SMF recording

The Job Optimizer SMF recording feature provides a wide range of informational and performance-related data that is presented in a number of different self-defining sections within the record. The following types of information are produced:

• Job characteristics

• Job policy options in effect

• Step characteristics

• Pipe characteristics

This section provides the following topics:

• Activating SMF recording
• SMF record header
• Self-Defining section
• Product section
• Subsystem Identification section
• Job Information section
• Performance Processing Options section
• Step Information section
• Pipe Information section
• Obtaining reports from Job Optimizer SMF data