Performance Monitoring SMF Record Format

Position	Length in Bytes	Description
1 to 18	18	SMF record header
19 and 20	2	CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP category ID Always X’5000’
21 to 32	12 blank padded	NMID Example: NETMASTRbbbb (where b is a blank)
33 to 34	2	Record type DS or DH (where DS is a one-off sample record and DH is the hourly roll up)
35 and 36	2	Length of data Example: X’0007’ indicates that the data is 7 bytes long
37 and 38	2	Field identifier
39 to n	Varying	Data

Field Identifier	Description
X’0001’	Resource application ID
X’0002’	Resource class
X’0003’	Resource group name
X’0004’	Resource ID
X’0005’	Attribute ID
X’0006’	Attribute qualifier
X’0007’	Attribute type (counter, gauge, enumerated, or total)
X’0008’	Attribute value if numeric
X’0009’	Attribute character value if not numeric
X’000A’	Minimum value (for gauge only)
X’000B’	Maximum value (for gauge only)
X’000C’	Period covered by the sample (only for enumerated attribute types in DH record types)

From the Resource Monitor, enter H next to a resource to display a list of attributes that can be monitored by that resource type.

Note: For more information, see the User Guide.