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SMF Type 38 Record (Subtype 4)

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records
(Netview - Command Statistics External Log 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 Statistics External Log 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"5:23 PM 10/30/2022 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	SMF38TRNUM4	2	binary	Total number of triplets (3)
28	1C	SMF38PROFF4	4	binary	Offset to Product section.
32	20	SMF38PRLEN4	2	binary	Length of Product section.
34	22	SMF38PRNUM4	2	binary	Number of Product Sections in this record. (1)
36	24	SMF38GOFF4	4	binary	Offset to General Section.
40	28	SMF38GLEN4	2	binary	Length of General Section.
42	2A	SMF38GNUM4	2	binary	Number of General Sections in this record. (1)
44	2C	SMF38DOFF4	4	binary	Offset to Data Section.
48	30	SMF38DLEN4	2	binary	Length of Data Section.
50	32	SMF38DNUM4	2	binary	Number of Data Sections in this record.
Product Section This section identifies the product that generated the record.(Offset from beginning of record: SMF38PROFF4)
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: SMF38GOFF4)
0	0	SMF38GMODE	1	BINARY	Status of Command Statistics Function. The status may be one of the following codes: 1 - Command statistics are collected for all monitored commands. 2 - Command statistics are collected only for primary commands. 1 3 * 3 Reserved
4	4	SMF38GDOM	8	EBCDIC	NetView Domain where the NetView command statistics data is collected
Data Section(Offset from beginning of record: SMF38DOFF4)
0	0	SMF38DCMDN	8	EBCDIC	Command Name
0008	0008	SMF38DALTN	8	EBCDIC	Command Alternate Name
0016	0010	SMF38DPRNT	8	EBCDIC	Parent Name
0024	0018	SMF38DTSK	8	EBCDIC	NetView Task Name
0032	0020	SMF38DSTCK	8	BINARY	Start Date and Time STCK
0040	0028	SMF38DETCK	8	BINARY	End Date and Time STCK
0048	0030	SMF38DCPU	8	BINARY	CPU Time in Microseconds
0056	0038	SMF38DSTG	4	BINARY	Storage High Water Mark in Bytes
0060	003C	SMF38DIOC	4	BINARY	Total I/O Count
0064	0040	SMF38DAUSR	8	EBCDIC	Authorized User Name

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 4)

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records (Netview - Command Statistics External Log Record).

It's easy to report on SMF 38 data!

This table shows the record layout for type 38 SMF records
(Netview - Command Statistics External Log Record).