As well as allocating larger SMF data sets, why not allocate more? This should give your dump process enough time to dump and clear any filled data set before it is needed again.
Don Imbriale >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Mautalen Juan Guillermo >Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:27 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Space limit for SMF datasets? > >Hi, > >We are still at OS390 2.10. Our DASD are 3390 model. >After converting to a new CICS version (from 1.2 to 2.2), we found out >that our SMF datasets were filling up too fast. The reason is that the >lenght of standard type 110 monitoring records (that we collect) has >hugely increased (we are mostly a CICS shop, with lot of CICS activity). > >To deal with this problem, we are trying to increase the size of our SMF >data sets. However, it seems that the maximum space we can allocate for >an SMF dataset is around 5800 cylinders (specifying >RECORDSIZE(4086,32767), as shown in the manuals). If we try to allocate >more space, we get a catalog overflow error. > >Questions: >Is there a way we can allocate an SMF dataset of 10.000 cylinders? >If there is no way to allocate such a dataset, how do you suggest to >deal with this problem? > > >Thanks in advance for your help, > > >JUAN MAUTALEN *********************************************************************** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
