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Job APCXJSMF

Job APCXJSMF gathers information about executed job steps from SMF Type 30 records (subtype 4). Your Scope of work definitions are used to determine which jobs to view. Using this information, Performance Management Assistant calculates statistical values for consumed elapsed time and service units and checks if the last job step execution exceeded them. If it finds a runaway, a pending alert is created. This job also checks the SMF consumption values against the defined alert thresholds; see Thresholds for Reducing Measurement Activities.

Job APCXJSMF has the following scheduling considerations:

• This job should execute after the nightly batch runs have been completed.
• Step/program APCBASMF of this job interprets the SMF Type 30 records (subtype 4). Therefore, your SMF dump job must be completed prior to running this job step.
• If this job is executed separately for each Z/OS image in a sysplex, all copies of this job need strict serialization.

Job APCXJSMF consists of two steps, APCBASMF and APCXACAL, illustrated following.