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SMF Type 120 Record - Subtype 10

This table shows the record layout for type 120 SMF records
(WebSphere Appl - Outbound Request Record Version 9.0).

List of other SMF record layouts available.
List of sample SMF reports.

Purpose: WebSphere Application Server writes record type 120 to collect WebSphere Application Server performance statistics.

Record type 120 has the following subtypes:

Subtype 1 - the Server Activity record
Subtype 6 - the Server Interval record
Subtype 5 - the J2EE Container Activity Record
Subtype 6 - the J2EE Container Interval Record
Subtype 7 - the WebContainer Activity record
Subtype 8 - the WebContainer Interval record
Subtype 9 - Network Deployment (z/OS) Request Activity record
Subtype 10 - Outbound Request record
Subtype 11 - Liberty server log information about HTTP requests

Subtype 10 - The purpose of the Outbound Request SMF record is to record requests that go outbound. This record is produced whenever an optimized local adapter request goes outbound.

You can use the SMF Subtype 10 record to monitor how many outbound requests are occurring, where they are going and how long it takes.

You can activate this record through the administrative console by setting server_SMF_outbound_enabled=1 (or server_SMF_outbound_enabled=true).

If you do not want these records to be generated, you can set server_SMF_outbound_enabled=0 (or server_SMF_outbound_enabled=false), which turns off the creation of this SMF record type. This is the default value for this property.

