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Displaying SMF Files

The ACFSERVE QUERY SMF command shows all SMF files and their current status. You must have the AUDIT or SECURITY privilege in your logonid record to issue this command. The syntax for this command is:

ACFServe Query SMf

The response to the ACFSERVE QUERY SMF subcommand may show one of the following as status for each SMF disk:

ACTIVE

Indicates the SMF disk that is currently being used to store new SMF records.

HISTORY

Indicates that this is an SMF disk that has SMF records from the last time it was the ACTIVE disk. These records are known as historical SMF records.

READY

Indicates that this is normally the SMF disk that becomes the new ACTIVE disk when the next switch of SMF disks occurs. This disk also has historical SMF data if it was an ACTIVE disk.

UNLOAD

Occurs immediately after a SWITCH SMF. The ACTIVE disk is assigned an UNLOAD status until an SMF dump for this disk completes or when a service machine (site‑defined to save SMF data from SMF disks in UNLOAD status) issues the ACFSERVE ARCHIVE SMF command. This disk is then assigned HISTORY or READY status.

The status of SMF disks normally progresses from READY to ACTIVE to UNLOAD to HISTORY and then becomes a READY disk to restart the cycle.