2. USAGE GUIDELINES

The CA MICS Batch and Operations Analyzer provides detailed
analysis of z/OS batch and operations activity as seen in SMF
and user-entered data.

SMF (System Management Facility) operates exclusively on z/OS
operating systems, storing data from many subsystems and
products.  It is the set of all records written to SYS1.MANx
data sets.  These are system data sets used as a staging area
until they are dumped to permanent sequential log data sets,
usually contained on tape.  (Normally, this occurs at least
once every workday.) While SYS1.MANx data sets include SMF
records written by other products such as RMF, the CA MICS
Batch and Operations Analyzer handles only the set of SMF
records that record information on the batch and operations
environments.

SMF is the primary recorder of consumption and activity data
for:

    o  batch, TSO, started task, USS, and APPC/MVS TP
       workloads
    o  hardware configuration
    o  operator actions
    o  data management and movement
    o  system availability
    o  job entry subsystems
    o  remote entry devices and the network nodes connected
       to them
    o  online systems
    o  networks

The following sections describe methods for using the product
data and the interfaces between the CA MICS Batch and
Operations Analyzer and other CA MICS products.

This section contains the following topics:

2.1 Data Analysis

2.2 CA MICS Product Interfaces