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SMF Type 119 Record - Subtype 1

This table shows the record layout for type 119 SMF records
(TCP/IP Statistics - TCP Connection Initiation Record).

List of other SMF record layouts available.
List of sample SMF reports.

Purpose: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) writes type 119 records to collect statistics about Telnet servers and clients, FTP servers and clients, and API activity and stack usage information.

SMF type 119 records contain unique stack identification sections designed to eliminate the confusion of the type 118 records. They provide uniformity of date and time (UTC), common record format (self-defining section and TCP/IP identification section), and support for IPv6 addresses and expanded field sizes (64 bit versus 32 bit) for some counters. The kinds of SMF type 119 records available are:

  • TCP connection initiation and termination
  • UDP socket close
  • TCP/IP, interface and server port statistics
  • TCP/IP stack start/stop
  • FTP server transfer completion
  • FTP server logon failure
  • FTP client transfer completion
  • TN3270E Telnet server session initiation and termination
  • Telnet client connection initiation and termination
  • IKE tunnel activation, refresh, and expire
  • Dynamic tunnel activation, refresh, installation, and removal
  • Manual tunnel activation and deactivation

The SMF type 119 records utilize a common structure. Each record is organized as follows:

  • SMF header
  • Self-defining section containing pointers to:
    • TCP/IP identification section (identifies system, stack etc)
    • Sections containing the data for the record

The Subtype 1 TCP connection Initiation record is collected whenever a TCP connection is opened. This record contains pertinent information about the connection available at the time of its opening.

Guidelines:
* Because this information is duplicated in the TCP connection termination record, which contains additional information, you should only collect the TCP connection termination record.
* Because this record is generated for every single TCP connection, this can generate significant load on a server and rapidly fill the SMF data sets. Exercised when you use it. The TCP connection termination record is collected whenever a TCP connection is closed or aborted. This record contains all pertinent information about the connection, such as elapsed time, bytes transferred, and so on.

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SMF Type 119 Record -- TCP/IP Statistics - TCP Connection Initiation Record
Offset
(Dec.)
Offset
(Hex)
NameLengthFormatDescription
00SMF119LEN2binary
Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See “Standard SMF Record Header” on page 13-1 for a detailed description.
22SMF119SEG2binary
Segment descriptor (see record length field).
44SMF119FLG1binary
System indicator Bit Meaning When Set 0 New record format 1 Subtypes used 2 Reserved. 3-6 Version indicators* 7 System is running in PR/SM mode.*See “Standard SMF Record Header” on page 13-1 for a detailed description.
55SMF119RTY1binary
Record type 119 (X'77').
66SMF119TME4binary
Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, that the record was moved into the SMF buffer.
10ASMF119DTE4packed
Date when the record was moved into the SMF buffer, in the form 0cyydddF. See “Standard SMF Record Header” on page 13-1 for a detailed description.
14ESMF119SID4EBCDIC
System identification (from the SMFPRMxx SID parameter).
1812SMF119SSI4EBCDIC
Subsystem identification.
2216SMF119STY2binary
Record subtype.
Self Defining Section
2418SMF119TRN2binary
Number of triplets in this record. A triplet is a set of three SMF fields (offset/length/number values) that defines a section of the record. The offset is the offset from the RDW.
261A--2binary
Reserved.
281CSMF119IDOff4binary
Offset to TCP/IP identification section from RDW.
3220SMF119IDLen2binary
Length of TCP/IP identification section.
3422SMF119IDNum2binary
Number of TCP/IP identification sections.
3624SMF119S1Off4Binary
Offset to first data section
4028SMF119S1Len2Binary
Length of first data section
422ASMF119S1Num2Binary
Number of first data sections
442CSMF119S2Off4Binary
Offset to 2nd data section
4830SMF119S2Len2Binary
Length of 2nd data section
5032SMF119S2Num2Binary
Number of 2nd data sections
5234SMF119S3Off4Binary
Offset to 3rd data section
5638SMF119S3Len2Binary
Length of 3rd data section
583ASMF119S3Num2Binary
Number of 3rd data sections
603CSMF119S4Off4Binary
Offset to 4th data section
6440SMF119S4Len2Binary
Length of 4th data section
6642SMF119S4Num2Binary
Number of 4th data sections
6844SMF119S5Off4Binary
Offset to 5th data section
7248SMF119S5Len2Binary
Length of 5th data section
744ASMF119S5Num2Binary
Number of 5th data sections
764CSMF119S6Off4Binary
Offset to 6th data section
8050SMF119S6Len2Binary
Length of 6th data section
8252SMF119S6Num2Binary
Number of 6th data sections
TCP/IP Identification Section

For the TCP/IP connection initiation record, the TCP/IP stack identification section indicates TCP as the subcomponent and X'08' (event record) as the record reason.

