Yep. And you may want to consider leaving an individual cap on some of the LPARs in the group to avoid the possibility of one LPAR using too much CPU and causing the whole group to be soft-capped.
Regards, Mark. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 11:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought Got it, thanks. Now, am I correct the "capacity" in this context is 4HR MSU's? Suddenly it seems to simple :) Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of DARVODELSKY, Mark > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought > > Its under "Customize/Delete Activation Profiles". You have to go in > there and create a Group Profile and save it. Then go to the Image > Profile for each LPAR you want in the group, click on "Processor" and > on that screen you can select the Group you have created. > > All can be done on the fly. > > Good luck. > > Mark Darvodelsky | Systems Engineer | Mainframe Systems | Hosting | BT > Infrastructure | Business Technology | Suncorp | +61 (0)2 9978 9081 > +61 (0)418 249 176 | [email protected] | IPC: 2BT074 | > Level 7, 465 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW, 2067 | www.suncorp.com.au > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought > > Yah'but, how do I define a group containing my LPARs. > And, I don't want to cap individual LPARs, I want to hold down my total > CEC MSU 4 hour average for SCRT. > > Dave Gibney > Information Technology Services > Washington State University > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Hoesly, Bret > > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:03 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought > > > > Dave, > > > > Here's what I found in my notes for soft capping on our z9BC > > > > 1. Log onto HMC as SYSPROG > > > > 2. Right click on Defined CPCs > > > > 3. Highlight "Operational Customization" > > > > 4. Select "Change LPAR Group Controls" > > > > 5. Open Edit pulldown menu (located towards upper left of window) > > > > 6. Select "Edit Group Capacity" > > > > 7. Change value for Default group to desired MSU level (i.e. 73, > 64 > > or 59) > > > > 8. Click OK > > > > 9. Click "Save and Change..." > > > > 10. Close any open windows and log off the HMC > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:54 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought > > > > I'm revisiting this topic now that I'm finally on z/OS 1.9. > > > > So I went to the HMC, logged on as SYSPROG. From "Daily" I select > > "Grouping" and make a group called Softcap and put my LPARS in it. > > Then from "Operational Customization" having selected the Softcap > > group, I select "Change LPAR Group Controls". > > A "select" box comes up to pick a member of the group (starting to > seem > > wrong for what I want :), and after picking a LPAR, is says that the > > chosen item is invalid for the action. > > > > I'm obviously missing something basic. > > > > Z9BC-L03, z/OS 1.9 RSU0908(1 LPAR)-RSU0911(other 3 LPARs) > > > > P.S. The WLM books says to reference the PR/SM Planning Guide for > > defining Capacity groups. After much searching the newest I can find > is > > dated 1999 and is unhelpful :( > > > > Dave Gibney > > Information Technology Services > > Washington State University > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > > Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > > > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:19 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Soft capping advice sought > > > > > > Gibney, Dave wrote: > > > > I have a similar need, but I'm on one z9BC with four monoplex > > > LPARs. > > > > My current 4 hour average is around 19 MSU at the peak of the > batch > > > > window. We have no problem getting all batch done at night. My > > > daytime > > > > peaks for online (The stuff that matters to most users) are > around > > 14 > > > to > > > > 15 MSU. > > > > I'd like to CAP such that the Batch takes longer and the peak > is > > > > lower. Can I do this in a non-sysplex world? > > > > > > > > > > Dave, sysplex has no bearing on this. > > > > > > IIUC, you're saying your 19 MSU R4HA is for the entire CEC. > > > > > > I suggest you establish an LPAR Capacity Group on your z9 with a > > > capacity limit of 18 MSU and assign all four LPARs to the group. > What > > > you *should* see is your nightly processing for all four LPARs > > combined > > > not exceed 18 MSU R4HA, which should lengthen your batch window. 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