Type B (VTAM Buffer) Entry

Type B entries for VTAM buffer statistics records are described in the following table. These entries contain 64 bytes.

Length

Offset

Type

Description

4

0

C

Buffer pool ID

4

4

C

Blanks

4

8

N

Base allocation (NUM + NUMR) of buffers at VTAM initialization

4

12

N

Total number of buffers (allocated + unallocated) currently in static and expanded pools since last SMS record was written*

4

16

N

Total number of buffers currently in use since last SMS record was written*

4

20

N

Total number of buffers currently available in static and expanded areas

4

24

N

Total number of buffers currently in the static area

2

28

N

Slowdown threshold

2

30

N

Expansion threshold in number of buffers (or X'FFFF' if not eligible)

4

32

N

Number of buffers over the slowdown point

4

36

N

Number of buffers over the expansion point

4

40

N

Maximum number of buffers allocated since last SMS record was written*

4

44

N

Maximum number of buffers in use since last SMS record was written*

2

48

N

Expansion increment in number of buffers

2

50

N

Contraction threshold in number of buffers (or X'7FFF' if no expansion extents yet)

4

52

N

Number of times pool expanded since last SMS record was written*

4

56

N

Number of active extents

2

60

N

Size of buffers in the buffer pool

2

62

N

Reserved

Note: *SMS records are written if the VTAM trace is active on the system. If a trace is not active, the number of buffers since the VTAM initialization is counted.


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