SMF Recording Facility

Most report generators and the ACFRPTPP utility process CA ACF2 for z/VM SMF files. You must link and access the minidisks that contain the SMF files you want the reports to process. Remember, you must also have the proper CA ACF2 for z/VM authority to perform CP LINK commands.

The CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine produces SMF files when violations occur and when a logging occurs. It writes the SMF records to minidisks that the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine owns. Your site collects and maintains these files with these records. The service machine produces files with a CMS file ID of SMF yydddnnn, where yyddd is the Julian date these files were created on, and nnn is a sequential number.

Report generators can process SMF records from the following:

The active and history SMF minidisks the service machine owns
Files your site saved after the service machine dumped them to a user ID your site specified
Files archived by a service machine your site set up
z/OS SMF files that were transferred to VM
Output from the ACFRPTPP utility

Use the following command to determine the service machine virtual address of the SMF minidisks:

ACFSERVE QUERY SMF

Use the following command to ensure that you process the latest SMF data on the service machine’s active minidisk:

ACFSERVE CKPT SMF

Use the following command to close and dump the currently active minidisk:

ACFSERVE SWITCH SMF

You do not normally need to dump the minidisk because the reports can process the SMF data on the active minidisk.

If you need additional information regarding SMF records, see the Installation Guide.

Some reports process records in the active CA ACF2 for z/VM database. To run these reports correctly, you need the proper CA ACF2 for z/VM authority to list these records.