> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Patrick Spinler
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I'd like to bring the data perfkit is collecting in it's histlog into
a
>  linux database so I can slice and dice it for long term trending and
> capacity planning.
> 
> Has anyone done anything similar to this?  If so, how did you manage
> this and what tools did you use?
> 
> If it's useful to know what I've tried so far, my first attempt was to
> link perfkit's 191 disk to my linux service machine read only, run a
> linux job to periodically copy the histlog file(s) into linux with the
> cmsfs tools after they were rolled over (we keep several, using some
> perfkit customizations).
> 
> However I'm not sure how to parse the binary data in linux.  The
> performance toolkit reference documents the record layout (appendix D,
> pg 733), but what, exactly, is an "E" format number?   Chapter 9 of
the
>  "Principles of Operation" manual doesn't easily give up it's secrets.
> :-)

Look in the HLASM Language Reference manual:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ASMR1020/5.17
.5

Type E is (short) floating-point.

    -jc-

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