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6.2.2.2 Collecting StorageTek VSM SMF Records

StorageTek VSM records provide data at the z/OS system level.
SMF data from all z/OS systems accessing StorageTek VSMs
must be collected in order to account for all virtual tape
activity.

For each z/OS system accessing the StorageTek VSM, the
StorageTek system administrator updates the SMFPRMxx member
in SYS1.PARMLIB with the record type and subtypes that are to
be collected.  As stated in the StorageTek Installation and
Configuration Guide, the administrator should supply
parameters similar to the following:

SUBSYS(SLS0,INTERVAL(001500),TYPE(255))
SUBPARM(SLS0(SUBTYPE,(1-8,10,11,13,14-21,25-29)))

We recommend that you synchronize the record collection with
SMF on the SUBSYS statement, as follows:

SUBSYS(SLS0,INTERVAL(SMF,SYNC),TYPE(255))

Detailed information about the SMFPRMxx members SUBSYS and
SUBPARM parameters can be found in the IBM Systems Management
Facilities (SMF) documentation.