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3.1.3 System Incident Report


The System Incident Report (shown in Figure 3-3) provides a
concise and effective reporting of the system and operator
activity, starting with the software definitions at the time
of IPL and continuing up to the current time.  It produces a
precise report tracing the system actions as recorded by SMF.
The report is particularly effective in resolving performance
and availability problems caused by improper system
configuration.

The Operations Incident File (OPSOPI) in the Operations
Information Area maintains a record for each SMF-recorded
incident.  The reporting process formats the contents of
these records based on user-specified selection criteria.  A
separate report is printed for each SYSID in the file.  Each
page heading gives the SYSID and the date of the first
record.  Every date change is printed in the time column and
every hour change is separated by a dashed line.

A report printed with the system defaults starts reporting at
the time of the last IPL in the file and continues to the end
of the file.  The first page or two show the conditions at
the time of the IPL, and succeeding pages show changes to the
initial conditions.  A close look at this information shows
the system software configuration for any point in time.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |                                                                                                                              | |                                                           CA                                                                 | |                                                         CA MICS                                                              | |                                                                                                                              | |                                                      SYSTEM INCIDENT                                                         | |                                                 SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION=S008                                                   | |                                                                                                                              | | DATE=26DEC90                                                                                                                 | | TIME          EVENT            EVENT DESCRIPTION                                                                             | +-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 23:03:26.27 | IPL            | JOB WAIT TIME=6:00:00.00, VIRTUAL STORAGE=2048M, REAL STORAGE=96M                             | | 23:03:26.38 | IPL SMF        | MAXDORM=0:30:00.00, STATUS=1:00:00.00, JOB WAIT TIME=6:00:00.00, MINIMUM SMF BUFFERS=10,      | |             |                | MAXIMUM SMF BUFFERS=10, PROMPT=NONE, TEMPORARY DATA SET RECORDING=N, LISTDSN=Y,               | |             |                | ACTIVE SMF DSN= , SMF DETAIL RECORDING=N                                                      | |             |                |   SUB SYSTEM NAME=STC, SMF RECORDING INTERVAL=0:30:00.00, DETAIL=N                            | |             |                |     EXITS: UTL UJI USI UJV ACTRT USO UJP U84                                                  | |             |                |            U83 U29                                                                            | |             |                |     TYPES: 0-13 20-61 70-255                                                                  | |             |                |   SUB SYSTEM NAME=SYS, SMF RECORDING INTERVAL=0:30:00.00, DETAIL=N                            | |             |                |     EXITS: U29 UTL UJI USI UJV ACTRT U84 U83                                                  | |             |                |     TYPES: 0-13 20-61 70-255                                                                  | |             |                |   SUB SYSTEM NAME=TSO, SMF RECORDING INTERVAL=0:30:00.00, DETAIL=N                            | |             |                |     EXITS: U83 U84 ACTRT UJV USI UJI UTL U29                                                  | |             |                |     TYPES: 0-31 33-255                                                                        | | 23:03:26.38 | IPL SRM        | IPS=IEAIPSDI, OPT=IEAOPT00, ICS=IEAICSDI, TOD=27DEC90:04:03:26.24                             | | 23:03:37.68 | SET MPF        | OLD= , NEW=MPFLST01, TOD=27DEC90:04:03:37.55                                                  | | 23:03:44.50 | SET DAE        | OLD= , NEW=ADYSET00, TOD=27DEC90:04:03:44.36                                                  | | 23:03:53.84 | JES2           | CMD=S JES2, START=W, AUTO INITIATOR=N, LIST REPL CARD=Y                                       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | DATE=27DEC90|                |                                                                                               | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  0:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=12, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=348, RECORDS=3399       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  1:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=9, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=450, RECORDS=3656        | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  2:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=10, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=489, RECORDS=3550       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  3:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=11, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=458, RECORDS=3408       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  4:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=9, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=536, RECORDS=6019        | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  5:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=10, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=530, RECORDS=4691       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  6:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=10, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=438, RECORDS=3517       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |  7:03:26.25 | SMF STATUS     | TIMES SUSPENDED=0, MAX BUFFERS USED=11, NUMBER OF SMF BUFFERS WRITTEN=382, RECORDS=3194       | |-------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


 Figure 3-3.  System Incident Report