6. DATA SOURCES › 6.2 Record Descriptions

6.2 Record Descriptions

The records contained in ERDS can be of two types:
statistical data and environmental data.  Records have a
maximum length of about 1900 bytes.  There is a 24 byte
standard header.  The records do not contain the SYSID of the
system.  The CPU serial number is however available.  This
provides a way to correlate a SYSID based on CPU serial
number.  This method is discussed in Chapter 7 under Unit
Level Parameters.

The following figures list the various record types that the
CA MICS System Reliability Analyzer reads. The record types
are arranged by operating system.

 From MVS operating systems (SYS1.LOGREC)

           Description                 Type     Class/Source
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                    |       |                                 |
| Asynchronous Notification Record   | 'A3'X | Asynchronous notification       |
| Channel Check Record (CCH)         | '20'X | Channel check                   |
|                                    | '21'X | Channel check                   |
| Channel Report Word Record (CRW)   | '25'X | Channel report word             |
| Dynamic Device Config. Record (DDR)| '60'X | Dynamic device configuration    |
| Recovery/Termination Record (EOD)  | '80'X | EOD                             |
|                                    | '81'X | MCH forced termination          |
|                                    | '84'X | IOS-forced termination          |
| System Initialization Record (IPL) | '50'X | System initialization           |
| Machine Check Record (MCH)         | '10'X | MCH record                      |
|                                    | '13'X | MCH record                      |
| Miscellaneous Data Record (MDR)    | '90'X | MDR record formatted by SVC91   |
|                                    | '91'X | MDR record                      |
| Missing Interrupt Handler Record   | '70'X | MIH 370 record                  |
|                                    | '71'X | MIH 370/XA record               |
| Outboard (OBR) Record              | '30'X | OBR (unit check) record         |
|                                    | '34'X | TCAM OBR record                 |
|                                    | '36'X | VTAM OBR record                 |
| Software Error Record (SFT)        | '40'X | Software-detected software error|
|                                    | '42'X | Hardware-detected software error|
|                                    | '44'X | Operator-detected error         |
|                                    | '48'X | Hardware-detected hardware error|
|                                    | '4F'X | Lost-record summary record      |
| Subchannel Logout Handler Rcd (SLH)| '23'X | SLH record                      |
|                                    |       |                                 |
|____________________________________|_______|_________________________________|


 Figure 6-1.  ERDS Record Types for MVS Operating Systems

 From VM Operating Systems  (Error recording area)

           Description                 Type     Class/Source
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                    |       |                               |
| Asynchronous Notification Record   | 'A3'X | Asynchronous notification     |
| Channel Check Record (CCH)         | '20'X | Channel check                 |
|                                    | '21'X | Channel check                 |
| Dynamic Device Config. Record (DDR)| '60'X | Dynamic device configuration  |
| Machine Check Record (MCH)         | '10'X | MCH record                    |
| Miscellaneous Data Record (MDR)    | '91'X | MDR record                    |
| Missing Interrupt Handler Record   | '70'X | MIH 370 record                |
| Outboard (OBR) Record              | '30'X | OBR (unit check) record       |
|____________________________________|_______|_______________________________|

 Figure 6-2.  ERDS Record Types for VM Operating Systems


 From VSE Operating Systems  (LOGREC)

           Description                 Type     Class/Source
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                    |       |                                |
| Asynchronous Notification Record   | 'A3'X | Asynchronous notification      |
| Channel Check Record (CCH)         | '20'X | Channel check                  |
| Recovery/Termination Record (EOD)  | '80'X | EOD record                     |
| System Initialization Record (IPL) | '50'X | IPL record                     |
| Machine Check Record (MCH)         | '10'X | MCH record                     |
| Miscellaneous Data Record (MDR)    | '90'X | MDR record formatted by SVC 91 |
|                                    | '91'X | MDR record                     |
| Missing Interrupt Handler Record   | '70'X | MIH 370 record                 |
| Outboard (OBR) Record              | '30'X | OBR (unit check) record        |
|                                    | '34'X | BTAM OBR record                |
|____________________________________|_______|________________________________|

 Figure 6-3.  ERDS Record Types for VSE Operating Systems

This section contains information on the following topics:

    1 - Channel Check Handler Record (CCH)
    2 - Machine Check Record (MCH)
    3 - Outboard Recorder Record (OBR)
    4 - Software Error Record (SFT)
    5 - System Initialization Record (IPL)
    6 - Miscellaneous Data Record (MDR)
    7 - Missing Interrupt Handler Record (MIH)
    8 - Recovery/Termination Record (EOD)
    9 - Dynamic Device Reconfiguration Record (DDR)
   10 - Recording Channel Report Word Record (CRW)
   11 - Recording Subchannel Logout Handler Record (SLH)