The first step in a check for the IBM Health Checker for z/OS that would 
look at a setting is usually to ask: 
"is there a recommended value?". If there isn't, then we're not likely to 
create something to report on it.

Sometimes, we do find that there should be a recommended approach but 
that, for whatever reason, it wasn't documented.
Any health check along those lines would be accompanied by an update to 
the doc.

Not having had to share too much of your pain about configuring SMF 
options, I'm not sure whether there are recommended options or not. I'm 
sure that most customers have decided what is right for them, but that may 
not be a general recommendation.

Yu're welcome to encourage not only IBM but also your favorite ISV to 
create health checks to meet your needs (such as "nag me if I am not 
collecting SMF records a,b,c"). Or, you're welcome to write your own. If 
the data that you want to check is readily accessible (that can be a big 
"if"), writing the check can be pretty easy.

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design

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