SMF Extensions

The System Management Facility Extensions (SMF/E) enhance z/OS by providing realtime accounting and performance reports in each JOB LOG and SYSMSG output listing, and at the end of each TSO session.

This chapter discusses the following areas of consideration concerning SMF/E:

• features and benefits
• report output
• activating, deactivating, and dynamic control
• customization
• the chargeback algorithms used
• system requirements

After you have properly established your rates and during the initial stages of testing SMF/E at your installation, you may want to ensure that the output only appears in your own test jobs. You can accomplish this using the OUT(IVP) and TSO parameters discussed later in this chapter.

This section contains the following topics:

Features and Benefits