On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:58:37 -0500, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I am seeing short term paging spikes (zOS 1.4 system) at around 6am.  No
>dumps happening, just a rapid drop in AFQ and then a spike of 500 pages /
>sec... for a about 1 min.
>Can anyone recommend how to find out who the causer is?  Do SMF records
>capture this? The stuff I see doesn't have the granularity to find the
>culprit(s).
>

Do you run RMF III?  The STORF command might show you the culprit,
and you don't have to be there to watch it real time.  Otherwise,
monitors like Omegamon, TMON, MXI, or even a SDSF DA display (with
"SORT REAL D" might show you.   SMF 30 could also be used (working
set, but it would probably not be my first place to look.

Mark
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