6. DATA SOURCES › 6.2 VMS ACCOUNTING Record Descriptions › 6.2.3 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION Record

6.2.3 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION Record

The SYSTEM INITIALIZATION record is written whenever the VAX
system is initialized.  It is useful for measuring system
up-time and system availability.

The SYSTEM INITIALIZATION record contains data describing the
system initialization.  Its record type is 5.

The SYSTEM INITIALIZATION record consists of two packets:

 o  Identification Packet - Contains identification data such
    as process identification, member and group IDs, user
    name, account, nodename, terminal, jobname, node address,
    remote ID, and other related data.

 o  Resource Packet - Contains system usage data such as
    status, image count, CPU time, page faults, fault I/Os,
    working set peak, page file, direct I/O, buffered I/O,
    and volumes mounted.

Data from this record is written to the DEAINT file.