Use this page to format the SMF recording output data set
into a readable format for printing to the screen or other output
device.
Before you begin
Make sure SMF recording is running.
About this task
Perform the following steps to format the SMF recording output
data set into a readable format for printing to the screen or other
output device:
Procedure
- Switch the SMF data sets by entering i smf from the MVS™ console to switch the SMF data sets.
- Run the SMF Dump program (IFASMFDP) to create a sequential
data set from the raw dump. A sample JCL is shown in z/OS MVS System Management Facilities (SMF), SA22-7630.
Results
You have successfully formatted the output data set when SMFDUMP
ends with return code 0.