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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_SMF
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 25, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

SMF Subtype reporting

z/OS 2.4 offers new way of reporting SMF subtypes. It provides a report on record type and subype. However, it would be nice, if this report would show how many record type and subtype records were produced per System. This functionality can be achieved by using IFASEXIT SMF logger exits as published in Redbook SG24-7919. We're using that in our installation (I attach a sample of such report) and we like this format, however these exits are not supported by IBM, so if there any problems with this report, we need to act on it on our own (we had a problem with it, when there was a big spike in SMF records written/read, which skewed the presentation of report).

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Jul 25, 2019

    Attachment (Description): Subtype reporting available in z/OS 2.4. Breakdown per system ID not provided.

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  • Guest
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    |     Jul 25, 2019

    Attachment (Description): Example of SMF report with record type/subtype broken down per system ID

    smf_subtype_rep...
    smf_subtype_reporting_IFASEXIT.txt
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