Header/Self-defining Section

This section contains the common SMF record header fields and, if applicable, the triplet fields (offset/length/number) that locate the other sections on the record.

Offsets Name Length Format Description
0 0 SMF2LEN 2 binary Record length. This field and the next field (total of four bytes) form the RDW (record descriptor word). See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
2 2 SMF2SEG 2 binary Segment descriptor (see record length field).
4 4 SMF2FLG 1 binary System indicator:
Bit
Meaning when set
0-2
Reserved
3-6
Version indicators*
7
Reserved.

*See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.

5 5 SMF2RTY 1 binary Record type 2 (X'02').
6 6 SMF2TME 4 binary Time since midnight, in hundredths of a second, when the record was moved into the dump data set.
10 A SMF2DTE 4 packed Date when the record was moved into the dump date set, in the form 0cyydddF. See Standard SMF record header for a detailed description.
14 E SMF2SID 4 EBCDIC System identification (from the SID parameter).