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SMF Type 120 Record -- WebSphere Appl - Outbound Request Record Version 9.0
Offset (Dec.)	Offset (Hex)	Name	Length	Format	Description
0	0	SMF120LEN	2	binary	Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word).
2	2	SMF120SEG	2	binary	Segment descriptor (see record length field)
4	4	SMF120FLG	1	binary	Bit meaning when set 0: New SMF record format 1: Subtypes used 2: Reserved 3-6: Version indicators* 7: Reserved
5	5	SMF120RTY	1	binary	Record type 120(X'78')
6	6	SMF120TME	4	binary	Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into the SMF buffer.
10	A	SMF120DTE	4	packed	Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0 cyydddF.
14	E	SMF120SID	4	EBCDIC	System identification (from the SMFPRMxx SID parameter)
18	12	SMF120SSI	4	EBCDIC	Subsystem identification from SUBSYS parameter
22	16	SMF120RST	2	binary	Record subtype: 1: Server activity 2: Container activity 3: Server interval 4: Container interval. 5: J2EE container activity 6: J2EE container interval 7: WebContainer activity 8: WebContainer interval 9: Request Activity record 10: Outbound Request record 11: Liberty server log information about HTTP requests
Individual header extension for subtype 10
24	18	SMF120AAA	4	binary	Subtype version number
28	1C	SMF120AAB	4	binary	Number of triplets
32	20	SMF120AAC	4	binary	Index of this record
36	24	SMF120AAD	4	binary	Total number of records
40	28	SMF120AAE	8	EBCDIC	Record continuation token
The following triplet appears for the Platform neutral server information section.
48	30	SMF120AAF	4	binary	The offset to the Platform neutral server information section
52	34	SMF120AAG	4	binary	The length of the Platform neutral server information section
56	38	SMF120AAH	4	binary	The number of Platform neutral server information sections
The following triplet appears for the z/OSserver information section.
60	3C	SMF120AAI	4	binary	The offset to the z/OSserver information section
64	40	SMF120AAJ	4	binary	The length of the z/OSserver information section
68	44	SMF120AAK	4	binary	The number of z/OSserver information sections
The following triplet appears for the common outbound request information section.
72	48	SMF120AAL	4	binary	The offset to the Outbound request information section
76	4C	SMF120AAM	4	binary	The length of the Outbound request information section
80	50	SMF120AAN	4	binary	The number of Outbound request information sections
The following triplet appears for the WOLA outbound request type specific information section.
84	54	SMF120AAR	4	binary	The offset to the WOLA outbound request type specific information section
88	58	SMF120AAS	4	binary	The length of the WOLA outbound request type specific information section
92	5C	SMF120AAT	4	binary	The number of WOLA outbound request type specific information sections
The following triplet appears for the outbound request transaction context section.
96	60	SMF120AAU	4	Binary	The offset to the outbound request transaction context section
100	64	SMF120AAV	4	binary	The length of the outbound request transaction context section
104	68	SMF120AAW	4	binary	The number of outbound request transaction context sections
The following triplet appears for the outbound request security context section.
108	6C	SMF120AAX	4	binary	The offset to the outbound request security context section.
112	70	SMF120AAY	4	binary	The length of the outbound request security context section.
116	74	SMF120AAZ	4	binary	The number of outbound request security context sections
The following triplet appears for the outbound request CICS context section.
120	78	SMF120AA1	4	binary	The offset to the outbound request CICS context section
124	7C	SMF120AA2	4	binary	The length of the outbound request CICS context section
128	80	SMF120AA3	4	binary	The number of outbound request CICS context sections
The following triplet appears for the OTMA outbound request type specific section.
132	84	SMF120AA4	4	binary	The offset to the OTMA outbound request type specific section
136	88	SMF120AA5	4	binary	The length of the OTMA outbound request type specific section
140	8C	SMF120AA6	4	binary	The number of OTMA outbound request type specific sections
The following area is reserved for future triplets.
144	90	--	60	binary	Reserved
Platform neutral server information section This section contains information about the server that handled the request.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AF)
0	0	SMF120ABG	4	binary	The version of the Server information
4	4	SMF120ABH	8	EBCDIC	Cell short name
12	C	SMF120ABI	8	EBCDIC	Node short name
20	14	SMF120ABJ	8	EBCDIC	Cluster short name
28	1C	SMF120ABK	8	EBCDIC	Server short name
36	24	SMF120ABL	4	EBCDIC	Server or controller PID
40	28	SMF120ABM	1	binary	Product version level (the w in the format w.x.y.z)
41	29	SMF120ABN	1	binary	Product release level (the x in the format w.x.y.z)
42	2A	SMF120ABO	1	binary	Part of the product modification level (the y in the format w.x.y.z)
43	2B	SMF120ABP	1	binary	Part of the product modification level (the z in the format w.x.y.z)
44	2C	--	32	binary	Reserved
z/OS server information section. This section contains information about the controller and servant where the request was dispatched. One of these sections in included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AI)
0	0	SMF120ABQ	4	binary	The version of the server information
4	4	SMF120ABR	8	EBCDIC	The name of the system on which the product is running (CVTSNAME)
12	C	SMF120ABS	8	EBCDIC	The name of the sysplex on which the product is running
20	14	SMF120ABT	8	EBCDIC	The job name for the controller
28	1C	SMF120ABU	8	EBCDIC	The job ID for the controller
