It appears that there is something wrong with the SMF CONTROL file when
I do a SMF SWITCH to RACFVM and he tries to autolog RACFSMF I get and
error stating that user
ACFSMF is not in the CP Directory. Notice that the 'R' in RACFSMF is
missing. Here is a screen print of the control file I can't see the
issue maybe I am missing it:
===== * * * Top of File * * *
|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7..
.
===== CURRENT 302 K PRIMARY 301 K SECONDARY 302 K 10000 LVD1 CLOSE 001
SEVER NO
0 RACF
===== * * * End of File * * *
And here it is after I hit PF10:
===== * * * Top of File * * *
....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8....+....9..
.
===== Y 301 K SECONDARY 302 K 10000 LVD1 CLOSE 001 SEVER NO 0 RACFSMF
===== * * * End of File * * *
====>
X E D I T 1
File
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] <mailto:[email protected]>
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________________________________
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Kris Buelens
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Automate z/VM RACF SMF process to z/OS
Append you code to the PROFILE EXEC of RACFSMF.
"append" is a general word here, you could imbed your code in the
PROFILE EXEC, have the PROFILE EXEC call your exec, or your exec may
replace the current PROFILE EXEC.
To make it possible to recover from a failed FTP, it might indeed be
good to keep the "old" SMF log on RACFSMF's A-disk and tell FTP to send
that (and not send the one from RACFVM 301/302, because that will be
ERASEd a while later.
2009/12/2 Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) <[email protected]>
Great thanks just for clarity on my part when the SMF file is either
switched due to being FULL or told to switch by the command it writes
the file to the A disk (191) of RACFSMF so when I invoke my code to FTP
it to z/OS the file mode will by default be looking at the A disk for
the FN FT that I pass on the PUT correct?
Thanks again!
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] <mailto:[email protected]>
WFH Tuesdays and Fridays
________________________________
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Kris Buelens
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 2:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Automate z/VM RACF SMF process to z/OS
You should place your code in user RACFSMF: this user is autologged when
RACF's SMF disk is full (that is this RACFVM 301 or 302). Th "standard"
code will copyfile it onto RACFSMF 191 and erase it from 301/302.
Extend the code with your FTP stuff.
If you surely want to process each night (and not only when the disk
gets full) use your favorite automation software to issue a
CP SMSG RACFVM SWITCH (or SMF SWITCH or something alike, I don't have
the manual here)
then RACF will proceed as it the disk is full and start RACFSMF.
To be able to send such a SWITCH command, the issuer must be defined in
some file you must ASSEMBLE (afair: CSTCONS ASSEMBLE, hence CSTCONS
TEXT). By default OPERATOR is inside, so a CP CLASS C user can fool
RACF with
CP SEND CP OPERATOR SMSG RACFVM SWITCH
By using RACFSMF directly, you will be sure to process at the time you
want, but also when the disk gets full sooner than you expect.
2009/12/2 Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) <[email protected]>
Hi
I want to automate the copying of the RACF SMF records over to z/OS each
night. I have the basics down on how to do this but the one thing that I
am not sure about is how to determine the SMF data file that is not in
use so that I can FTP that file to z/OS. My thoughts were to create a
Virtual Machine that links to the appropriate disks so that I can access
the RACFVM machine to get the SMF DATA file. Since I do not want to FTP
the "in use" SMF DATA file some where in here I need to figure out how
to determine which file is not in use.
I thought I would XAUTOLOG the Virtual Machine at a designated time each
night that would execute an EXEC that would FTP the SMF DATA FILE to
z/OS. As part of the Exec I would probably need to run the RACFADU
Unload utility and then run the SMFCONV utility on the output from the
unload utility. I will probably write PIPES to handle this. The SMFCONV
process will convert the SMF Unloaded file so that it can be read by the
RACF Report Writer on the z/OS side.
So, given what I am proposing to do to handle this is there something I
am missing or are there any recommendations that would make it similar?
Thanks 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]
WFH on Tuesdays and Fridays
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Kris Buelens,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support
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Kris Buelens,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support
