RMF™ can usually be started with the simple 'S RMF' command from the MVS™ console.
//RMF PROC //IEFPROC EXEC PGM=ERBMFMFC,REGION=0M,PARM='MEMBER(XS)' //IEFPARM DD DDNAME=IEFRDER //IEFRDER DD DSN=SYS1.PARMLIB,DISP=SHR
CPU /* COLLECT CPU STATISTICS */ CHAN /* COLLECT CHANNEL STATISTICS */ CYCLE(1000) /* SAMPLE AT 1 TIME / SECOND */ DEVICE(NOCHRDR) /* NO CHARACTER RDR DEV STATS */ DEVICE(COMM) /* ADDED COMM FOR 37X5 */ DEVICE(DASD) /* COLLECT DIRECT ACCESS DEVICE */ /* STATISTICS */ DEVICE(NOGRAPH) /* NO GRAPHICS DEVICE STATISTICS */ DEVICE(NOTAPE) /* NO TAPE DEVICE STATISTICS */ DEVICE(NOUNITR) /* NO UNIT RECORD DEVICE STATS */ ENQ(SUMMARY) /* ENQ REPORTING */ INTERVAL(15M) /* REPORT AT 15 MIN INTERVALS */ IOQ(DASD) /* I/O Q'ING FOR DEV IN LOG CU */ IOQ(COMM) /* I/O Q'ING FOR DEV IN LOG CU */ NOVSTOR /* NO RMF 3.2 AND LATER REL */ OPTIONS /* OPERATOR MAY CHG RMF OPTIONS */ PAGING /* COLLECT PAGING STATISTICS */ PAGESP /* COLLECT PAGE/SWAP DATASET STAT*/ RECORD /* RECORD INTO SMF DATASET */ NOSTOP /* STOP AFTER 90 MINUTES */ SYNC(SMF) /* INTERVAL SYNCED WITH SMF */ STDERR(H) /* STDERR CLASS OF OUTPUT REPORT */ WKLD(PERIOD,SYSTEM) /* COLLECT WORKLOAD MANAGER STATISTICS AND REPORT AT THE PERIOD LEVEL + TOTAL LINE */ TRACE(CCVUTILP)