CA View - SMF Subtype 32 Records Created by View for LOAD Processing

Products

• Deliver
• View

Issue/Introduction

Under what circumstances does View create SMF subtype 32 (X'20'), LOAD, records?

Environment

Release : 14.0

Component : CA View

Resolution

If View's EAS tape robotic is used, any report recalled from tape will appear in the View Metrics Access (ACCS) report, where there will be a Media (MED column) notation of EAS.

The EAS tape robotic is used to recall a report, for browse, from tape, whereas there is a transparent load of the report from tape, done in the EAS address space.

As such, the corresponding LOAD field is 0, and no SMF subtype 32 record is created. 

With use of EAS, report selection would be done with "S", as though the report was on disk.

Even if an "L" (for Load) is done while EAS is in use, the Load would be buffered into the EAS address space and would not be interpreted as a LOAD (subtype 32).

The only way that SMF subtype 32 (x'20') records are generated would be if a report recall is done from tape using the "L" command, where EAS is not used, or a SARBCH /LOAD batch job is run, to load a report to the disk layer.