6. DATA SOURCES › 6.3 CA MICS SMF Requirements and Considerations › 6.3.4 SYSOUT Considerations › 6.3.4.5 Report Distribution Products

6.3.4.5 Report Distribution Products

There are a number of vendor products available, (e.g.,
BUNDL, RMDS, CA Delivery, CA Dispatch, etc.), that facilitate
data center report viewing and distribution.  Most of these
products remove targeted SYSOUT data sets from the JES spool
and manage the SYSOUT in their own proprietary data areas.

When the SYSOUT data sets are transferred from the JES spool
to the proprietary data area, the effect is the same as
canceling or purging the SYSOUT data set.  In general, no SMF
type 6 output writer records are produced at this time.

These report distribution products usually allow both viewing
of the reports and a means to "route" the reports back to JES
for printing.  When the report actually prints, JES (or PSF
or an external writer) generates an SMF type 6 output writer
record.  This SMF type 6 record contains the actual printer
utilization statistics, but identifies the report
distribution product as the job responsible for the output.

Most of these report distribution products feature the
ability to create a "pseudo" or nonstandard SMF type 6 output
writer record and write it to the SMF files.  This "pseudo"
SMF type 6 record identifies the original job that created
the SYSOUT.  The basic problem CA MICS has with these
nonstandard SMF type 6 records is that the format is vendor
controlled and may change suddenly with a new release of the
report distribution product.

The CA MICS Batch and Operations Analyzer fully supports all
versions and formats of the standard SMF type 6 records.
These are SMF type 6 output writer records generated by JES2,
JES3, PSF, and external writers.  It also offers complete
support for the nonstandard SMF type 6 records generated by
CA BUNDL, CA Dispatch, CA Delivery, and CA View report
distribution products.

The CA MICS/RDP's interface and guidelines for processing
other nonstandard SMF type 6 output writer records are
covered in the following sections.

    1 - BUNDL Generated SMF Type 6 Records
    2 - CA Delivery Generated SMF Type 6 Records
    3 - CA Dispatch Generated SMF Type 6 Records
    4 - CA VIEW Generated SMF Type 6 Records
    5 - Other Nonstandard SMF Type 6 Records