36	24	SMF120ABV	8	binary	The STOKEN for the controller
44	2C	SMF120ABW	2	binary	The ASID for the controller
46	2E	--	2	binary	Reserved for alignment
48	30	SMF120ABX	20	binary	The cluster UUID
68	44	SMF120ABY	20	binary	The server UUID
88	58	SMF120ABZ	8	EBCDIC	The daemon group name
96	60	SMF120ACA	4	binary	The hours portion of the LE GMT offset. The value is obtained from the CEEGMTO API if you are running in 31-bit mode. The field contains all zeros if the CEEGMTO API fails or is unavailable, or if you are running in 64-bit mode. The CEEGMTO API is not supported in 64-bit mode. In these situations, flag SMF120AFJ is turned on to indicate that the zeros in this field are not valid GMT offsets.
100	64	SMF120ACB	4	binary	The minutes portion of the LE GMT offset. The value is obtained from the CEEGMTO API if you are running in 31-bit mode. The field contains all zeros if the CEEGMTO API fails or is unavailable, or if you are running in 64-bit mode. The CEEGMTO API is not supported in 64-bit mode. In these situations, flag SMF120AFJ is turned on to indicate that the zeros in this field are not valid GMT offsets.
104	68	SMF120ACC	8	binary	The seconds portion of the LE GMT offset. The value is obtained from the CEEGMTO API if you are running in 31-bit mode. The field contains all zeros if the CEEGMTO API fails or is unavailable, or if you are running in 64-bit mode. The CEEGMTO API is not supported in 64-bit mode. In these situations, flag SMF120AFJ is turned on to indicate that the zeros in this field are not valid GMT offsets.
112	70	SMF120ACD	8	binary	The system GMT offset. The value is obtained from the CVTLDTO API.
120	78	SMF120ACE	8	EBCDIC	The service level
120	78	SMF120AHV	16	EBCDIC	The service level (expanded)
136	88	--	20	binary	Reserved
Outbound Request information section This section contains information about the outbound request. One of these sections is included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AL)
0	0	SMF120ACF	4	binary	The version of the request information
4	4	SMF120ACG	4	binary	The PID of the dispatch servant
8	8	SMF120ACH	8	binary	The ID of the dispatched task. This value is returned from pthread_self.
16	10	SMF120ACK	4	binary	The type of request that was processed: 0 indicates that the request type is not known 1 indicates that the request was an WOLA request 2 indicates that the request was an OTMA request
20	14	--	4	binary	Reserved
24	18	SMF120ACR	8	EBCDIC	The job name for the dispatch servant
32	20	SMF120ACS	8	EBCDIC	The job ID for the dispatch servant
40	28	SMF120ACT	8	binary	The STOKEN for the dispatch servant
48	30	SMF120ACU	2	binary	The ASID for the dispatch servant
50	32	--	2	binary	Reserved for alignment
52	34	SMF120ACV	4	binary	The address of the dispatch TCB
56	38	SMF120ACW	16	binary	The TTOKEN for the dispatch TCB
72	48	SMF120ACY	8	binary	The enclave token
80	50	SMF120AD1	8	binary	The number of bytes sent
88	58	SMF120AD2	8	binary	The number of response bytes
96	60	SMF120AD3	16	S390STCKE	The time the request went outbound
112	70	SMF120AD4	16	S390STCKE	The time the outbound request returned
128	80	--	32	binary	Reserved
WOLA Outbound Request type specific section This section contains specific information about the WOLA outbound request. There are zero to one of these sections included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AO)
0	0	SMF120AD5	4	binary	The version of the WOLA outbound request type specific section
4	4	SMF120AD6	12	EBCDIC	The register name the outbound request is going to
16	10	SMF120AD7	256	EBCDIC	The service name the outbound request is going to
272	110	SMF120AD8	256	binary	The outbound request correlator context. This correlator context also ends up in the CICS SMF 110 records.
528	210	SMF120AD9	24	Reserved
Outbound Request transaction context section This section contains transaction information about the WOLA outbound request. There are zero to one of these sections included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AR)
0	0	SMF120ADA	4	binary	The version of the outbound request transaction context section
4	4	SMF120ADB	140	binary	The transactional XID
144	90	SMF120ADC	24	reserved
Outbound Request security context section This section contains security information about the WOLA outbound request. There are zero to one of these sections included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AU)
0	0	SMF120ADD	4	binary	The version of the outbound request security context section
4	4	SMF120ADE	8	EBCDIC	The security context
12	C	SMF120ADF	28	--	Reserved
Outbound Request CICScontext section This section contains the CICS context associated with the WOLA outbound request. There are zero to one of these sections included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209AX)
0	0	SMF120ADG	4	binary	The version of the outbound request CICScontext section
4	4	SMF120ADH	80	binary	The CICScontext
84	54	SMF120ADI	28	--	Reserved
OTMA Outbound Request type specific section This section contains the OTMA context associated with the WOLA outbound request. There are zero to one of these sections included in each record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF1209BA)
0	0	SMF120ADJ	4	binary	The version of the OTMA outbound request type specific section
4	4	SMF120ADK	12	EBCDIC	The OTMA register name of the outbound request
16	10	SMF120ADL	256	EBCDIC	The OTMA service name of the outbound request
272	110	SMF120ADM	8	EBCDIC	The OTMA IMStransaction name of the outbound request
280	118	SMF120ADN	8	EBCDIC	The OTMA IMSgroup id of the outbound request
288	120	SMF120ADO	16	EBCDIC	The OTMA IMSserver name of the outbound request
304	130	SMF120ADP	24	Reserved

