You could record SMF to logstream and then this whole issue goes away. You dump the data when you need to read it not when some intermediate container needs to be emptied.
Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Team Leader mailto:[email protected] (office) 301.986.3574 (cell) 301.996.1318 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ibmnew Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 5:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: How to dumps all the SMF datasets automagically evertime Hi all When we shutdown our z/OS 1.11 everytime,we will issue 'Z EOD' command. After we IPL the system again,we find that SMF dataset was switched . P-SYS1.BDZ1.MAN1 BD1SF1 600300 1 ACTIVE S-SYS1.BDZ1.MAN2 BD1SF2 600300 2 DUMP REQUIRED S-SYS1.BDZ1.MAN3 BD1SF3 600300 0 ALTERNATE When we issue 'I SMF' command,It's written to only dump P-SYS1.BDZ1.MAN1. How to dumps all the SMF datasets automagically evertime when we issue 'I SMF' command Thanks a lot ! Best Regards, Jason Cai ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
