How about simply allowing the customer/client installing the program to configure a target URL to a Web page that provides that information (and more)? One option is the z/OS Management Facility, which is available at no additional charge to every z/OS licensee. The z/OS MF's performance section can provide that information. (There are also REST APIs to perform tasks programmatically.) More information here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zosmf/vxrx/index.jsp Or, in the alternative, the installer could choose to configure a URL pointing to a Tivoli Web page (e.g. Tivoli Business Service Manager), OMEGAMON, or your other favorite Web page. In other words, why put the burden on the application developer to reinvent something (poorly) that already exists (much better) in some fashion in 99.9+ percent of mainframe installations? Every non-trivial application has certain prerequisites, regardless of platform. So I see no distinction there. It'd be nice, on every platform, to include some sort of advisory message for the user. Something like, "Caution: While this information is available to you, correct interpretation of this information requires expertise. Please consult with your system administrators for assistance in interpreting this information." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
