Common Type 119 SMF record format

All Type 119 SMF records are in the format shown in Table 1. For related subtypes, see SMF 119 record subtypes.

Table 1. Records types and subtype information
Offset	Name	Length	Format	Description
0(X'0')	Standard header	24	Binary	SMF system header
0(X'0')		2	Binary	SMF record length
2(X'2')		2	Binary	Segment descriptor
4(X'4')		1	Binary	Record flag
5(X'5')		1	Binary	Record type; is set to 119(X'77').
6(X'6')		4	Binary	SMF system timestamp (is local time)
10(X'A')		4	Packed	SMF system date (is local time)
14(X'D')		4	EBCDIC	SMF system ID
18(X'12')		4	EBCDIC	SMF subsystem ID
22(X'16')		2	Binary	Record subtype
24(X'18')	Self-defining section		Binary	This section indicates how many sections follow, and their location in the record.
...	TCP/IP identification section	64	Binary	This section is present in every record; it describes the TCP/IP stack which issued the record. Its location and size are indicated by the self-defining section.
...	Record-specific data section 1	...	Binary	First record-specific data section. Its location and size are indicated by the self-defining section.
...	Record-specific data section 1, second entry	...	Binary	The self-defining section indicates how many occurrences of each record-specific data section are present in the record.
...	Record-specific data section 2 (optional)	...	Binary	Second record-specific data section.
...	...	...	Binary	...
...	Record-specific data section n, first entry (optional)	...	Binary	Last record-specific data section. The self-defining section indicates how many types of data sections there are.
...	...	...	Binary	...