z/OS: channel initiator SMF records

The channel initiator (CHINIT) can produce SMF statistics records and accounting records with information on tasks and channels.

The CHINIT can produce SMF statistics records and accounting records with the following types of information:

The tasks: dispatcher, adapter, Domain Name Server (DNS), and SSL. These tasks form what is called CHINIT statistics.
Channels: provides accounting information similar to that available with the DIS CHSTATUS command. This is called channel accounting.

For more information, see SMF records for the channel initiator.

Distributed [IBMi] IBM® MQ, on platforms other than z/OS®, provides similar information by writing PCF messages to the SYSTEM.ADMIN.STATISTICS.QUEUE. See Channel statistics message data for further information on how statistics information is recorded on platforms other than z/OS.