IP PrintWay™ writes record type 6 before deleting a data set from the JES spool or before releasing the data set back to the system (JES).
If IP PrintWay has attempted to transmit the data set to the target system, the file-transfer section contains the number of bytes IP PrintWay transmitted or attempted to transmit. If IP PrintWay attempted to transmit the data set more than once, the file-transfer section contains the total number of bytes in all transmission attempts, including the number of bytes in the successful transmission, if any.
If IP PrintWay restarts a data set that IP PrintWay had previously released back to the system, two SMF records may be written for the same data set. IP PrintWay writes one SMF record when it releases the data set back to the system and writes another when it deletes the data set from the JES spool. When IP PrintWay writes a record for a data set that it restarted, that record contains only the number of bytes transmitted, if any, after IP PrintWay restarted the data set. The calculation of records read (SMF6NLR) and pages printed (SMF6PGE) is handled like that of bytes transmitted.
If IP PrintWay basic mode resubmits a data set to Print Interface for filtering, IP PrintWay basic mode writes two SMF type-6 records for the data set, one record when IP PrintWay sends the data set to Print Interface, and another record when it sends the data set to the printer. You can use the IP PrintWay SMF exit to suppress the first SMF record written.
Determining the writer of the IP PrintWay record type 6: Any post-processor accounting routine that scans a type 6 record can determine the writer of the record from field SMF6SBS and check field SMF6PAD1 to determine the optional sections that are present in the record. When scanning the record for data, the accounting routine obtains the length for each extension section at run time when it moves from one section to the next. The length is a two-byte field at the beginning of each section.
For additional information about this record, see z/OS Infoprint Server Operation and Administration.