The table above is based on the description provided by IBM in its "MVS Systems Management Facilities (SMF)" manual.

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Sample Report from SMF 120
WebSphere Application Java CPU Times

The sample SMF report below was created with Spectrum SMF Writer, the low-cost 4GL SMF report writer. It reads as input the SMF file and selects just the type 120 WebSphere Application records for Jave 2 Enterprise Edition containers. (See SMF 120-5 record layout.) It then prints a report line for each Java bean method accounting section found. The report shows CPU time information about those Java bean methods. Note that a single SMF 120 record can contain information about multiple beans and multiple methods per bean.

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INPUT:  SMF12005

INCLUDEIF: SMF120RTY=120   AND SMF120RST=5

TITLE: 'Z/OS WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SMF 120 DATA'
TITLE: 'SUBTYPE 5 -- J2EE CONTAINER ACTIVITY'

COL: SMF120RST(3 'SUB/TYP')
     SMF120JA4(5 'TRANS/SERVER/HOST')
     SMF120JA5(6 'TRANS/SERVER/NAME')
     SMF120JA8_EBC(8 'CONTAINER/NAME')
     SMF120CL2('CELL')
     SMF120ND2('NODE')
     SMF120JB1_EBC(10 'BEAN/NAME')
     SMF120JM1_EBC(25 'BEAN/METHOD')
     SMF120JM2(5 'TIMES/INVOK')
     SMF120JM3('AVG/RSP/TIME' TPIC'9.999' )
     SMF120JM4('MAX/RSP/TIME' TPIC'9.999'  )
     SMF120JMQ('AVG/CPU/TIME' TPIC'9.999999' )
     SMF120JMR('MIN/CPU/TIME' TPIC'9.999999')
     SMF120JMS('MAX/CPU/TIME' TPIC'9.999999')

Produce This SMF Report:


                                            Z/OS WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SMF 120 DATA
                                             SUBTYPE 5 -- J2EE CONTAINER ACTIVITY

     TRANS TRANS                                                                         AVG   MAX    AVG      MIN      MAX
 SUB SERVE SERVER CONTAINE                      BEAN              BEAN            TIMES  RSP   RSP    CPU      CPU      CPU
 TYP HOST   NAME    NAME     CELL     NODE      NAME             METHOD           INVOK TIME  TIME    TIME     TIME     TIME
 ___ _____ ______ ________ ________ ________ __________ _________________________ _____ _____ _____ ________ ________ ________

   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf invoke:java.lang.String,j     1 0.014 0.014 0.013665 0.013665 0.013665
   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf invoke:java.lang.String,j     1 0.020 0.020 0.006287 0.006287 0.006287
   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf login:java.lang.String,ja     1 0.006 0.006 0.004206 0.004206 0.004206
   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf invoke:java.lang.String,j     1 0.004 0.004 0.003605 0.003605 0.003605
   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf invoke:java.lang.String,j     1 0.007 0.007 0.004831 0.004831 0.004831
   5 AWT4  AXZ4S1 Default  AXZ4     AXZ44    Tonam::Inf invoke:java.lang.String,j     2 0.005 0.010 0.005650 0.001264 0.010036

 *** GRAND TOTAL (     6 ITEMS)

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