1. XINFO – Scanner zOS – SMF

2. What is this presentation about?
This PowerPoint gives you a short overview about XINFO SMF Scanner and how to use it.
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Using XINFO
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3. SMF – You like to know …
Which files where accessed between 01:00 and 02:00?
Which jobs where active at 21:30?
Which programs where active between …?
Which jobs did wait longer than 60 seconds?
Which jobs did wait because of “wait for enqueue”?
Which jobs where cancelled manually?
How often abandoned program XYZ since last month?

4. XINFO and SMF History is taken from SMF dump datasets
SMF based job runtimes
Program runtimes, EXPC, CPU usage, etc.
File access
When?
How?
Who?

5. SMF - Displays SMF offers 7 options: Job Information Step Information
Dataset Usage
zFS file usage
CICS Monitor Tran
Printer
Jobruntime Barchart

6. SMF – Dataset usage To search for file access ...
… select “Dataset usage”

7. SMF – Dataset usage Selection
How was the file P390.JUP.Data.* used between …

8. SMF – Dataset usage Results
File usage
When was it CLOSED?
Jobname
When was it OPENED?

9. Extra columns for “DASD”, “DISP” and “VOLSER”
SMF – Dataset usage
Extra columns for “DASD”, “DISP” and “VOLSER”

10. SMF Disposition – Example
Find all jobs, which have allocated files with DISP=OLD …
… but DISP=SHR would be enough.

11. SMF Disposition – Example
Jobs
Usage
Files

12. SMF DASD – Example … between 01:00 and 02:00 o´clock
With a left click another selection field appears
Find all Jobs, which used tape …

13. SMF DASD – Example
… resulted jobs

14. SMF – Active jobs
To search for active jobs…
… select job information

15. SMF – Active jobs Selection
Which jobs were active at at 21:30?
Please note: “Start time <=”, “End Time >=”

16. SMF – Active jobs Results
Starttime
Endtime
Jobname
EXCP
Duration

17. SMF – Active programs
To get all programs which where active between ...
… select Step Information

18. SMF – Active programs Selection
Which programs were active at between 17:00 and 18:00?

19. SMF – Active programs Results
... Click here to sort by Startime
Starttime RC
Jobname
Duration
Endtime

20. SMF – JES Job waits To get all jobs with Wait times longer than...
… select Job Information

21. SMF – JES job waits Selection
Which jobs did wait on the between 01:00 and in the JES input queue longer than 60 seconds

22. SMF – JES job waits Results
Jobname
Starttime
Waittime

23. … select Step Information
SMF – Wait for enqueue
To get all steps which did wait longer than 10 seconds because of “wait for enqueue?” ...
… select Step Information

24. SMF – Wait for enqueue Selection
… wait for enqueue for more than 10 seconds

25. SMF – Wait for enqueue Results
Jobname
Starttime
… scroll to the right…

26. SMF – Wait for enqueue Results
Waiting for Enqueue

27. SMF – Cancelled jobs Which jobs where cancelled this month? ...
… select Job Information

28. SMF – Cancelled jobs Selection
Returncode S222
Which jobs where cancelled in December?

29. SMF – Cancelled jobs Results
Jobname
Starttime
Duration

30. SMF – Program return codes
You need an overview about the return codes for a production day?
… select Job Information

31. SMF – Program return codes Selection
Specify the date …

32. SMF – Program return codes Results
Select group

33. SMF – Program return codes Results
Specify RC with a click on the box …
… and click on OK

34. SMF – Program return codes Results
How often …
… did you get that code?

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