The IFASMFDP utility is supplied as part of the z/OS base. Accordingly all z/OS systems have access to this utility.

It is important to remember that IFASMFDP utility selects all records with the SMF timestamp (fields SMFxTME and SMFxDTE identically placed in all SMF and RMF records) inside the interval specified in utility parameters.

This timestamp defines the moment when record was moved to SMF buffer, and usually it is very close to the end of the interval covered by the record.

Because of that interval covered by selected SMF records usually is different from the interval specified in IFASMFDP utility parameters.

For example, if RMF records are synchronised on 1 min after the hour and RMF interval is 30 min, and IFASMFDP parameters are:

START(1000)
END(1100)

selected RMF records actually will cover the interval 0931:1031