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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 9, 2026

Please add DSNZPARM CHKFREQ to the ZPARM Logging report

CHKFREQ is useful because if CHKTYPE (which you DO report) is SINGLE, the value of CHKFREQ points to the type of frequency that is used for checkpoint processing, indicating whether it's LOGRECS or MINUTES, depending upon its value.  When CHKFREQ is between 1-5, it indicates the number of minutes between checkpoints.  If it is between 1,000-16,000,000 it indicates the number of log records between checkpoints.

Customers cannot see whether they are checkpointing on minutes or log records when they are using SINGLE for CHKTYPE.

Idea priority Low