Almost. I would consider the PIPE that uses the starmon stage to be a utility; the stage by itself is simply a tool used to build the utility.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A. Harry Williams > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: MONWRITE files > > > Actually, there already is such a utility program, and it is > shipped with every z/VM system. It's kept on the 190 or > S-disk so you may not think to look there. It's called CMS > Pipelines. There is a STARMON stage for reading data from > the MONDCSS and *MONITOR IUCV service. There is a DEBLOCK > MONITOR stage for reformating the headers, and there are > LOCATE and other stages for selecting the records desired. > (DFSORT or SYNCSORT is often used for selecting SMF records > on MVS, when lots of SMF records are recorded, but not need > for every process. Pipelines would be the corresponding tool) > > For more details, PIPE AHELP STARMON, and PIPE AHELP DEBLOCK. > Also see > > > http://www2.marist.edu/~pipeline/pipeline.news117 > > http://www2.marist.edu/~pipeline/pipeline.news1110 > > > http://www2.marist.edu/~pipeline/bhelp/ACH0201.html > > > > /ahw > > > > >/Tom Kern > >On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:10:12 -0400, Hamilton, Brian > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > >>Hi Stefan, > >> > >>In response to your statement, > >> > >>* the old file is read by a rexx procedure and only a subset of the > >>monitoring records are selected from it building a new file > (about 10% > >>of the original size), this reduced file is then send to > z/OS by ftp > >>for reporting. > >> > >>I'd be interested in what this rexx is extracting. Our > intent is to > >>produce reports on CPU and memory usage and I agree the > data is huge. > >> > >>Thanks > >>Brian >
