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The operating system provides the facility to automatically switch the SMF
capture onto the next data set. Automation operational tools are also employed to
delete the data sets at various times, or under certain conditions.
The z/OS component System Management Facilities (SMF) collects and records
system and job-related information that the installation can use in:
Billing users
Reporting reliability
Analyzing the configuration
Scheduling jobs
Summarizing direct access volume activity
Evaluating data set activity
Profiling system resource use
Maintaining system security
SMF formats the information that ...