Re: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
I would suggest that you extract, from each lpar, the TYPE70 and TYPE89 SMF records on a daily basis into separate GDG datasets whose GDS bases are set to a limit of 45 or 75. When you run the SCRT program, just specify the GDS base names and pull in all generations for all lpars. No harm, no foul. This avoids a massive read of monthly SMF record types you don't care about. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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 -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
And I wouldn't even bother to separate them - I just got the 89's added to the 70-79's I had put aside for my RMF analysis. We usually found most of the SCRT data were already/still in the VTS cache when we ran the SCRT report. Shane ... On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 06:38 -0400, Richards, Robert B. wrote: I would suggest that you extract, from each lpar, the TYPE70 and TYPE89 SMF records on a daily basis into separate GDG datasets -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
Mark, I run a daily extract for the type 89s and accumulate that for each LPAR. This makes the end of month processing run in seconds instead of hours. We create a new GDG each month for this and have had no problems at all with the process. Should we destroy the GDG we can rebuild it from the monthly SMF data. Cheers, Paul -Original Message- Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
Hi Shane! Valid point. I did not want to presume anything about Mark's setup, so I suggested what I did. My current environment mirrors yours, but I am using logstreams and not MANx datasets...creating separate logstreams for Performance (70:79,89) and RACF (80,81,83) to go along with a default. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) And I wouldn't even bother to separate them - I just got the 89's added to the 70-79's I had put aside for my RMF analysis. We usually found most of the SCRT data were already/still in the VTS cache when we ran the SCRT report. Shane ... On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 06:38 -0400, Richards, Robert B. wrote: I would suggest that you extract, from each lpar, the TYPE70 and TYPE89 SMF records on a daily basis into separate GDG datasets -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
Hi Folks, On the CBT Tape, File 789 (only use the UPDATES page), there is a setup by Al Ferguson to automate the SCRT report production into a batch job, so as not to occupy system programmer time too much, in producing the monthly report. I hope that you'll find this material helpful. All the best of everything to all of you. Sincerely,Sam Golob -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:56:45 +1000, Shane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au wrote: And I wouldn't even bother to separate them - I just got the 89's added to the 70-79's I had put aside for my RMF analysis. We usually found most of the SCRT data were already/still in the VTS cache when we ran the SCRT report. Ditto. When we started doing this years ago it was much easier to add the 89s to the same file then create a new one. I also have them as part of the SMF/RMF logstream in my sandbox (no, I'm not use SMF logstream in production and probably won't look at it again until z/OS 1.11). Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
Here we roll up our SMF data weekly. We don't do a monthly roll up. We just keep 2 years (108 weeks) of weekly rollups. We also separate the data by SMF record type into DB2 (100-102), MQ (115 and 116), WLC (30, 70-79, and 89), and everthing else. I run the job to create the SCRT reports early on the morning of the 3rd of the month. The job is submitted by our scheduling package. The SMF input DD statement has more than enough generations of the WLC weekly tape to cover the previous month (6 generations). I have specified Report_Period=Last_Month in the SCRTPARM member. That way SCRT pulls the correct information without my having to change dates every month. If you want to email me offline I'll send you my job stream and SCRT parms. By the way, I highly recommend that you get the product LPAR Capacity and Software Usage Analysis (LCS(tm)) Software from I/S Management Strategies, Ltd (www.sherkow.com). It really helps in analyzing the sub-capacity pricing charges, and it is inexpensive for what it does. It is written in SAS and uses the MXG database as its input data. So you need both of those products. MXG is also inexpensive, but SAS is another matter. With the purchase of LCS you also get excellent over the phone consulting help from Al Sherkow. This product has save my company much more than its cost when we've been able to use it to analyze unusual increases in software costs and then enter exceptions into the SCRT reports. Note that I don't work for Al. I'm just a very satisfied customer. Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Gibney, Dave Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) SCRT is smart enough to pick the data for the correct time period if you supply it. We concatenate however many weeklys and dailys it takes to get it right. This is automated via CA-7 '#' JCL manipulation cards. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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 -- 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 * If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. * -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
We do something similar: we hook the SMF dump process that runs as needed then at again at midnight. Security and billing information is selected to a separate file as GDG's for each LPAR. The data is FTP's to a central LPAR if needed. The GDG's are gathered on the third and a monthly file is created for input to the SCRT. The regular SMF process is the data backup. The scheduler supplies any date control cards. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) I would suggest that you extract, from each lpar, the TYPE70 and TYPE89 SMF records on a daily basis into separate GDG datasets whose GDS bases are set to a limit of 45 or 75. When you run the SCRT program, just specify the GDS base names and pull in all generations for all lpars. No harm, no foul. This avoids a massive read of monthly SMF record types you don't care about. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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 -- 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 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:26:06 -0400, Clark, Kevin wrote: Mark, We will be starting this process next month. Our monthly SMF tape is produced on the 2nd day of the next month already, so all days of the previous month are account for. The cost saving dictate changing your business collection process. keep in mind you could cut a tape with just the records that SCRT needs seperatly from the your normal SMF process. Don't work about extra dates , the product will select the right grouping for the report. You need to be careful though. The process defaults to current month when you run it. If you automate it, the programs might make interesting determinations of what current month means. We keep weekly SMF backups with a daily GDG series that rolls up into the weekly. Since you can never tell where a week ends in relation to an IBM month, our process takes 5 generations of weekly backups and the whole daily series every time it runs (3rd calendar day of every month). I also supply the PARM Report_Period=Last_Month so there is no ambiguity. I can re-run it anytime within the month following without having to mess with the PARMs. And since you have to run it after the 1st completes, Last_Month always works for the normally scheduled JOB too. -- 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
SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
SCRT is smart enough to pick the data for the correct time period if you supply it. We concatenate however many weeklys and dailys it takes to get it right. This is automated via CA-7 '#' JCL manipulation cards. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Steely Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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 -- 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: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool)
Mark, We will be starting this process next month. Our monthly SMF tape is produced on the 2nd day of the next month already, so all days of the previous month are account for. The cost saving dictate changing your business collection process. keep in mind you could cut a tape with just the records that SCRT needs seperatly from the your normal SMF process. Don't work about extra dates , the product will select the right grouping for the report. Kevin From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mark Steely Sent: Wed 3/11/2009 6:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) We are z/OS V1R9 and we are going to start using this tool. The tool requires that the input SMF data is to span from the second day of the month to the first day of the next month. Our SMF data is separated by the month. How are other shops performing this retrieval. I would like to automate this process and not have to enter dates times to pull the requested SMF data needed. Any help would be appreciated. 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 This e-mail message and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of its authorized recipient(s). If you are not an intended or authorized recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the information contained in this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not authorized to receive it, please immediately notify the sender and delete the original message and all copies of it from your computer. -- 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
