Accounting for PDS - SMF Records

The server provides an optional facility to use for accounting purposes that enables you to log resource utilization on a per-user basis. This facility enables the server to generate SMF records for query-level and user-level accounting.

Server accounting requires that the server STEPLIB data sets be APF-authorized. When SMF records are generated, they contain:

• The logon ID and security ID of the user.
• The CPU time and EXCPs consumed.
• Data based on the type of record written.

You can process the SMF records using the accounting programs that exist at your site. Examples of SMF records are provided in SMF Record Format for RECTYPES 1 and 4.

In order to write SMF records, the server must be running APF authorized.

Two sample Master Files (SMFVSAM and SMFFIX) are provided for accessing accounting statistics. They reside in qualif.P.HOME.MAS.

Their difference is that SMFVSAM can be used to report directly from the system-live SYS1.MANx records, while SMFFIX can be used to report from a sequential file produced from running the SMFDUMP utility. These Master Files enable you to interpret the SMF records generated by the accounting facility using reporting requests or store procedures. Both Master Files are for logoff records only, as indicated by ALIAS=2 on the RECTYPE field entry.

A sample procedure report to query the SMF data is also provided in qualif.P.HOME.FEX(SMFMAN1).