Hi Alan, Thanks for the information. One of my problems is that I have not set up the RACFSMF process. I am working on that now. That is the real issue I guess. Anyway I decided to get this set up and working and at the same time increase the size of the SMF mini-disks.
One thing I noticed in your response is that nowhere do you mention bringing down RACFVM after the directory change is this correct? If so is it because the SWITCH picks up the new SMF disk? Thanks again for the help! Thank You, Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Information Technology z/OS & z/VM Systems - Performance and Tuning Cell - 443 632-4191 Work - 410 786-0386 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Increase RACFM 301/302 SMF MDISKS On Thursday, 01/29/2009 at 09:27 EST, "Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to increase the size of these two SMF MDISKS. I want to make sure that > there is nothing special I need to worry about here. My plan is to increase the > disks size as I would any other increase. I will change the directory entry for > RACFVM to reflect a new 301 and 302 disk with the additional space added. I > will then copy the files from the original 301/302 disks to the new MDISKS. I > will go back to the directory and get rid of the old 301/302 and make the new > ones 301/302. I will then bring down RACFVM and back up again to get the new > 301/302 disks. Is there a way to do this without bringing down RACFVM? (untested - use at own risk) 0. Format the new disk. Don't copy anything. Release and DETACH. 1. CP SMSG RACFVM SMF SWITCH. RACF will start using the secondary disk and will XAUTOLOG RACFSMF. 2. Wait for RACFSMF to finish (he'll logoff) 3. Update directory entry *only* for the primary disk 4. SMF SWITCH. RACFVM will re-LINK the primary disk, getting the new MDISK. 5. Wait for RACFSMF to finish. 6. Update the directory for the secondary disk. No need to SWITCH again. How big are you making them? Maybe you just need to autolog RACFSMF more often or increase the archive frequency? Recall that (per the Program Directory) you added some system automation to autolog RACFSMF every day. You also updated RACFSMF's PROFILE EXEC to indicate how often you want it to switch and archive. If that mechanism isn't working, then your SMF disks will fill up and logging will stop. And if you have, in the name of national security, used the SEVER keyword in SMF CONTROL, RACF will fail any request it would have to audit (e.g. user LOGON). Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
