Customizing CA SMF Director › Configuring CA SMF Director › Granular Options

Granular Options

CA SMF Director allows for SMF records to be managed based on business needs. Records can be retained for various periods of time based on the originating system, the logstream (if logstream SMF recording is in use), and the record type. The following retention attributes can be managed at any level (complex, system, and stream):

• Whether or not the archive should be duplexed
• Whether or not the history files in the archive should be cataloged
• The retention period or expiration date of the history files (if any)
• The data set prefix of the history files within the archive
• The tape recording technique for history files written to tape
• Whether or not there should be a forced end-of-volume if the date changes in the SMF records
• The time of day that should be considered to be the start of a new day
• The unit or SMS storage class where the history files should be allocated
• The maximum number of files that should be written to a single tape volume

Several additional options are available on both a system basis and a complex-wide basis:

• Whether or not CA SMF Director should use scratch tapes for tape history files. (Using scratch tapes is required for any systems with logstream or substream archives.)
• Whether or not CA SMF Director should dynamically allocate history files. (Dynamic allocation is required for any systems with logstream or substream archives.)