The JES3 output writer writes record type 6 for each data set processed by JES3 output service. One type 6 record is written for each data set section within an output scheduler element (OSE). If you issue the *RESTART command to restart a data set, one type 6 record is written when the data set is restarted and another type 6 record is written when the data set completes. If a printer is running under the control of a functional subsystem (FSS), record type 6 is written on the processor which has the FSS address space that processed the data set. The FSS writes the record if it processes the data set (JES3 does not).
The JES3 writer does not fill every field in the common section. Unfilled fields are left with zeroes.
Any post-processor accounting routine that scans a type 6 record can determine the writer of the record from field SMF6SBS and check field SMF6PAD1 to determine the optional sections that are present in the record. When scanning the record for data, the accounting routine obtains the length for each extension section at run time when it moves from one section to the next. The length is a two-byte field at the beginning of each section.
It is possible that records with truncated job numbers will be generated (refer to SMF6JNM for details). This erroneous output will cause problems with customer's accounting programs as well as other report programs such as Tivoli® Decision Support for z/OS®. A change may be required in the testing of the record level indicator.
This record provides information on the activity of the 3800 (non-impact) printing subsystem.