COMPRESS SMF RECS field (SMFCOMP subsystem parameter)

The SMFCOMP subsystem parameter specifies whether Db2 is to compress trace records that are to be written to SMF.

Acceptable values: OFF, ON
Default: OFF
Update: option 23 on panel DSNTIPB
DSNZPxxx: DSN6SYSP SMFCOMP
OFF
SMF trace records are not compressed.
ON
Trace records that are to be written to SMF are compressed. The z/OS compression service CSRCESRV compresses everything after the SMF header (SM100END, SM101END, or SM102END). See SM100, SM101, and SM102 for compression flags and the uncompressed size of compressed data.