The Problem In their regular activities, z/OS Operations teams suffer from a lack of standard monitoring tools that would enable them to have a simple yet appropriate view of the programs being executed. Frequently, during a day of batch processing, Operations staff need to analyze and understand the different problems, delays or conditions of execution.

Beyond the useful macroscopic indicators of “capacity planning,” IT Operations teams need a more precise view, one focused on the unit level of the job or file.

SMF records are limited to individual actions and conditions, and do not allow Operations staff to easily reconstruct the tasks being executed in the z/OS environment.

eSMF designed for Operations

The eSMF SolutioneSMF features a straightforward and performance-oriented user interface offering:

A direct view of the execution information, through the regrouping of individual SMF records into one logical JOB entity,

A visualization of the lifecycle for all types of files (Sequential, VSAM, PDS, USS, etc.) by consolidating every activity identified during program execution,

An individual consultation of SMF records based upon job specialization or according to your specific needs.

eSMF is designed for every person within IT Operations, for centralized or for personal use:

IT Operations Monitoring

Analyzes processing and errors

Optimizes parallel processing

Generates reports

Auditors

Analyzes the use of resources (files, runtime classes, etc.)

Verifies safety compliance (security clearance, user submissions, rules of execution, etc.)

Monitors naming conventions, and norms and standards of execution (Accounting, Libraries, Job Structures, PGM, etc.)

Managers

Displays execution statistics (consumption, duration, etc.)

Generates incident indicators

Produces personal reports

eSMF makes it possible to regroup and classify data according to occupation-specific criteria, offering project leads and supervisors a level of information precisely adapted to their needs.

MAIN FEATURES Synthetic extraction of SMF records into a

published format

A user interface that provides immediate access to information

Intuitive research engine offering multiple options for output (customizable, text, Csv, Html, XML)

Statistics and reporting capabilities

Fully adaptable to specific needs, such as regroupings according to occupation, criticality level ratings, etc.

“COMPOSITE” RECORDS Aggregation of “atomic” records by type

The composite “JOB” assembles all of the records for the Job, Step, and File/Pds for the same execution

The “FILE LIFE CYCLE” and “MEMBER LIFE CYCLE” list all the actions on a name or on a file/member mask

ARCHITECTURE An extractor on z/OS performs a focused and

efficient synthesis of SMF data dumps

In order to best limit the consumption of z/OS resources, the synthesis results are exploited after transfer, from a cross-platform server upon which the Windows clients connect.

For individual needs, a stock image can be retrieved on a user station in the “Personal Server” environment, allowing total autonomy of processing.

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“Composite” Records Created

Treated “Atomic” Records

30-1 Job Start30-4 Step End30-5 Job End14 File Read15 File Write17 File Delete18 File Rename42-21 PDS(E) Member Delete42-24 PDS(E) Member Add/Replace42-25 PDS(E) Member Rename61 IDCAMS Define62 IDCAMS Delete65 IDCAMS Alter66 IDCAMS Open92-7 Unix File Move92-11 Unix File Close92-14 Unix File Delete/ Rename

SMF Job with FilesFile Life CycleMember Life Cycle

The Problem In their regular activities, z/OS Operations teams suffer from a lack of standard monitoring tools that would enable them to have a simple yet appropriate view of the programs being executed. Frequently, during a day of batch processing, Operations staff need to analyze and understand the different problems, delays or conditions of execution.

Beyond the useful macroscopic indicators of “capacity planning,” IT Operations teams need a more precise view, one focused on the unit level of the job or file.

SMF records are limited to individual actions and conditions, and do not allow Operations staff to easily reconstruct the tasks being executed in the z/OS environment.

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The eSMF SolutioneSMF features a straightforward and performance-oriented user interface offering:

A direct view of the execution information, through the regrouping of individual SMF records into one logical JOB entity,

A visualization of the lifecycle for all types of files (Sequential, VSAM, PDS, USS, etc.) by consolidating every activity identified during program execution,

An individual consultation of SMF records based upon job specialization or according to your specific needs.

eSMF is designed for every person within IT Operations, for centralized or for personal use:

IT Operations Monitoring

Analyzes processing and errors

Optimizes parallel processing

Generates reports

Auditors

Analyzes the use of resources (files, runtime classes, etc.)

Verifies safety compliance (security clearance, user submissions, rules of execution, etc.)

Monitors naming conventions, and norms and standards of execution (Accounting, Libraries, Job Structures, PGM, etc.)

Managers

Displays execution statistics (consumption, duration, etc.)

Generates incident indicators

Produces personal reports

eSMF makes it possible to regroup and classify data according to occupation-specific criteria, offering project leads and supervisors a level of information precisely adapted to their needs.

MAIN FEATURES Synthetic extraction of SMF records into a

published format

A user interface that provides immediate access to information

Intuitive research engine offering multiple options for output (customizable, text, Csv, Html, XML)

Statistics and reporting capabilities

Fully adaptable to specific needs, such as regroupings according to occupation, criticality level ratings, etc.

“COMPOSITE” RECORDS Aggregation of “atomic” records by type

The composite “JOB” assembles all of the records for the Job, Step, and File/Pds for the same execution

The “FILE LIFE CYCLE” and “MEMBER LIFE CYCLE” list all the actions on a name or on a file/member mask

ARCHITECTURE An extractor on z/OS performs a focused and

efficient synthesis of SMF data dumps

In order to best limit the consumption of z/OS resources, the synthesis results are exploited after transfer, from a cross-platform server upon which the Windows clients connect.

For individual needs, a stock image can be retrieved on a user station in the “Personal Server” environment, allowing total autonomy of processing.Figure 1: Composite view of a job

Figure 2: eSMF produces statistics and reports Figure 3: Search filter