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Avoid arbitrary MEMLIMIT=NOLIMIT assignments to REGION=0M jobs

Our IEFUSI->SMFLIMxx conversion was halted by an unpredictable design choice, which is: An implicit MEMLIMIT=NOLIMIT default when REGION=0M that *overrides* the explicit MEMLIMIT default in SMRPRMxx. This creates problems, such as: If a user...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Delivered

switch from IEFUSI to SMFLIM

Hi IBM, today we use IEFUSI to adjust Region Limit and Region Size for z/OS Address Spaces.With this Exit, we also make sure that we have a sufficiently large difference between Region Limit (LDALIMIT/LDAELIM) and Region Size (LDAVVRG/LDAEVVRG). z...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Delivered

Need SMFLIM to check for REGION=0M jobs (IEFUSI replacement)

Customer objective is to eliminate the use of IEFUSI and replace it's rules using SMFLIM. Currently they have coded in IEFUSI that all the JOBS should be changed to REGION=150MB, but those jobs that are coded with REGION=0M. These ones can use the...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Delivered

SMFLIMxx processing needs to be enhanced.

SMFLIMxx processing needs to be enhanced to allow for a REGION statement match to indicate that no other REGION statements should be processed.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Delivered

SMF to retry INMEM Log stream after an IPL

After an IPL, SMF attempts to open the INMEM logstream prior to ACF2 completing initialization. This fails so SMF doesn't write to any log streams. We would like SMF to either retry or have a way to start SMF after the SAF resources are available.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Delivered

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