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General Planning Information

Before you install and activate CA ACF2 for z/VM, you should review the following:

• The System Management Facility macro (@SMF), see the Installation Guide
• ACF2PSMF utility, to process SMF data and run reports, see the Reports and Utilities Guide
• Planning for backup and recovery, see the Administrator Guide
• CA Earl™ reporting:
  • Reporting with CA Earl™
  • CA Earl™ Reference Guide
  • ACFRPTPP, the SMF Preprocessor Utility, see the Reports and Utilities Guide

You should also review the full‑screen panels in the Reports and Utilities Guide and the Administrator Guide because you can modify these panels to meet your specific needs.