This "idea" was inspired by the recent posts about the IEFU8n SMF exits. Writing and debugging this type of exit can require a good level of knowledge and skill. So what occurred to me is a new facility for receiving SMF records at/near generation time. It could not be used to modify the records or to say "no, don't write it". It would be simply for "I need to look at the SMF data in near real time in order to do something else."
I apologize for the following being so vague and poorly written. What this would consist of is a way to register a need for a copy of the SMF data. This request would result in a local data space being created for the address space doing the request. Control blocks would be created in this data space. A copy of the SMF record would be made in this data space and chained into the control blocks. The simpliest form of the API would simply copy all SMF records into this data space as they are generated. If the data space fills up, then records are lost. A more advanced form of the request would have a way to specify a type of filter. This filter would only copy SMF records which had specific values in specific fields. I don't know all the filters, but was thinking of filters on fields in the SMF header such as SMFRTY, SMFSID, SMFSSI, and SMFSTY. Of course, their needs to be a way to process this data. So, some variations could be: POST an ECB; schedule an IRB on the TCB which is using the API, passing a pointer to the record; schedule a loca! l SRB into the address space with a pointer to the record; ??? . In the POST an ECB case, there would be an API to dequeue the next record. An RC would indicate no more records so the dequeue could be in a loop. When no more records, the code could do whatever and eventually the ECB would be posted again. For a SYNCHRONOUS request, the API could be set up so that a WAIT is automatically done until another record is available. Would such an API be generally useful to the community? Or am I off in the parking lot again? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
