5. FILES › 5.2 HAR Information Area Files › 5.2.20 ICSF Services Activity File (HARCRF) › 5.2.20.3 Usage Considerations

5.2.20.3 Usage Considerations

 
 Special considerations or techniques related to using the
 HARCRF file are provided below.
 
 1.  Care must be taken in using the special date and time
     data elements contained in each CA MICS file.  As the
     file's granularity increases in higher timespans, certain
     fields lose significance; they should not be used in
     those cases.
 
     o  HOUR should not be used in MONTHS.
     o  DAY and DAYNAME should not be used in WEEKS, MONTHS.
     o  WEEK should not be used in MONTHS.
 
 2.  ENDTS and STARTTS, when appearing in the DAYS, WEEKS, or
     MONTHS timespans, bound the span of time over which the
     data has been summarized.  STARTTS is the lowest date and
     time, and ENDTS is the highest date and time for the data
     summarized.  These data elements have different meanings
     when used in the DETAIL timespan versus the DAYS, WEEKS,
     and MONTHS timespans.  Their purpose in DETAIL is
     described below:
 
     o  STARTTS represents RMF recording interval start time.
     o  ENDTS represents RMF recording interval end time.
 
 3.  Information related to cryptographic hardware activity is
     found in the following four files:
 
     o  Crypto Accelerator Activity File (HARCRA)
     o  ICSF Services Activity File (HARCRF)
     o  Crypto PKCS11 Coprocessor Activity File (HARCRK)
     o  Crypto CCA Coprocessor Activity File (HARCRP)
 
     While the data contained in the HARCRF file only applies
     to the logical partition (LPAR) that created the RMF
     records, the data in the HARCRA, HARCRK, and HARCRP files
     always reflects the total activity in your CPC.