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SMF Type 38 Record (Subtype 1)

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records
(Netview - Command authorization table record).

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

Purpose: Netview writes type 38 There are 4 subtypes.
1 - Command authorization table record
2 - Task resource utilization data
3 - Dynamic span table record
4 - Command Statistics External Log Record

The subtype is indicated in the SMF38SUBT field.

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SMF Type 38 Record -- Netview - Command authorization table record
Offset (Dec.)	Offset (Hex)	Name	Length	Format	Description
0	0	SMF38LENG	2	binary	Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See "Standard SMF Record Header" on page 13-1 for a detailed description.
2	2	SMF38SEGD	2	binary	Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4	4	SMF38SYSI	1	binary	System indicator Bit Meaning When Set 0 Subsystem name follows system identification 1 Subtypes used 2 Reserved 3-6 Version indicators* 7 Reserved.*See "Standard SMF Record Header" on page 13-1 for a detailed description.
5	5	SMF38RECT	1	binary	Record type 33 (X'21').
6	6	SMF38TIME	4	binary	Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into the SMF buffer.
10	A	SMF38DATE	4	packed	Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF.
14	E	SMF38SYID	4	EBCDIC	System identification (from the SID parameter).
18	12	SMF38SUBS	4	EBCDIC	Subsystem identifier. ("NETV")
22	16	SMF38SUBT	2	binary	Record subtype. 1 - Command authorization table record 2 - Task resource utilization data 3 - Dynamic span table record 4 - Command Statistics External Log Record
24	18	SMF38TRNUM	2	binary	Total number of triplets
28	1C	SMF38PROFF	4	binary	Offset to Product section.
32	20	SMF38PRLEN	2	binary	Length of Product section.
34	22	SMF38PRNUM	2	binary	Number of Product Sections in this record.
36	24	SMF38GOFF	4	binary	Offset to General Section.
40	28	SMF38GLEN	2	binary	Length of General Section.
42	2A	SMF38GNUM	2	binary	Number of General Sections in this record.
44	2C	SMF38COFF	4	binary	Offset to Command Section.
48	30	SMF38CLEN	2	binary	Length of Command Section.
50	32	SMF38CNUM	2	binary	Number of Command Sections in this record.
52	34	SMF38KOFF	4	binary	Offset to Keyword Section.
56	38	SMF38KLEN	2	binary	Length of Keyword Section.
58	3A	SMF38KNUM	2	binary	Number of Keyword Sections in this record.
60	3C	SMF38VOFF	4	binary	Offset to Value Section.
64	40	SMF38VLEN	2	binary	Length of Value Section.
66	42	SMF38VNUM	2	binary	Number of Value Sections in this record.
68	44	SMF38IOFF	4	binary	Offset to Command ID Section.
72	48	SMF38ILEN	2	binary	Length of Command ID Section.
74	4A	SMF38INUM	2	binary	Number of Command ID Sections in this record.
76	4C	SMF38UOFF	4	binary	Offset to User ID Section.
80	50	SMF38ULEN	2	binary	Length of User ID Section.
82	52	SMF38UNUM	2	binary	Number of User ID Sections in this record.
84	54	SMF38CAOFF	4	binary	Offset to Caller Section.
88	58	SMF38CALEN	2	binary	Length of Caller Section.
90	5A	SMF38CANUM	2	binary	Number of Caller Sections in this record.
Product Section This section contains the product that generated the record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF38PROFF)
0	0	SMF38CVER	2	BINARY	Record version number - 01.
2	2	SMF38CPNM	4	EBCDIC	Product name - NETV
6	6	SMF38CPVR	2	EBCDIC	Product version and release, in the format vr, where v is version and r is release.
General Section(Offset from beginning of record: SMF38GOFF)
0	0	SMF38CTNM	8	EBCDIC	Name of the NetView command authorization table
8	8	SMF38CDOM	8	EBCDIC	Domain where the NetView command authorization table is loaded
17	10	SMF38CTTM	17	EBCDIC	Time that this NetView command authorization table was loaded, in the format:MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
33	21	SMF38CHPA	3	EBCDIC	If the authorization decision was PASS, this field describes how the PASS decision was authorized: PER - by PERMIT statement EXE - by EXEMPT statement
36	24	SMF38CDEC	4	EBCDIC	Authority decision, "PASS" or "FAIL"
40	28	SMF38CMTY	8	EBCDIC	Match type: SPECIFIC - The command is explicitly protected by a command identifier that exactly matches the command being checked. GENERIC - The command is protected by a command identifier that contains a generic character in one or more command, keyword, or value field.
Command Section The command that is being protected by a command identifier (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38COFF)
0	0	SMF38CMD_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder
Keyword Section The keyword that is being protected by a command identifier (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38KOFF)
0	0	SMF38KEY_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder
Value Section The value that is being protected by a command identifier (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38VOFF)
0	0	SMF38VAL_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder
Command ID Section The command identifier that caused this authorization check to fail or pass. The format is: netid.luname.cmd.keyword.value (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38IOFF)
0	0	SMF38CMDID_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder
User ID section The user ID that is being checked (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38UDOFF)
0	0	SMF38USR_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder
Caller Section The user ID of the CALLER of the table authority check (Offset from beginning of record: SMF38CAOFF)
0	0	SMF38CAL_ BEGIN	1	EBCDIC	Placeholder

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

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SMF Type 38 Record (Subtype 1)

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records (Netview - Command authorization table record).

It's easy to report on SMF 38 data!

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records
(Netview - Command authorization table record).