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SYSTEM.BUFFER

Description

A row of SYSTEM.BUFFER represents a DMCL buffer.

Column name

Column description

Data type

Null specifi- cation

DMCL

DMCL name.

CHAR(8)

NOT NULL

NAME

Buffer name.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

TYPE

Buffer type:

  • BC—Definition represents a standard buffer
  • JB—Definition represents a journal buffer

CHAR(2)

NOT NULL

CTIME

Date and time when the DMCL buffer was created.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

UTIME

Date and time when the DMCL buffer was last updated.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

CRITTIME

Date and time of the last critical change made to the DMCL buffer.

TIMESTAMP

NOT NULL

CUSER

User ID of user who created the DMCL buffer.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

UUSER

ID of the user who last updated the DMCL buffer.

CHAR(18)

NOT NULL

PAGESIZE

Size, in bytes, of pages in the buffer. For native VSAM data sets, this column indicates the control interval size.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

LOCALPAGES

Number of pages in the local mode buffer.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

CVPAGES

Initial number of pages in the central version mode buffer.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

MAXPAGES

Maximum number of pages in the central version mode buffer.

INTEGER

NOT NULL

KEYLENGTH

The maximum sort-key or CALC-key length for native VSAM files.

SMALLINT

NOT NULL

BUFNI

Number of I/O buffers in the native VSAM non-shared resources (NSR) buffer that are used for index entries.

SMALLINT

NOT NULL

STRNO

Maximum number of concurrent requests permitted against an area assigned to the native VSAM buffer.

SMALLINT

NOT NULL

STGFLAG

Storage location indicator.

  • X'01'—IDMS storage used in local mode
  • X'02'—IDMS storage used in central version

BINARY(1)

NOT NULL

FLAG

Buffer flag; X'80'—Native VSAM LSR or NSR buffer

BINARY(1)

NOT NULL

FILLER

Reserved for future use.

BINARY(40)

NOT NULL