Have (or create from sandbox) a simple/failsafe version of the VTAN proc.
Export the spool files and import into sandbox or other lpar.
I suspect there are sufficwnt breadcrumbs in a standalone dump.

Test changes to VTAM proc by running it via a job before you shutdown.

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> Dave,
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> It was VTAM that would not come up due to a JCL error. We could not sign on
> to that LPAR and access JES. I was researching if I could see the JCL error 
> via a
> GTF trace. Sounding like I will not be able to do that.
> 
> In this case, starting the VTAM STC again with S <VTAM>, SUB=MSTR would
> write the JCL error to the console.
> 
> The issue has been resolved, just researching what other methods I could have
> used…
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