Acquire reads data from dumped SMF datasets. The following SMF record types should be present to make useful data for Syncsort Capacity Management:
Type 70 subtype 1
Type 72 subtype 3
Type 74 subtype 1
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SMF type 30 subtypes 1 through 6 (Job/STC/TSU details)
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RMF type 71 (Central and Expanded Storage use)
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RMF type 73 (Channel path use)
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RMF type 74 subtype 4 (Coupling Facility use)
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RMF type 75 (Page datasets)
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RMF type 78 (Channel-to-Controller connection mapping and HiperPAV data)
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DB2 type 100 subtype 0 and type 101 subtype 0 records (system and accounting data)
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CICS type 110 subtype 1 (transaction and possibly data dictionary records)
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SMF type 113 subtype 1 (HIS interval data from z/OS v2.1 or later)
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MQ Series type 115 subtypes 1, 2 and 215
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Websphere type 120 subtypes 3, 6 and 8
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Acquire/DASD - type selected by the user, default is 188
Interval Accounting records from SMF type 30 subtypes 2 and 3 will improve the accuracy of some aspects of a Syncsort Capacity Management Planner model, but their absence will not materially affect the way a model can be built, nor the system-wide performance reporting that is possible.
The presence of the EXCP Detail extension in the Type 30 records will considerably improve a Planner model as it provides maximum detail about which disks were accessed by which workload components during a modeling window. Planner can build models without this data, but the I/O assignment will be largely defaulted.
BMC Corporation’s CMF MONITOR product produces identical format SMF type 70 - 79 records to IBM’s RMF product. Acquire has been tested and proven to work correctly with this data.
Acquire can also process data from The Monitor for CICS (TMON/CICS) type “TA” records when provided on the //TMONCICS DD in the Acquire JCL.