Maybe Marna and I should record a podcast item on BCPii enablement and what it buys you.
Trouble is I know LITTLE about it. :-) Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/category/mpt/ From: Pinnacle <pinnc...@rochester.rr.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 26/04/2016 01:20 Subject: Re: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box? Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On 4/25/2016 3:37 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:19:10 -0400, Pinnacle <pinnc...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > >> On 4/25/2016 2:13 PM, Mark Zelden wrote: >>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:09:10 -0500, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there a way for a program to check the capacity setting for a >>>>> processor? For instance, are we running on a A01 or a w04, etc. processor? >>>>> -- >>>>> Tony Thigpen >>>>> >>>> >>>> What OS? Hardware wise, there is STIDP. But it requires supervisor state. >>>> >>>> And that does not take in to account any PR/SM LPAR controls such as "hard >>>> capping" or "group capacity". I think you can get that sort of information >>>> on z/OS from SRM. But I don't know how to do that, off hand. It may require >>>> special authorization. Or you might be able to get it from RMF via the >>>> ERBSMF interface. About which I know nothing beyond its existence. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> You might want SYSEVENT QVS: >>> >>> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa400/cqvs.htm?lang=en >>> >> >> BCPii might be overkill, but should give you all the capacity info you >> want for each LPAR on a CEC. >> > > Besides being overkill, assuming this was something other than in-house usage, > you can't count on the environment having BCPii configured. > z, :-P <raspberry sound effect> BCPii is fairly prevalent these days. It's enabled everywhere I've been. Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
