DASD is cheap. Use enough to last a long weekend so that any issues cam be detected and resolved before loss.
HTH and good luck. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veilleux, Jon L Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: How are you handling high SMF record volume? We are running into issues with the volume of SMF records that we need to process. We create a GDG every day for that day's records. Occasionaly we run into contention issues during the day but mostly it hits us at the end of the day when we read the day's records from the GDG and split the output into various other tapes for specific functions (accounting, performance, etc). While that job is reading the many tapes created during the day, the GDG base is locked so our dump jobs are forced to wait which eventually causes lost SMF data. Has anyone else run into this problem? How are other shops handling high SMF volumes? We have 4 SMF datasets on each LPAR. Two are 3000 cyl and two are 1500 cyl. A side issue is that we are capturing DB2 trace records in SMF. We have tried to turn them off but our performance area 'needs' them. We would like to move these records from SMF to GTF but we use MXG and were told that MXG cannot handle input from GTF. Any ideas? Is anyone using MXG with GTF input? Thanks much for any help! Jon Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
