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BCP_SMF

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Allow SID on OUTDD for IFASMFDL program

System: SMF Logstream Dump programActor: Any user of SMF data IFASMFDL program is used to dump SMF data from logstreams. Description IFASMFDL program does not allow SID on the OUTDD statement. Multiple jobs have to run to dump unique SID to separa...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Future consideration

Add field to SMF30 record for 0M/NOLIMIT Request

Add a field to the SMF30 record to reflect when a region request of 0M/NOLIMIT is specified.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Real time SMF need support high level language APIs (Restful, Java, Phython, etc, priority from high to low)

Hope to provide higher level language APIs (Restful, Java, Phython, priority from high to low) support to get real time SMF.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Ensure ASCBEJST, ASCBSRBT are cleared after last job step.

This will keep residual values from being put into SMF 30.4 and 30.5 records.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Eliminate SMF Type30 OMVS process section having all zeros

Provide a means of eliminating OMVS process sections that contain only zeros.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

SORTL instruction in SMF30

Hello dear team, Customer asked a question if we are planning to implement the SORTL instruction for SMF113 into SMF30 as well? Find below his question: "SMF113-record shows the use-count for SORTL-instructions. Are there any plans to bring this ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Write IEFC001I and IEFC002I information to SMF

At the point where IEFC001I and IEFC002I messages are produced, also write this information to SMF. The record should indicate if it was a cataloged procedure (the IEFC001I infomation) or an INCLUDE group, the member used, whether it came from a p...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Suppress DD-level accounting information in the SMF type 30 EXCP section for individual DDs.

JES2 encountered ABENDS878-10. If there had been such an option to suppress DD-level accounting information in the SMF type 30 EXCP section for individual DDs, the ABENDS878-10 problem could have been prevented.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 9 Future consideration

Log Stream Archive Function Forces Output Record

What we are looking for is a solution to the following requirement from IFASMFDL (taken from the SMF Manual Chapter 3, Using the SMF Dump Programs): For an ARCHIVE request, you must write each record in the log stream up until the end date and tim...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 3 Not under consideration

Correct the SET SMFLIM cmd so it doesn't do partial policy updates

I had to update our SMFLIM policy in production to add a program name to a rule with programs allowed to allocate 32GB of storage. I overlooked to do the syntax check first. I was unaware only eight program names are allowed on one rule, so SET SM...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

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