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MVS CHANNEL Variable Class

This section describes variable information for class CHANNEL on system MVS.

Syntax:

MVS [record-type] CHANNEL variable-name | data
ID Option

The following ID option can be used with the MVS CHANNEL variable: CHNID

Variable information is provided in the following table:

Record Type

Variable Name

Data

Description

SYStem

LRead

SMF73PRU

LPAR rate of data read through the channel in bytes per second

SYStem

LWrite

SMF73PWU

LPAR rate of data written through the channel in bytes per second

SYStem

READ

SMF73TRU

Total rate of data read through the channel in bytes per second

SYStem

TIME

SMF73PTI

Measurement interval length in seconds

SYStem

WRITE

SMF73TWU

Total rate of data written through the channel in bytes per second

SYStem

%USE

SMF73TUC, SMF73TUT

Average percentage of time the channel was active

Note: To avoid rounding values too much, use the XTND variable option with rate variables of this class.