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Alternative MAN File SMF Dump Procedure

If, for some reason, CA SMF Director is unable to dump the SMF, you should use the IBM SMF Dump Program (IFASMFDP). The IBM System Management Facilities (SMF) Manual provides detailed procedures on the use of IFASMFDP.

Later, after the problem has been resolved, you can place the dumped data under CA SMF Director control. Two methods are available to do this:

  1. Run a batch job to execute program SMFD to place the SMF data into history files and the index entries into the SCDS (see Chapter 2 in the User Guide).
  2. Run the SMFD program with ADDX commands to add only index entries to the SCDS for the volumes containing the IBM utility's dumped SMF data.