What data is 100% busy??? If you are using RMF PR/SM data, MXG TYPE70PR, and the IFLs are Dedicated, they are always reported as 100% busy in RMF 70 data, and z/VM MONWRITE data must be used to report true utilization of the IFS.
SHARED IFL's utilization IS reported in TYPE70 data; you can see a comparison of RMF 70 IFL utilization with MONWRITE utilization for SHARED IFLs in MXG Technical Newsletter FIFTY-EIGHT at www.mxg.com/newsltrs. Barry Herbert W. Barry Merrill, PhD President-Programmer Merrill Consultants MXG Software 10717 Cromwell Drive Dallas, TX 75229-5112 214 351 1966 tel 214 350 3694 fax http://www.mxg.com [email protected] MXG Support: [email protected] MXG Admin: [email protected] Standard Answers: http://www.mxg.com/administration What's Supported: http://www.mxg.com/changes -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question concerning Z/VM, Linux and General Processors Hi Tom, Thanks for responding. I'll pass your comments along to my manager. Since the original post, I've found there is also a pricing consideration that will affect any decision. As to your question, ' High CPU usage in the IFL?'. I was only repeating what I was told. I have not seen where they are getting this info. I am neither the VM nor Linux person. Regards, Dave O'Brien -----Original Message----- From: Tom Marchant [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question concerning Z/VM, Linux and General Processors On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:38:41 +0000, O'Brien, David W. wrote: >Can a workload such as Linux which is currently running on an IFL, run on a >General Processor? Yes, it can. Remember that IFL processors run at maximum speed, while general processors may have been set to run at a slower speed, depending on the model. >We seem to be experiencing high CPU usage and management seems to feel >switching the workload off of the IFL might be beneficial. High CPU usage in the IFL? -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
