> No, they burn cycles whenever a dump is triggered by a MAN dataset > filling up. Yes, in some small shops / environments you can have > enough of them and only dump them all once a day. That doesn't > work in larger environments.
I have never seen SMF Dumps 'burn' cycles. Make them low importance and have enough that they don't fill up. What burns is all the processing you do with the records. When in doubt. PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html