COFVLH03I VLF class trimming information:
Class
Minimum Trimmed Age AlertAge MaxVirt
class minimum trimmed age alertage maxvirt
class minimum trimmed
age alertage maxvirt
Explanation
This message appears in the Health Checker message buffer if CHECK(IBMVLF,VLF_MAXVIRT) issues an exception or if VERBOSE(YES) has been specified for the check. Note that classes for which an exception has not been raised are only listed if VERBOSE(YES) was specified and they are currently active.
- class
- The name of the class. An asterisk (*) before the name indicates that an exception was raised for this class.
- minimum trimmed age
- The age in seconds of the youngest object that VLF has trimmed for this class since the check last ran. An exception is raised when this age is less than the current AlertAge threshold for this class. A value of "N/A" indicates that no trimming for this class has occurred since the last time that the check ran.
- alertage
- The AlertAge threshold in seconds for this class. AlertAge may have been set via the ALERTAGE check parameter, in the current COFVLFxx parmlib member, or it may be the default value of 60.
- maxvirt
- The space setting for this class, in 4K blocks. MaxVirt is set via the MAXVIRT parameter in the current COFVLFxx member, and specifies the maximum space that VLF is permitted to use to store objects for this class. The default value of MAXVIRT is 4096 (16 Megabytes).
System action
The system continues processing.
Operator response
N/A
System programmer response
An exception has been raised if the age of the youngest trimmed object is less than the current AlertAge threshold. In that situation, consider raising the MAXVIRT value for the class in the current COFVLFxx parmlib member to provide more room for objects in that class. If the current MAXVIRT setting is sufficient, the age alert threshold can be adjusted via the ALERTAGE parameter for this class in the COFVLFxx parmlib member or the ALERTAGE parameter for this check.
If an exception has not been raised for a specific class, it may still be appropriate to change the MAXVIRT setting for that class to obtain maximum efficiency from VLF. While trimming is normal, objects that are trimmed too soon represent a lost opportunity to improve system performance.
Problem determination
N/A
Module
COFMHCVC
Source
The Virtual Lookaside Facility (VLF)
Reference Documentation
- z/OS MVS Programming: Authorized Assembler Services Reference ALE-DYN.
- See information about starting VLF and COFVLFxx parameters in the z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference.
Automation
N/A
Routing Code
N/A
Descriptor Code
N/A