"Scott Fagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Jason To wrote: > > >Is there a way to flush SMF records from buffer to immediately write > >to DASD? Currently, we have to wait for 15-30 mins before we can > >access the SMF records. I knew that we can access SMF type 70-79 using > >RMF JCL and produce reports from the bufferspace, however for CICS and > >DB2, we can't do that. We need this requirement to immediately access > >the SMF records for problem determination. > > If you 'switch' SMF over to using the System Logger for its recording medium > (z/OS 1.9), you can access the records almost immediately after they are written > into the logstream via the IFASMFDL program. > > Scott Fagen
I am not sure if this fully solves the problem: AFAIK data is also written to the logstream in blocks when a block is full, not with every record. So there will still be a backlog of records in the buffer being built to write, possibly the same amount as now remains behind after an I SMF. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

