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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 17, 2022

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Provide method to help automate the missing SMF rcds when SMF Extractor is down on a Lpar.

It is possible for SMF Extractor to be down and you can lose SMF data to be collected. The only way to collect those missing rcds for that Lpar is to run a COLLECT and estimate a time. It would be nice if SMF Extractor would give 2 timestamps, 1 on the normal/abnormal shutdown, 1 on the startup, that can be used in a COLLECT to collect that SMF and a procedure how.
Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 5, 2023

    As we continue to communicate interest/need, the issue with lacking diagnostic information for the SMF EXTRACTOR is very important to assess a problem situation and subsequent recovery for SMF EXTRACTOR and spoke/hub/server problem situations.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2022

    Given what is stated here, it is of significant concern that the SMF EXTRACTOR process does not externalize an audit-trail summary of each SMF data-forwarding event, regardless about any primary-concern raised here about missed SMF data.

    A continuous SYSOUT/report audit-trail information stream is key to basic tracking of the IzPCA SMF EXTRACTOR processing, at the SMF DATA START/END date/time-period forwarded and also the SMF-ID of the system as well.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 9, 2022

    Thank you for this idea. We will review this and get back to you with any further questions we may have.


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