Structure of the record description section
The record description section contains the record ID, the time of day and the length of the ID section and the basic information.
Field no. | Displ. | Length | Format | Meaning |
1 | 00 | 4 | A | Record ID 'VACM' |
2 | 04 | 8 | -/B | Time stamp |
3 | 0C | 2 | B | Length of ID section |
4 | 0E | 2 | B | Length of basic information |
5 | 10 | 4 | - | Reserved |
Structure of the ID section
The ID section contains the VM identification, i.e. the VM index and the VM name.
Field no. | Displ. | Length | Format | Meaning |
1 | 00 | 3 | Z | VM index |
2 | 03 | 3 | - | Reserved |
3 | 06 | 8 | A | VM name |
4 | 0E | 2 | - | Reserved |
Structure of the basic information
The basic information contains
start of the accounting period (summer time/winter time, date and time)
end of the accounting period (summer time/winter time, date and time)
CPU time used
main memory size (see "Reconfiguring main memory")
Structure of the variable section
Field no. | Displ. | Length | Format | Meaning |
1 | 00 | 2 | B | Length of variable section (=0) |
The VM accounting record has no variable section.