Relationship between the programs and files of MAR

Mainframe Analytics Recorder User Guide

Version
10.1.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-92HC226-08
ft:lastEdition
2026-01-30
This section describes the relationship between the MAR programs and the files to be used.

The numbers in the figure correspond to the step numbers.

Figure. Relationship between the programs and the files to be used

  1. Execute the disk configuration acquisition program.

    One or more disk configuration definition files are created. These files are read when the metric collection program is executed.

  2. Create a metric collection parameter file.

    This file is read when the metric collection program is executed.

  3. Execute the metric collection program.

    This program collects the metric information from the storage system and outputs the collected information to the SMF subsystem in the SMF format records.