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SMF Record Format

The SMF record format consists of the following sections:

The format is shown in the following table.

Offsets

Length

Format

Source

Description

Standard SMF Header

0

2

binary

internal

Record length

2

2

binary

internal

Segment descriptor (0000 as record not spanned)

4

1

binary

SVC 83

System indicator

5

1

binary

user supplied

Record type

6

4

binary

SVC 83

The time since midnight in hundredths of a second that record was moved to SMF buffer

10

4

packed

SVC 83

The date the record was moved to the SMF buffer, in the form 00YYDDDF (where F is the sign)

14

4

character

SMCASID

System identification (taken from the SID parameter)

Prefix

18

1

binary

internal

Sub-category: X’06’ for user CPU-time accounting

19

1

null

-

Reserved

20

12

character

internal

NMID of product region

CPU-time Accounting Section

32

8

character

internal

User ID to which the CPU-time value applies

40

1

binary

internal

Code indicating where CPU-time was used (X’00’ is NCL CPU-time)

41

1

null

-

Reserved

42

8

stck

internal

CPU-time accumulated by user since last SMF write (stck format, where bit 51=1 microsecond)

50

4

binary

SVC 83

The time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the last record was cut for this user (0 if first record)

54

4

packed

SVC 83

The date the last record was cut for this user, in the form 00YYDDDF (where F is the sign) (null if first record)