Magic xpa Gateway Logs for Clients on IBM i (Magic xpa 3.x)

When working with Magic xpa client gateways, a job process is started under the MAGIC subsystem (TCP/IP) on IBM i. Each instance of the Magic xpa client has a separate job, named MGCLIENT. A Magic xpa job can be identified by the Status column in the WRKACTJOB screen. The Status column also shows the MGCLIENT job’s Time Wait (TIMW) duration.

When an IBM i application does not respond or when you receive an error message:

1. You should go to IBM i and check the Magic xpa log file for the current MGCLIENT job.

2. Enter the WRKACTJOB command to view all existing jobs on IBM i.
   Alternatively, search for Magic xpa jobs only by entering WRKACTJOB SBS(MAGIC).

   

3. Enter the Option 2, Change, command to view the job details.
   Alternatively, there is an option to change multiple jobs by specifying Option 2 for all desired jobs, typing the value Log(4 0 *SECLVL) and then pressing Enter.

   

4. You can use the Change Job command to change the Log level of the current job. The IBM i default value is None.

5. Click F10 to change the log level and then Page Up to display the Change Job screen.
   
   Note: Magic xpa uses JOBD(QDFTJOBD) , which has a Job Description and the default Message Logging level is (4 0 *NOLIST)
   Changing the User JOBD or QDFTJOBD to (4 0 *MSG) or (4 0 *SECLVL) will change the default Logging level for all of the jobs that start with this Job Description.

   

6. After changing the job, you should verify the updated log values by viewing the job log.