Share session 18476. On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Cheryl Watson <che...@watsonwalker.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > It's such a neat idea that IBM is already getting ready to provide it in z/OS > 2. It's called 'Streaming SMF' and was presented at SHARE in San Antonio at > session 18476 by Elpida Tzortzatos and Theresa Tai. Although they didn't > post the session there, it's something to keep an eye out for. > > I know about it because Frank Kyne is planning to write about it. It looks > fantastic! > > Cheryl > > Cheryl Watson > Watson & Walker, Inc. > 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 > Sarasota, FL 34236 > P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 > www.watsonwalker.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 10:11 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: any need? > > I am wondering if anyone else thinks the idea below is useful and reasonable. > > If a product needs to "trap" data normally written to SMF, in real time for > some reason (CA-7 external data set triggering comes to mind), the product > must install the three IEFU8{3,4,5} exits. Even if they're only interested in > a few of the records. The exit code must first examine the record number to > see if it is of interest (likely most are not), and if so, process it. > If you have multiple products doing this, it seems wasteful to me. > > So I got to thinking (ouch! that hurts). It would be nice if there were a way > to register an interest in a particular SMF record number, or numbers, and > have "something" happen when a write occurs. The "something" could be invoke > an exit routine (like the IEFU8n exits above but already subsetted), or > perhaps have the registration API supply a buffer area into which to copy the > SMF record and an ECB address to post; or a routine to be invoked via a PC-ss > of some sort into the requester's address space; or a program to be run in > the requester's address space (perhaps as an SRB, perhaps as an IRB on the > TCB which issued the request). I would personally prefer an IRB be scheduled > on the requesting TCB. This would allow SVC 3 to clean up things > automagically when the TCB ends. > > I would guess that the requester would need to be APF authorized, or better, > have appropriate access to a RACF FACILITY or XFACILIT profile. I prefer the > RACF approach, personally. > > Is this a solution looking for a problem? I.e. is there something that > _you'd_ do with SMF in "real time" if such an API existed? > > CA: I know that you do weird and wonderful things with the SMF router in > z/OS, perhaps you find this advantageous to make into a licensed (cost) > feature of CAS9. > > -- > How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One to hold the > giraffe and one to fill the bathtub with brightly colored power tools. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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