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5.3.5.3 VMXDCF Usage Considerations

Special considerations or techniques related to using the
VMXDCF file are provided below:

o  The VMXDCF is a spin file that contains one observation
   per subchannel at monitor initialization, and one
   observation for each time the status of a device changes
   while the monitor is running.

o  Only one cycle exists in the detail time span.  This file
   contains observations from several runs of the DAILY job.
   Each cycle is identified by the element VMXAGE.  VMXAGE is
   1 for the current cycle, 2 for the previous cycle,
   etc.  The VMXAGE element can be used to match a particular
   VMXDCF observation with a cycle of the VMXXDV or VMXXDS
   files.