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6.1.2.3 SMF for Operations Management


MVS provides a number of SMF records that are valuable
sources of information on the operational aspects of the I/S
facility.  Information about IPLs, software and hardware
outages, and system configuration are examples of the type of
data found in this SMF record category.

The operations analysis part of this CA MICS product requires
the following SMF record types:

    SMF Type 0 -  IPL Record
    SMF Type 7 -  SMF Data Lost
    SMF Type 8 -  I/O Configuration
    SMF Type 9 -  Vary Online
    SMF Type 10 - Allocation Recovery
    SMF Type 11 - Vary Offline
    SMF Type 22 - Hardware Configuration
    SMF Type 31 - TIOC Initialization
    SMF Type 43 - JES Start
    SMF Type 45 - JES Stop
    SMF Type 90 - System Status

These SMF records provide system availability measurements
and the reasons for outages.  Operator actions, device
configurations, and configuration changes are captured.
Statistics on SMF data lost, JES reliability, and other
operational concerns constitute the nature of this SMF record
category.

Specific information about each of these record types is
found in section 6.9.