Heading fields

The heading fields for an Exception report identify the type of operating system, the release number and level of the operating system, the four-character SMF system ID of the system at system generation, and the RMF report level. The START field shows the date and time when the first interval in the reporting period began. The END field shows the date and time when the last interval ended. The date is in the form mm/dd/yy, and the time is in the form hh.mm.ss. The INTERVAL field shows the average length of the RMF measurement interval during the reporting period, in the form hh.mm.ss. The CYCLE field shows the length of the sampling cycle during the reporting period. When all SMF records have the same cycle length, that value is reported. When different cycle lengths are encountered, the Postprocessor sets the CYCLE field equal to the average of all cycle lengths encountered.