42EE

SMF “active” file <ft> on <vaddr> disk cannot be initialized ‑ invalid SMF data

Reason

Initialization of the active SMF disk failed because CA ACF2 for z/VM found invalid SMF data.

<ft>: The filetype of the active SMF disk
<vaddr>: The virtual device address of the active SMF disk.

Action

This is a warning message. SMF recording continues, bypassing the failing active disk, provided at least two other SMF disks are successfully initialized. You should:

Use a utility, such as DDR or COPYFILE, to copy the active file to another disk.
Capture and process as much of the SMF data as possible from the copied disk using the ACFSMCOP utility and the SMF reporting facilities.
FORMAT and RESERVE (see the service machine installation procedures in the Getting Started) the active SMF disk before restarting the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine so that only one active SMF disk is found during SMF initialization.
Contact CA Support. (Be sure to have the data preserved from the active SMF disk that failed.)