Creating a metric collection parameter file

Mainframe Analytics Recorder User Guide

Version
10.1.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-92HC226-08
ft:lastEdition
2026-01-30
In the metric collection parameter file, specify information such as the types of metrics to be collected and the metric collection intervals.
  1. Assign a dataset that has the following attributes to the metric collection parameter file:
    • DSORG: PO (member of PDS)
    • RECFM: F|FB
    • LRECL: 80
    • BLKSIZE: A multiple of LRECL
  2. Specify the following values in the metric collection parameter file.
    • Metric collection intervals
    • Types of metrics to be collected
    • Disk configuration definition file to be read
    • Scope for filtering LDEVs
    • I/O destination devices
    • Record type of the SMF records to be output
  • Checking the metric collection parameters