Is FAQS the problem? Are the VSE consoles responding when FAQS is not? How many FAQS users do you have? I have a vague memory (and no books at hand) of a limit to the number of FAQS users you can have.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Wakser, David < david.wak...@infocrossing.com> wrote: > No, that is not the problem. This is a VERY low-usage system. Even when it > seems to be asleep, its CPU usage is less than 2% (from both the VM and VSE > perspectives). > > > > David Wakser > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Frank M. Ramaekers > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:01 AM > > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Re: Strange response time problems (also posted on VSE-L) > > > > Are we sure it’s VM? Are there any partitions with a high priority than > FAQS (that could be dominating the CPU)? > > > > > > Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Wakser, David > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:54 AM > *To:* IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > *Subject:* Strange response time problems (also posted on VSE-L) > > > > All: > > We are running 2 2.3 VSE systems under z/VM 5.4 on a Z800 CPU. We > are experiencing periods of time when VSEs do not respond at all (e.g. > cannot get in via FAQS from CMS, etc.), even though nothing is running in > the VSE system and the z/VM system is not very busy. At other times, we have > excellent response times, though conditions on either the guests or the z/VM > host didn’t seem to change. > > We do not have any z/VM monitors (except Explore, which is not set > up properly), and we have even tried QUICKDSP, without success. > > Is anyone aware of any PTFs that address this strange behavior? We > believe it started when the system was upgraded to z/VM 5.4. > > David Wakser > >
