SMFDATA subcommand — obtain system management facilities records

Use the SMFDATA subcommand to recover system management facilities (SMF) records from buffers in the dump and transfer them to a pr-eallocated SMF (VSAM) data set or a log stream if RECORDING(LOGSTREAM) had been in use at the time of the dump.

The output data set must be:
  • Pre-allocated to the data set with a ddname of SMFDATA
  • Using the same control interval size as the defined SMF data sets
  • Large enough to accommodate all the SMF data in the dump
  • Allocated and used for only this purpose
  • Defined with a low offload threshold (for example HIGHOFFLOAD(10)) to account for heavy utilization of the coupling facility structure.
The output log stream must be:
  • Defined with the administrative data utility (IXCMIAPU or IXCM2APU) with a log stream name of IFASMF.DUMP00
  • Defined with a MAXBUFSIZE that matches or exceeds the defined MAXBUFSIZE value of the logstream data that resides in the dump.
  • Accessible from the local system
  • Sized large enough to hold the data in the dump
  • Allocated and used for only this purpose.