Re: CA-TPX and SMF question
2 decades ago, when I was a TPX developer, they were SaveAreaControlBlock. They were getmained at startup below the line and chained together. They contained a savearea and two 6 word workareas used by variable management. The available chain was anchored in the SMRT or the SMRT extension. I had code to move some of them above the line and to create stacks but it was never implemented before CA bought out Legent. There should be an TPXOPER command that gives you what you want. For building exits, is there a macro for the SMRT? Oh how I wish we used TPX here. Switch has bugs I remember fixing in TPX. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 10/28/2010 05:23:16 PM: From: Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com Hi list, I can't find the answer in the CA documentation (or on Google) so I thought I'd come here. In the TPX SMF records -specifically the interval and shutdown records - there is a section that has SACB statistics. It has 2 fields in it, current SACBs in use and the SACB high water mark. Can somebody tell me just what the SACB is? What I'm actually looking for is something that tells me the maximum number of concurrent users of one of the applications I have defined to TPX. If I can't get that, the max number of terminal sessions signed onto TPX concurrently. I'm hoping the SACB field is the latter of these. TIA. Rex - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-TPX and SMF question
Hi Kirk, and others, Yes, TPX has a macro to define the SMRT. The documentation (systems programmer's guide) also has layouts of the SMF records. The doc talks about fields called MONSACBC and MONSACBH, defined as current SACBs and SACB high water mark. Unfortunately, that's the extent of the definitions. Hence my question to the group. Also, yes, there is a TPXOPER command that will give me a snapshot of what I want. But since we are looking for trending information rather than a one-time snapshot, I needed something that wouldn't require me to sit at a terminal and keep hitting the enter key to get me the info. A developer from CA contacted me offline and gave me a much better definition of what the SACB is and what it does. The information he gave me showed me that I was looking in the wrong place, and he then pointed me to a different SMF record that did give me the info I was looking for. In the session interval record, there is a field called M9UCNT that shows the number of sessions currently attached to an application. It gave me the info I needed, once I turned on interval recording. :-) Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: CA-TPX and SMF question 2 decades ago, when I was a TPX developer, they were SaveAreaControlBlock. They were getmained at startup below the line and chained together. They contained a savearea and two 6 word workareas used by variable management. The available chain was anchored in the SMRT or the SMRT extension. I had code to move some of them above the line and to create stacks but it was never implemented before CA bought out Legent. There should be an TPXOPER command that gives you what you want. For building exits, is there a macro for the SMRT? Oh how I wish we used TPX here. Switch has bugs I remember fixing in TPX. IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 10/28/2010 05:23:16 PM: From: Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com Hi list, I can't find the answer in the CA documentation (or on Google) so I thought I'd come here. In the TPX SMF records -specifically the interval and shutdown records - there is a section that has SACB statistics. It has 2 fields in it, current SACBs in use and the SACB high water mark. Can somebody tell me just what the SACB is? What I'm actually looking for is something that tells me the maximum number of concurrent users of one of the applications I have defined to TPX. If I can't get that, the max number of terminal sessions signed onto TPX concurrently. I'm hoping the SACB field is the latter of these. TIA. Rex - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-TPX and SMF question
IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 10/28/2010 05:23:16 PM: From: Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com Hi list, I can't find the answer in the CA documentation (or on Google) so I thought I'd come here. In the TPX SMF records -specifically the interval and shutdown records - there is a section that has SACB statistics. It has 2 fields in it, current SACBs in use and the SACB high water mark. Can somebody tell me just what the SACB is? What I'm actually looking for is something that tells me the maximum number of concurrent users of one of the applications I have defined to TPX. If I can't get that, the max number of terminal sessions signed onto TPX concurrently. I'm hoping the SACB field is the latter of these. TIA. Rex With SAS (or WPS) and MXG, I expect that you can derive this metric from the Application LOGON/LOGOFF (or alternatively Terminal SIGNON/SIGNOFF) TPX SMF record type/subtype combinations, using the MXG-unique VMXGCNCR macro facility. Otherwise with the TPX data-source record types, you may be able to use some other data analysis tool to generate the desired information. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: CA-TPX and SMF question
Scott, If I needed to be exact, and wanted to parse through every logon/logoff to keep count of how many are logged on at a particular moment in time, I could do that. However, I don't need to be that exact, counts every 15 minutes work just fine for my need. The problem wasn't gaining access to SAS/MXG, it was a problem of finding the correct variable in the correct MXG dataset to give me the info I need. I found it in the TPXSESSN dataset, in the TPXCCNT variable. As I mentioned in a later post, I found which SMF record/variable was needed with some timely help from a CA developer. From there, getting to the correct MXG dataset/variable was a trivial task. Thanks. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Barry Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: CA-TPX and SMF question IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 10/28/2010 05:23:16 PM: From: Pommier, Rex R. rex.pomm...@cnasurety.com Hi list, I can't find the answer in the CA documentation (or on Google) so I thought I'd come here. In the TPX SMF records -specifically the interval and shutdown records - there is a section that has SACB statistics. It has 2 fields in it, current SACBs in use and the SACB high water mark. Can somebody tell me just what the SACB is? What I'm actually looking for is something that tells me the maximum number of concurrent users of one of the applications I have defined to TPX. If I can't get that, the max number of terminal sessions signed onto TPX concurrently. I'm hoping the SACB field is the latter of these. TIA. Rex With SAS (or WPS) and MXG, I expect that you can derive this metric from the Application LOGON/LOGOFF (or alternatively Terminal SIGNON/SIGNOFF) TPX SMF record type/subtype combinations, using the MXG-unique VMXGCNCR macro facility. Otherwise with the TPX data-source record types, you may be able to use some other data analysis tool to generate the desired information. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
CA-TPX and SMF question
Hi list, I can't find the answer in the CA documentation (or on Google) so I thought I'd come here. In the TPX SMF records -specifically the interval and shutdown records - there is a section that has SACB statistics. It has 2 fields in it, current SACBs in use and the SACB high water mark. Can somebody tell me just what the SACB is? What I'm actually looking for is something that tells me the maximum number of concurrent users of one of the applications I have defined to TPX. If I can't get that, the max number of terminal sessions signed onto TPX concurrently. I'm hoping the SACB field is the latter of these. TIA. Rex The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
