kai, 1) under OS/390 almost for every task or activity a SMF record is generated. These records are collected in the SYS1.MAN* datasets. Usually, this data is extracted to different gdg's for whatever purpose. It makes the working with SMF data much more easier if you have subsets of specific record types. For most record types the generation can be turned off and on (have a look at SYS1.PARMLIB(SMF*) members for definitions for your system). The records for TSM have TYPE 42 SUBTYPE 14 and can be turned on with the SET ACCOUNTING ON command (have a look with Q STATUS). The record layout is documented in the "TSM for MVS and OS/390 Administrator's Guide". For example, with the OS/390 Performance Reporter (or TDS) you could define reports which read a specific SMF record and generate as desired. 2) Here you have two jobs. The first job extracts the TSM SMF records (type 42, subtype 14) out from our monthly SMF gdg, with the IFASMFDP utility. The second job uses ICETOOL (nothing but a SORT) to read the SMF records and generate a readable output. Note that the first job is not really needed. You could also run the second job on the whole SMF data (take your time ...). In the SORT control statements, you can see that only type 42 records will be used (INCLUDE COND= ). Extract SMF data : //ADSMSMF JOB COND=(0,LT),TIME=1440 //*-------------------------------------------------------------------* //* EXTRACT ADSM ACCOUNTING RECORDS FROM MONTHLY SMF-GDG * //*-------------------------------------------------------------------* //COLLECT EXEC PGM=IFASMFDP //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //IN DD DSN=SYS9.SMF.MONTH(0),DISP=SHR //OUT DD DSN=TSM1.SMF42.M06,DISP=(,CATLG),AVGREC=M, // SPACE=(1,(300,100),RLSE), // LRECL=256,RECFM=VB //SYSIN DD * INDD(IN,OPTIONS(DUMP)) OUTDD(OUT,TYPE(42(14))) /* Generate "report": //ADSMREP JOB COND=(0,LT),REGION=4M //*-------------------------------------------------------------------* //* show adsm accounting records * //*-------------------------------------------------------------------* //STEP1 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=* //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=* //SMFDATA DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TSM1.SMF42.M06 //TEMPFILE DD DSN=&&TEMP, // MGMTCLAS=MCWRK00, // SPACE=(CYL,(5,5)) //REPORT DD SYSOUT=* //TOOLIN DD * SORT FROM(SMFDATA) TO(TEMPFILE) USING(COPY) DISPLAY FROM(TEMPFILE) LIST(REPORT) - HEADER('Type') - ON(6,1,BI) - HEADER('Sub') - ON(23,2,BI) - HEADER('Node') - ON(57,30,CH) - HEADER('Date') - ON(87,14,CH) - HEADER('Duration of Session') - ON(101,4,BI) - HEADER('#archive objects') - ON(105,4,BI) - HEADER('#backup objects') - ON(109,4,BI) - HEADER('kb archived') - ON(113,4,BI) - HEADER('kb backedup') - ON(117,4,BI) - HEADER('kb communicated') - ON(121,4,BI) - HEADER('client owner') - ON(125,8,CH) - HEADER('node type') - ON(133,8,CH) - HEADER('#retrieved') - ON(149,4,BI) - HEADER('#restored') - ON(153,4,BI) - HEADER('kb retrieved') - ON(157,4,BI) - HEADER('kb restored') - ON(161,4,BI) - HEADER('idle wait time') - ON(165,4,BI) - HEADER('comm wait time') - ON(169,4,BI) - HEADER('media wait time') - ON(173,4,BI) - HEADER('session type') - ON(183,1,BI) //COPYCNTL DD * OPTION VLSHRT INCLUDE COND=(6,1,BI,EQ,B'00101010') SORT FIELDS=COPY /* // I hope this helps. regards, bruno -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Kai Hintze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Samstag, 28. Juli 2001 01:12 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Getting accounting log out of SMF Please help a hapless unix administrator thrust into managing TSM on a mainframe. I've been running ADSM on AIX for years, but after a merger I am suddenly trying to work outside may current knowledge base. I'm trying to view the accounting log to get some client histories. My mainframe contact says they are in SMF and we don't have a report for it. 1) What is SMF? Why do I need a report? 2) Does anyone have a report that would let me dump the accounting logs to a text file where I can analyze them? Thanks! Kai. "If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." -- Franklin Clark