Explain what? Although starting from common roots, the values are gathered, reduced, and presented in different ways. Generally, SDSF is a point in time snapshot where the RMF reports show averages over time.
HTH -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kayhan Tanriverir Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Percentage of Time the CPU is busy When I looked at the CPU usage in the "Display Active" panel from SDSF for SYSP1 LPAR. it is CPU/L 91/84. The mean CPU/L/Z 91/ 84/ 0 is: Percentage of time the CPU is busy, MVS, LPAR and ZAAP views. How can we explain that according to the below RMF values? 1 P A R T I T I O N D A T A R E P O R T PAGE 2 z/OS V1R9 SYSTEM ID SYSP1 START 09/04/2008-15.30.00 INTERVAL 000.29.59 RPT VERSION V1R9 RMF END 09/04/2008-16.00.00 CYCLE 1.000 SECONDS - MVS PARTITION NAME SYSP1 NUMBER OF PHYSICAL PROCESSORS 8 GROUP NAME N/A IMAGE CAPACITY 479 CP 7 LIMIT N/A NUMBER OF CONFIGURED PARTITIONS 11 AAP 0 WAIT COMPLETION NO IFL 0 DISPATCH INTERVAL DYNAMIC ICF 1 IIP 0 - --------- PARTITION DATA ----------------- -- LOGICAL PARTITION PROCESSOR DATA -- -- AVERAGE PROCESSOR UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES -- 0 ----MSU---- -CAPPING-- PROCESSOR- ----DISPATCH TIME DATA---- LOGICAL PROCESSORS --- PHYSICAL PROCESSORS --- NAME S WGT DEF ACT DEF WLM% NUM TYPE EFFECTIVE TOTAL EFFECTIVE TOTAL LPAR MGMT EFFECTIVE TOTAL 0SYSP1 A 93 0 375 NO 0.0 7 CP 02.44.26.102 02.44.29.223 78.30 78.33 0.02 78.30 78.33 CFD1 A 2 0 47 NO 0.0 3 CP 00.20.47.883 00.20.48.257 23.11 23.12 0.00 9.90 9.91 CFT1 A 2 0 47 NO 0.0 3 CP 00.20.47.962 00.20.48.306 23.11 23.12 0.00 9.90 9.91 SYSD1 A 3 0 5 NO 0.0 2 CP 00.01.58.454 00.02.01.323 3.29 3.37 0.02 0.94 0.96 SYST1 A 5 0 3 NO 0.0 3 CP 00.01.26.727 00.01.29.639 1.61 1.66 0.02 0.69 0.71 *PHYSICAL* 00.00.20.919 0.17 0.17 ------------ ------------ ------ ------ ------ TOTAL 03.29.27.129 03.29.57.669 0.24 99.74 99.98 Regards Kayhan Tanriverir NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

