Ah! I interpreted the question of "how to code a program to do a programmatic query" and SMFRTEST is the answer to that.
If the question is "how would a human do an interactive query?" then yes, the answer is D SMF,O and learning to parse the output (as a human) is a learning experience of its own. SMFRTEST is here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=macros-smfrtest-testing-record-recording D SMF is here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=command-displaying-smf-data-smf Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Barry Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Producing throwaway SMF? On Wed, 11 May 2022 16:18:41 +0000, A T & T Management <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > How would one go about doing a query of SMF if it is recording that record > number? > >Thank you,Scott > > On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 11:50:22 AM EDT, Peter Relson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do keep in mind that many SMF record producers query SMF to see if SMF is > being told to record their record and will bypass creating the record and > calling SMF if SMF is not recording it. No exit will get control if the > producer decides not to produce. > >I have no idea what CICS does. > >Peter Relson >z/OS Core Technology Design > To the question posed about how to identify if an SMF record type is being recorded, on the particular z/OS LPAR, issue z/OS command: D SMF,O Scott Barry SBBTech LLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
