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SMF Options Display

The SMF Options Display lets you review the SMF options currently in effect. SMF system options are obtained from the SMFPRMxx member of the logical parmlib. z/OS reads these options during IPL. The SMF options control how SMF operates on the system. The SMF options that a data center chooses determine which SMF records are recorded, which SMF exits are in effect, and whether an operator can change the SMF parameters at IPL.

The SMF Options Display shows you the SMF options in effect on the system and indicates which options the operator can change at IPL. The values in the display are obtained from the SMF control blocks, including SMCA. This means that they are the options currently in effect. We recommend that you compare the SMF options and values in this CA Auditor display to the contents of the logical parmlib member indicated in the display. If the options in the logical parmlib member differ from those indicated in the display, the SMF options have been altered since system IPL.

To display the SMF options

  1. Select option 1 from the Primary menu.

    The Management Information menu is displayed.

  2. Select option 5.

    The SMF Analysis submenu is displayed.

  3. Select option 1.

    The SMF Options are displayed. Scroll down to see the entire display.

SMF exits IEFU83, IEFU84, and IEFU85 can suppress the recording of certain SMF records. See the SMF Exit Display (1.5.3) for information about the SMF exits in use.

This message text is displayed on the screen regardless of whether SMF exits IEFU83, IEFU84, and IEFU85 are active. To determine if any of these exits are active, go to option 1.5.3.