Collection Services data files: Task type extender

A task type extender identifies the area of functional support provided by the task.

The task type extender field is used to logically group together tasks that perform similar operations. This field is used primarily for performance monitoring. The table below lists the task type extender as two EBCDIC characters followed by the task type extender description.

Performance tasks ('A' through 'A9')
Field Name Description
AP Performance Collection Services probe
Bus transport tasks ('B' through 'B9')
Field Name Description
BB Transport bus
BC Transport cluster
BI Transport SPD IOBU
BL Transport log
BM Transport SPD maintenance data
BR Transport remote storage
BT Transport twin optical
Client server tasks ('C' through 'C9')
Field Name Description
CS Shared folder
Device Driver Tasks ('D' through 'D9')
Field Name Description
DA Work station IOM
DB PU2 station IOM
DC Open station IOM
DD Ethernet LAN IOM
DE Bisynchronous 3270 IOM
DF 5294 station IOM
DG X25 station IOM
DI FDDI IOM
DJ ISDN IOM
DK Diskette IOM
DL IDLC IOM
DO Optical IOM
DP PPP data link driver
DR Cryptography driver
DS DASD IOM
DT IOP driver
DU LAN driver
DV Virtual terminal LUD IOM
DW Wireless line IOM
DX FAX line IOM
DY Frame relay IOM
DZ ILAN line IOM
D0 Service processor IOM
D1 Asynchronous station IOM
D2 Asynchronous line IOM
D3 Token-ring IOM
D4 Tape IOM
D5 Work station IOM
D6 Twinax IOM
D7 SDLC line IOM
D8 Bisynchronous IOM
D9 MTAM IOM
Other tasks ('E' through 'E9')
Field Name Description
EH Maintain hardware resource information
EI Miscellaneous I/O
EL Error log
ES Cryptography seed management
EV Authority management extension verify
Integrated xSeries Server I/O management tasks ('F' through 'F9')
Field Name Description
F0 Integrated xSeries Server IOM
FP AIX® IOP IOM
FS Integrated xSeries Server storage management IOM
IPCF tasks ('I' through 'I9')
Field Name Description
IR IPCF router
IS IPCF server
Streams kernel tasks ('K' through 'K9')
Field Name Description
KO Streams server
Save and restore, load and dump tasks ('L' through 'L9')
Field Name Description
LM Main load and dump
LP Load and dump pipeline
MSCP tasks ('M' through 'M9')
Field Name Description
M0 MSCP
M1 Answer manager
M2 SNAP
Pass-through tasks ('P' through 'P9')
Field Name Description
PS Source display pass-through
PT Target display pass-through
Resource management task ('R' through 'R9')
Field Name Description
RC Resource management machine data collector
RM Resource management service
RP Process
Storage management I/O tasks ('S' through 'S9')
Field Name Description
SA Storage management asynchronous
SD Storage management DASD server
SP Page Out
SW Save while active
SX Expert cache
Database task ('T' through 'T9')
Field Name Description
TD Database server
TX Transaction management timer
Service function ('V' through 'V9')
Service Function Description
Server message block tasks ('W' through 'W9')
Field Name Description
WB NetBIOS on TCP/IP
WS Server message block
Other tasks ('Z' through 'Z9')
Field Name Description
ZF Byte stream file asynchronous
ZI Interrupt task class
ZR Recovery
Advanced/36 tasks ('3' through '39')
Field Name Description
3A Advanced/36 disk
3C Advanced/36 workstation controller
3I Advanced/36 diskette
3L Advanced/36 communications line
3T Advanced/36 tape
3W Advanced/36 workstation/printer
36 Advanced/36 emulator main task