Technote (troubleshooting)
Problem(Abstract)
While reporting on CICS SMF110 records using zSecure Audit, the dates reported are varied and not current (years earlier or later than present time), and data reported looks a bit off. The data is recognizable in many cases, but clearly not correct..
Symptom
Data is recognizable, but not correct.
Cause
CICS monitor records (SMF110) come in two formats, compressed and uncompressed, which is controlled by an option within CICS. The compression is a simple run length encoding (RLE) which is why the records still look normal and "almost correct".
Environment
CICS with the compression of monitor SMF records enabled.
Resolving the problem
You will need to change the compression parameter and request that the records be written without compression.
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