Header: self-defining section

This section contains the common SMF record header fields and the triplet fields (offset/length/number), if applicable, that locate the other sections on the record.

Offsets Name Length Format Description
0 0 SMF89LEN 2 binary Record Length. This field along with the next, are referred to as the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
2 2 SMF89SEG 2 binary Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4 4 SMF89FLG 1 binary System indicator:
Bit
Meaning when set
0
Subsystem identification follows system identification
1
Subtypes used
2
Reserved
3-6
MVS™ Version Indicators (Set by SMF)
7
Reserved.
5 5 SMF89RTY 1 binary Record type 89 (X'59').
6 6 SMF89TME 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved to the SMF buffer.
10 A SMF89DTE 4 packed Date that the record was moved to the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
14 E SMF89SID 4 EBCDIC System identification (from the SID parameter in the SMFPRMxx parmlib member).
18 12 SMF89WID 4 EBCDIC Subsystem identifier for the SMF address space - ‘STC’ for Started Task.
22 16 SMF89STP 2 binary Record subtype
1
Usage Data Interval Record
2
State Data Interval Record
24 18 SMF89SDL 4 binary Length of self-defining section - "28"