Caveat: the daily digestion causes response delays... I'm sure someone's already suggested this very same...
Tony: I feel QVS is your route (if available on VSE) and matches, almost exactly, what you need. Even tho' it's listed in Auth'd Services, it has an un-auth'd access method. (Research req'd; I don't use it.) From "Query a virtual server (QVS)" in "Authorized Assembler Services Reference SET-WTO" (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa400/cqvs.htm), you might like this snippet: "Along with this SYSEVENT, there is also a C interface, IWMQVS (located in SYS1.CSSLIB). ... The assembler mapping is provided by the macro IRAQVS, and the C/C++ mapping is provided in IWMQVS.H (located in SYS1.SIEAHDR.H). Before calling this service, the caller must ..." As an aside, I feel you should be using QvsImgCapacity and not QvsCecCapacity or QvsVmCapacity to allow someone with a *huge* machine to run your stuff (technical term) in a crippled location. We have had this problem with Software AG for decades where they licence the machine's potential whether it matches the capacity required for only their software. [1] It's what eventually led to the university deciding to drop z/OS & zSeries entirely. (projected switch in November with decommissioning in a year) [1] We probably could have justified zBox as a big DB2 back-end if we could have run the Software AG stuff in a capped LPar. These daze, I guesstimate we have >50% non-SAG DB2 work since our zIIP runs a steady 5-10% (ie. 30% of a GPU) with 40-50% peaks. Distributed DB2 could transfer the major work to a non-capped LPar and keep the licence fees reasonable. sorry, </rant> --------> signature = 8 lines follows <-------- Neil Duffee, Joe Sysprog, uOttawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585 fax:1 613 562 5161 mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uOttawa.ca/ ~nduffee “How *do* you plan for something like that?” Guardian Bob, Reboot “For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.” “Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent” John Norgauer 2004 "Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted." John McKown 2015 -----Original Message----- From: Tony Thigpen [mailto:to...@vse...com] Sent: April 25, 2016 22:00 Subject: Re: can a program determine the capacity setting of a z-box? I license my VSE software to customers based on their cpu capacity. In the past, I have trusted my customers, but recently, I have had two customers give 'inaccurate' information. I want to add code to my product software key to validate either the capacity setting or max MSUs. [snip] Walt Farrell wrote on 04/25/2016 08:02 PM: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:28:28 -0400, Tony Thigpen <to...@vse...com> wrote: > >> I want to know if the box is an A01, M04, etc. > > I think that others are hinting that may not be a meaningful question. Why do > you want to know, and what use do you plan to make of the information? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
