Tim -- The purpose of the SCRTTOOL is to collect the information IBM needs to prepare an invoice. It is not intended to help you "manage" your environment or data. It is not integrated into z/OS because when IBM updates it to a new Version level, every customer using it is supposed to install the new version and use it within 3 weeks. Also because it runs as a batch job 'after the fact' it does not truly need to be integrated into z/OS. The MWRT tool for Mobile and Co-Location Pricing works the same way.
This is what led me to develop LCS thirteen years ago. To help sites manage their environments to minimize their pricing. Your missing intervals issue is a good example of how LCS helps licensees. Is missing data really missing or did an outage or scheduled IPL occur? LCS handles that with the DATAGAPS report. It shows the gaps in the data and analyzes other SMF records to determine if an IPL occurred and whether it was preceded with a HALT EOD command or not. Additionally LCS audits the SCRT or MWRT CSV output files and the resultant IBM invoice. Al Sherkow I/S Management Strategies, Ltd. Consulting Expertise on IBM Workload License Charges (WLC) LCS Software Always Up to Date Seminars on IBM Mainframe Software Pricing +1 414 332-3062 www.sherkow.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
