<snip> Reading the documentation for each of the SMF 89 subtypes, it would appear that (in somewhat informal terms) subtype 1 reports CPU and zIIP time for a product, while subtype 2 reports the number of times that a product was run (registered itself as running). Is that a fair summary? </snip> I'd say "no". What IFAUSAGE reports is, in general, up to the exploiter. And for IFAEDREG there is no necessary relationship between the number of invocations of IFAEDREG and the number of times that a product was run.
<snip> Would I be correct in inferring from that that subtype 1 might be more appropriate for a "long-running service" product like CICS, while subtype 2 would be more appropriate for a "batch" type product like, for example, a compiler or utility? </snip> I'd say "no". "Appropriateness" is not relevant to these cases. The choice is a business decision. Your questions make me fear that you want to do something beyond what is documented with these records. I hope my fear is misplaced. You do know that SCRT pays attention to these records. If there is something specific that is not documented, we could consider documenting it. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
