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Utility and Maintenance Functions

The material presented in this chapter is intended primarily for systems programmers and other personnel responsible for maintaining SMF files.

The SCDS indexes indicate available SMF history data for the configurations that your site has defined. Maintain the SCDS with the following sample JCL:

To

Use Member

Create a new SCDS

CASFNCDS

Convert the old SCDS

CASFSCNV

Specify SCDS options

CASFCTL1

Back up the SCDS

CASFBKUP

Restore the SCDS

CASFRSTR

Enlarge the SCDS

CASFNLRG

Correct the SCDS

CASFSUTL

Sample SMF dump JCL

CASFDMP1 and CASFDMP4

You can execute these sample JCL members after CA SMF Director has been installed. See the CASFJCL target library loaded during the installation process. We also show you how to dump the SMF if, for some reason, this product cannot do so.