Processing existing SMF data files

EasySMF:Events can process data files transferred using other processes e.g. FTP or Zowe CLI.

The data must be transferred in binary mode, with record length information intact.

Supported data formats include:

• FTP transfer using the SITE RDW option

• RECFM=U format, as used by other SMF processing software.

• Zowe CLI data downloaded in record format e.g.

  zowe zos-files download data-set <dataset> --record --file <destination>

The format of the data will be detected automatically. If there is a problem the program will attempt to tell you what is wrong, e.g.

Data might be SMF data missing the RDW

If the data is not transferred using the binary option, you will typically get:

Data does not look like SMF data