> -----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- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
