Enabling job usage information

The job scheduler records usage data for charge-back accounting when enabled through the administrative console. This function is available for all operating systems and can be enabled and disabled through configuration settings. Job usage information is not enabled by default.

Before you begin

Configure the job scheduler. See Configuring the job scheduler.

About this task

[For z/OS operating system] See Overview of SMF record type 120 in the WebSphere Application Server (z/OS), Version 6.1 information center for information on SMF recording on z/OS. Also, see z/OS MVS System Management Facility (SMF) SA22-7630 for additional information about using SMF records.

Procedure

  1. Expand System Administration > Job scheduler. This opens the configuration settings for job usage settings.
  2. [For z/OS operating system][For distributed platforms] Select Record usage data in scheduler database.
  3. [For z/OS operating system] To record job usage information to the System Management Facility (SMF) dataset on z/OS, select both check boxes: Record usage data in scheduler database and Record usage data in SMF (z/OS only). SMF recording is activated and deactivated along with the activation and deactivation of SMF recording for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) container.