Header/Self-defining Section

This section contains the common SMF record headers 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 SMF67LEN 2 binary Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
2 2 SMF67SEG 2 binary Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4 4 SMF67FLG 1 binary System indicator:
Bit
Meaning when set
0-2
Reserved
3-6
Version indicators*
7
Reserved.
*See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
5 5 SMF67RTY 1 binary Record type 67 (X'43').
6 6 SMF67TME 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into the SMF buffer.
10 A SMF67DTE 4 packed Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
14 E SMF67SID 2 EBCDIC System identification (from the SID parameter).
16 10 SMF67SMI 2 EBCDIC System model identifier.
18 12 SMF67JBN 8 EBCDIC Job name. If a system task caused the record to be written, the job name and user identification fields contain blanks and the time and date fields contain zeros.

The job name, time, and date that the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job) constitute the job log identification, or transaction name (for APPC output).

26 1A SMF67RST 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job).
30 1E SMF67RSD 4 packed Date when the reader recognized the JOB card (for this job), in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
34 22 SMF67UIF 8 EBCDIC User-defined identification field (taken from common exit parameter area, not from USER=parameter on job statement).
42 2A SMF67FDT 1 binary Record creator/entry type indicator
Bit
Meaning when set
0
Uncataloged
1
Scratched
2-7
Reserved.

The uncataloged and scratched indicators are set for VSAM component or cluster entries. For all other VSAM entries, only the uncataloged bit is set. For non-VSAM entries, the uncataloged bit is always set and the scratched bit is set if the physical non-VSAM space was deleted.

43 2B SMF67IOD 1 binary Entry type indicator
Bit
Meaning when set
0
VSAM cluster
1
VSAM data component
2
VSAM index component
3
VSAM catalog
4
Non-VSAM data set
5
Generation data group
6
Alias
7
Reserved.

A data or index component can only be deleted as one of the three catalog records deleted when a cluster is deleted.

44 2C SMF67CNM 44 EBCDIC Name of catalog in which the entry was defined.
88 58 SMF67DEN 44 EBCDIC Entry name.
132 84 SMF67RSZ 2 binary Size of catalog record that defined the entry. A VSAM catalog record is contained in one or more physical catalog records. Offset 132 is the sum of the sizes of the physical catalog records that constitute the total logical VSAM catalog record.
134 86 SMF67CRC variable binary Catalog record.