzer in v5r4.
2. Use Communications Trace Analyzer to find problems on their network.