Our problem is also SMF starts losing data before all files are full:
IEE979W SMF DATA LOST - NO BUFFER SPACE AVAILABLE TIME=08:19:30
...
D SMF
IEE974I 08.20.04 SMF DATA SETS 177
NAME VOLSER SIZE(BLKS) %FULL STATUS
P-SYS1.MAN1E1 CGEHAA 43200 100 CLOSE PENDING
S-SYS1.MAN1E2 CGEHAB 43200 16 ACTIVE
S-SYS1.MAN1E3 CGEHAC 43200 0 ALTERNATE
S-SYS1.MAN1E4 CGEHAD 43200 0 ALTERNATE
S-SYS1.MAN1E5 CGEHAE 43200 0 ALTERNATE
So sys1.man1e1 does not reach "Dump Required" state, and also SMF has used
all of his space available...
Any idea?
2006/1/17, Robert A. Rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> At 14:54 +0100 on 01/16/2006, Víctor de la Fuente wrote about How
> SMFDUMP works?:
>
> >Hi all!
> >I was wondering which is the process of clearing SMF datasets. We are
> having
> >a problem, and I'd like to know the process to see which is that problem.
> >
> >When one SMF dataset is full, it should get into DUMP REQUIRED state to
> be
> >cleared. The problem we are having is that, sometimes (randomly in time)
> the
> >dataset stays in CLOSE PENDING for several minutes). If the charge of the
> >system is high, that time is plenty to let SMF fill up all of its 128
> MBs,
> >so we start to lose data. Could some of you tell me when the dataset
> changes
> >its state, and why?
> >
> >Thank you very much!!!!
>
> While I can not help you with your "Slow Close" problem, I can offer
> some assistance with your "All Files Full" one. Why not increase the
> size of the MAN Datasets or allocate more of them? So long as at
> least one is not full (either because of its size [when it is the
> active one] or the number you have defined [ie: There is still at
> least one that is empty and can be switched to]) you will not get an
> "All Files Full - Data has no where to be dumped when the buffers
> fill" condition.
>
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