IBM MQ V8 Features and Enhancements

SMF changes: Channel initiator statistics and channel accounting

Before IBM MQ V8 for z/OS, much information was available about the health of the queue manager, provided by the statistics (type 115) and detailed accounting (type 116 class 3) System Management Facilities (SMF) data. No similar data was available about the channel initiator (also known as CHIN, CHINIT, or the “mover”); no SMF records were produced from the CHINIT. Some information could be interpreted from SMF 116 class 3 records produced for individual channels in the “mover” address ...