Enabling statistics data for the System Data Engine after startup

For certain problems, IBM® Software Support might request that you enable statistics data for the System Data Engine after startup by using the MVS MODIFY command.

About this task

For System Data Engine, statistics data shows the number of SMF records that it collects. From the data, you can see whether you have collected the records that you want to collect, and how many records you collected.

Procedure

  1. To enable statistics data, IBM Software Support might require you to run a command that is similar to the following:
    F STCNAME, STATS ON
    STCNAME
    The name of System Data Engine started task for which you want to enable statistics data, for example HBOSMF.
  2. Verify that the following messages are displayed in the JESMSGLG after you run the command, which indicates that the command is successful.
    HBO5006I STATS ON         
    HBO5006I STATISTICS IS ON
    

Results

The statistics data output is written in the HBOOUT data set of the System Data Engine started task.

What to do next

To disable statistics data, run the following command:
F STCNAME, STATS OFF