(Offset from beginning of record: SMF119IDOff)
00SMF119TI_
SYSName
8EBCDIC
System name from SYSNAME in IEASYSxx
88SMF119TI_
SysplexName
8EBCDIC
Sysplex name from SYSPLEX in COUPLExx
1610SMF119TI_
Stack
8EBCDIC
TCP/IP stack name
2418SMF119TI_
ReleaseID
8EBCDIC
z/OS Communications Server TCP/IP release identifier
3220SMF119TI_
Comp
8EBCDIC
TCP/IP subcomponent (right padded with blanks):
FTPC FTP Client
FTPS FTP server
IP IP layer
STACK Entire TCP/IP stack
TCP TCP layer
TN3270C TN3270 Client
TN3270S TN3270 server
UDP UDP layer
4028SMF119TI_
ASName
8EBCDIC
Started task qualifier or address space name of address space that writes this SMF record
4830SMF119TI_
UserID
8EBCDIC
User ID of security context under which this SMF record is written
5638--2EBCDIC
Reserved
583ASMF119TI_
ASID
2Binary
ASID of address space that writes this SMF record
603CSMF119TI_
Reason
1Binary
Reason for writing this SMF record:
X'08' Event record
X'C0' Interval statistics record, more records follow
X'80' Interval statistics record, last record in set
X'60' End-of-statistics record, more records follow
X'20' End-of-statistics record, last record in set
X'50' Shutdown starts record, more records follow
X'10' Shutdown starts record, last record in set
613D--3EBCDIC
Reserved
Subtype 1 - TCP Connection Initiation Section

The TCP connection Initiation record is collected whenever a TCP connection is opened. This record contains pertinent information about the connection available at the time of its opening.

(Offset from beginning of record: SMF119S1Off)
00SMF119AP_
TIRName
8EBCDIC
TCP socket resource name (Address space name of address space that established this TCP connection)
88SMF119AP_
TIConnID
4Binary
TCP socket resource ID (connection ID)
12CSMF119AP_
TIRsv1
4Binary
Reserved
1610SMF119AP_
TISubTask
4Binary
Subtask Name (Address of MVS™ TCB for the task that owns this connection. Note that this is not the subtask value specified on an INITAPI call.)
2014SMF119AP_
TIRIP
16Binary
Remote IP address at time of connection open
3624SMF119AP_
TILIP
16Binary
Local IP address at time of connection open
5234SMF119AP_
TIRPort
2Binary
Remote port number at time of connection open
5436SMF119AP_
TILPort
2Binary
Local port number at time of connection open
5638SMF119AP_
TITime
4Binary
Time of day of connection establishment
603CSMF119AP_
TIDate
4Packed
Date of connection establishment
6440SMF119AP_
TISTCK_
T
8Binary
STCK of connection establishment - time
6440SMF119AP_
TISTCK_
D
8Binary
STCK of connection establishment - date

The table above is based on the description provided by IBM in its "MVS Systems Management Facilities (SMF)" manual.

Sample Report from SMF 119 Subtype 2 Records
Showing Information about TCP Connections


The sample SMF report below was created with Spectrum SMF Writer, the low-cost 4GL SMF report writer.

In this report, we read as input the SMF file and select just the type 119 subtype 2 TCP Connection Termination records. (See SMF 119 Subtype 2 record layout.) The report shows information about terminated TCP connections, including start time, end time and computed elapsed time. It also shows the total number of bytes sent and received during the connection and the termination code. Our record layout also expands the 1-byte termination code into a readable descriptive text. The report is grouped by TCP/IP Stack and Resource. The report includes subtotals for each Resource.

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INPUT:  SMF119 LIST(YES)

INCLUDEIF: SMF119RTY=119 AND SMF119STY=2

COMPUTE: MY_DURATION(2) = #MAKETIME(
               ((#MAKENUM(SMF119AP_TTEDATE) * 86400)
                  + #MAKENUM(SMF119AP_TTETIME))
             - ((#MAKENUM(SMF119AP_TTSDATE) * 86400)
                  + #MAKENUM(SMF119AP_TTSTIME))
                                   )

TITLE: 'Z/OS TCP DAILY CONNECTIONS REPORT'
TITLE: 'SYSTEM:' SMF119TI_SYSNAME
       'SYSPLEX:' SMF119TI_SYSPLEXNAME
       'STACK:' SMF119TI_STACK
TITLE: 'SORTED BY STACK AND RESOURCE NAME'

COLUMNS: SMF119AP_TTRNAME('RESOURCE')
         SMF119AP_TTSDATE('DATE/STARTED')
         SMF119AP_TTSTIME('TIME/STARTED')
         SMF119AP_TTEDATE('DATE/ENDED')
         SMF119AP_TTETIME('TIME/ENDED')
         MY_DURATION('CONNECTION/DURATION/HH:MM:SS.SS' ACCUM
                     TP'ZZ:ZZ:Z9.99')
         SMF119AP_TTINBYTES('INBOUND/BYTES')
         SMF119AP_TTOUTBYTES('OUTBOUND/BYTES')
         SMF119AP_TTTERMCODE(HEX 'TERM/CODE')
         SMF119AP_TTTERMCODE_DESC('TERM CODE DESC')

