(ZOS) Disabling SMF recording for WAS
This information describes how to disable SMF recording for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS .
Ensure that we have proper access to the administrative console.
SMF recording can be enabled for WAS, and for z/OS. The following steps describe how to disable SMF recording for WAS:
Tasks
- In the administrative console, click...
Servers > Application Servers > server.
- On the configuration page, click Server Infrastructure > Java and Process Management > Process Definition > Control > Environment Entries.
- To disable SMF type 120 records, set the following properties to false:
- name = server_SMF_server_activity_enabled = 0 (or server_SMF_server_activity_enabled = false)
- name = server_SMF_server_interval_enabled = 0 (or false)
- name = server_SMF_container_activity_enabled = 0 (or false)
- name = server_SMF_container_interval_enabled = 0 (or false)
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_enabled = 0 (or false).
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_CPU_detail = 0. To enable the property, set the value to 1.
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_timestamps = 0 To enable the property, set the value to 1.
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_security = 0 To enable the property, set the value to 1.
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_enabled=0 (or server_SMF_request_activity_enabled=false).
- name = server_SMF_request_activity_async = 0 (or false)
- name = server_SMF_outbound_enabled = 0 (or false)
Alternatively, we could delete the SMF related properties. However, it will be easier for you to enable SMF recording later if you keep the properties in place and just change their values to false.
- Click OK or Apply.
- Save the changes and make sure a file sync is performed before restarting the servers.
- For the changes to take effect, restart the application server.
We have successfully disabled SMF recording for WAS when SMF records of records type 120 are no longer being recorded.
Use the administrative console to enable properties for specific SMF record types