The SMF header

Use this topic as a reference for the format of the SMF header.

Table 1 shows the format of SMF record header (SM115).

Offset: Dec Offset: Hex Type Len Name Description Example
0 0 Structure 28 SM115 SMF record header.  
0 0 Integer 2 SM115LEN SMF record length. 14A0
2 2   2   Reserved.  
4 4 Integer 1 SM115FLG System indicator. 5E
5 5 Integer 1 SM115RTY Record type. The SMF record type, for IBM MQ statistics records this is always 115 (X'73'). 73
6 6 Integer 4 SM115TME Time when SMF moved record. 00355575
10 A Integer 4 SM115DTE Date when SMF moved record. 0100223F
14 E Character 4 SM115SID z/OS subsystem ID. Defines the z/OS subsystem on which the records were collected. D4E5F4F1 (MV41)
18 12 Character 4 SM115SSI IBM MQ subsystem ID. D4D8F0F7 (MQ07)
22 16 Integer 2 SM115STF Record subtype. 0002
24 18 Character 3 SM115REL IBM MQ version. F6F0F0 (600)
27 1B   1   Reserved  
28 1C Character 0 SM115END End of SMF header and start of self-defining section.  
 
Parent topic: Interpreting IBM MQ for z/OS performance statistics