SORT:    SMF119TI_STACK
         SMF119AP_TTRNAME
         SMF119AP_TTSDATE
         SMF119AP_TTSTIME

BREAK:   SMF119AP_TTRNAME

 

Produce This SMF Report:


                                              Z/OS TCP DAILY CONNECTIONS REPORT
                                    SYSTEM: ST1      SYSPLEX: SYPROD    STACK: S01QDAS
                                             SORTED BY STACK AND RESOURCE NAME

                                                    CONNECTION
            DATE      TIME       DATE      TIME      DURATION      INBOUND        OUTBOUND    TERM
 RESOURCE STARTED    STARTED    ENDED      ENDED    HH:MM:SS.SS     BYTES          BYTES      CODE     TERM CODE DESC
 ________ ________ ___________ ________ ___________ ___________ ______________ ______________ ____ _______________________

 FTPTA5   03/21/09 14:04:06.81 03/21/09 14:04:07.46        0.65        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA5   03/21/09 14:05:35.59 03/21/09 14:05:45.67       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA5   03/21/09 14:12:13.81 03/21/09 14:12:14.51        0.70        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA5   03/21/09 14:12:27.35 03/21/09 14:12:37.42       10.07         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA5   03/21/09 15:30:34.96 03/21/09 15:30:35.64        0.68        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA5   03/21/09 15:35:13.92 03/21/09 15:35:24.00       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 *** TOTAL FOR FTPTA5   (    6 ITEMS)                     32.26        853,740         10,143
 
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 14:05:38.03 03/21/09 14:05:38.70        0.67        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 14:07:23.60 03/21/09 14:07:33.68       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 14:12:29.83 03/21/09 14:12:30.50        0.67        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 14:17:10.02 03/21/09 14:17:20.16       10.14         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 15:35:16.45 03/21/09 15:35:17.21        0.76        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA6   03/21/09 15:36:15.10 03/21/09 15:36:25.18       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 *** TOTAL FOR FTPTA6   (    6 ITEMS)                     32.40        853,740         10,143
 
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 14:07:26.16 03/21/09 14:07:26.86        0.70        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 14:08:24.36 03/21/09 14:08:34.50       10.14             70            507  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 14:17:12.60 03/21/09 14:17:13.31        0.71        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 14:21:40.01 03/21/09 14:21:50.08       10.07         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 15:36:17.53 03/21/09 15:36:18.17        0.64        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA7   03/21/09 15:37:11.45 03/21/09 15:37:21.53       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 *** TOTAL FOR FTPTA7   (    6 ITEMS)                     32.34        826,767         10,321
 
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 08:09:32.96 03/21/09 15:29:02.41  7:19:29.45        274,763         15,912  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 13:17:39.42 03/21/09 14:42:50.82  1:25:11.40         47,498          2,291  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:42:57.42 03/21/09 14:43:21.38       23.96         45,921          2,291  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:43:26.45 03/21/09 15:28:27.01    45:00.56         47,498          2,291  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:50:01.00 03/21/09 15:28:26.10    38:25.10         35,513          1,537  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:51:01.03 03/21/09 14:52:28.82     1:27.79         33,273            875  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:53:05.50 03/21/09 15:28:22.53    35:17.03         33,273            875  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:53:51.74 03/21/09 14:55:51.42     1:59.68         35,306          1,537  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 14:56:05.98 03/21/09 15:11:31.19    15:25.21         33,066            875  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 15:12:01.80 03/21/09 15:13:30.66     1:28.86         35,266          1,537  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 15:13:45.48 03/21/09 15:17:09.41     3:23.93         38,223          2,199  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 15:18:54.59 03/21/09 15:20:07.26     1:12.67         34,273          1,537  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA8   03/21/09 15:20:22.01 03/21/09 15:28:20.73     7:58.72         33,118            875  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 *** TOTAL FOR FTPTA8   (   13 ITEMS)               11:16:44.36        726,991         34,632

 
 FTPTA9   03/21/09 14:09:28.52 03/21/09 14:09:29.22        0.70        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA9   03/21/09 14:10:24.02 03/21/09 14:10:34.10       10.08         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE
 FTPTA9   03/21/09 15:01:06.82 03/21/09 15:01:07.46        0.64        257,537          3,052  61  CLIENT SENT RESET
 FTPTA9   03/21/09 15:13:52.13 03/21/09 15:14:02.53       10.40         27,043            329  52  APPL ISSUED CLOSE

 ...

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