Here we roll up our SMF data weekly. We don't do a monthly roll up. We just keep 2 years (108 weeks) of weekly rollups. We also separate the data by SMF record type into DB2 (100-102), MQ (115 and 116), WLC (30, 70-79, and 89), and everthing else.
I run the job to create the SCRT reports early on the morning of the 3rd of the month. The job is submitted by our scheduling package. The SMF input DD statement has more than enough generations of the WLC weekly tape to cover the previous month (6 generations). I have specified Report_Period=Last_Month in the SCRTPARM member. That way SCRT pulls the correct information without my having to change dates every month. If you want to email me offline I'll send you my job stream and SCRT parms. By the way, I highly recommend that you get the product "LPAR Capacity and Software Usage Analysis (LCS(tm)) Software" from I/S Management Strategies, Ltd (www.sherkow.com). It really helps in analyzing the sub-capacity pricing charges, and it is inexpensive for what it does. It is written in SAS and uses the MXG database as its input data. So you need both of those products. MXG is also inexpensive, but SAS is another matter. With the purchase of LCS you also get excellent over the phone consulting help from Al Sherkow. This product has save my company much more than its cost when we've been able to use it to analyze unusual increases in software costs and then enter exceptions into the SCRT reports. Note that I don't work for Al. I'm just a very satisfied customer. Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gibney, Dave > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) > > SCRT is smart enough to pick the data for the correct time period if you > supply it. We concatenate however many weeklys and dailys it takes to > get it right. This is automated via CA-7 '#' JCL manipulation cards. > > Dave Gibney > Information Technology Services > Washington State University > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Mark Steely > > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:03 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) > > > > We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool > > requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the > > month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by > > the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like > > to automate this process and not have to enter dates & times to pull > > the > > requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thank You > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
