No problem to correct, just an better understanding of how SMF uses than MANx datasets. I missed the page in the manual, that explains it. What I did find interesting is that it won't use MAN1 if available with space but not empty and will buffer the data not move on to another MANx dataset.
I appreciate the feedback Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 30, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dean Montevago wrote: > >> We have six MAN datasets spread across three volumes; I notice that the ‘I >> SMF’ command switches between only the first and second MAN datasets. Is >> there any doc, explaining how SMF processes the MAN datasets? > > Yes. Look in 'MVS System Management Facilities'. > > <quote> > When the SMF data set that is currently being recording on becomes full, SMF > does the following: > > - Automatically closes the full data set, making it available for dumping. > > - Locates the new data set to open by starting at the top of the list of > data sets specified on the DSNAME > parameter of the SMFPRMxx member and looking for the first completely empty > data set. > <end quote> > >> On our two production systems a ‘Z EOD’ command is issued when the system >> comes down for an IPL, when will SMF write to MAN3, 4, etc.? > > When the first two datasets are full or you do a 'I SMF' and switch FROM > those first two datasets. That happens anytime, not only when 'Z EOD' is > issued. > >> On our systems programming LPAR, where no ‘Z EOD’ is issued, I do see SMF >> writing to MAN datasets beyond MAN2, when the system is IPL’d. > > This is WAD. > > What problem are you trying to resolve? > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
