>Well... I do use GDG for SMF, but I create one generation a day and use 
>DISP=MOD for further offloads.

Risky choice.
What happens if the offloading job fails for some reason?
You could lose all the accumulated data.


>BTW: In your scenario you don't know how old data do you have! The data can be 
>rolled off depending on the amount, not depending on age.

Do you expect your SMF data to be dumped more than 255 times a day?
The key is to switch at midnight, consolidate, and then delete the day's dumps.

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