Execution Velocity

Can someone please explain execution velocity for Workload Manager, I'd really appreciate it. We do not seem to be getting the results we thought we would. On this particular LPAR, we we're running with 3CPs, but when we activated a 4th CP, our critical path ran longer. Overall we are

Re: Endevor(Change Management Software)

Just want to thank everyone for your comments. I think the consensus is to not use Endevor for system type changes. I realize this would cause a lot of pain and reduce productivity. My next questions is how does your shop handle making system changes or upgrading 3rd party products? Do your

Endevor(Change Management Software)

Is anyone out there using CA-Endevor? Do you manage your system changes using Endevor? If so, how are you doing this and was it hard to setup? We are looking into this, but there are so many system libraries that could be changed, it needs a lot of thought to get it right. Thanks

Hiper Dispatching

We have a 2097-504(E12). Does anyone know if turing on Hiper Dispatching on a single book box machine would make a difference in performance? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Hiper Dispatching

Parking? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: Workload Manager Performance

WLM not a scheduler. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Workload Manager Performance

Is there any utilities that can be used to monitor WLM? Also, is there any utilities that can help you setup your WLM environment? Just trying to determine if our WLM is setup correctly for our shop. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: Turning on additional CPs

Thanks for the input Timothy. We have a 4 engine machine, but only had three turned on. We wanted to keep one in our back pocket, but then decided to turn on the 4th to see what it would do. We didn't get the expected results. However, you bring up some good points to consider regarding

Re: Dedicated vs. Shared CPs

Bob, Would you know of any redbooks/manuals that might discuss this? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Turning on additional CPs

We have a z10 with 4 engines. Since upgrading to this box, we were only running 3 engines. However, we recently turned on the 4th engine. We noticed that several jobs started running longer, which we didn't expect. Could turning on additional engines actually make a job run longer? Also,

Dedicated vs. Shared CPs

I know you can define processors as dedicated or shared. Is there any advantages/disadvantages to dedicating some to specific LPARs and shared for others? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Dedicated vs. Shared CPs

Bob, Why would this be bad for cache? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: EZTrieve

Thanks everyone. I did a scan for EZT in both my JCL and PROC libraries and came up with a list. I also did a scan in Endevor for type EZ* and it produce a big list also. This is probably as close as I'll get to a complete list. Thanks again.

EZTrieve

Does anyone know of a way to locate all JCLs/Proc members that are using EZTrieve? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Mobius RDS

Is anyone familiar with Mobius RDS? We would like to perform mass recalls of our report archives and was wondering if anyone has experience doing this. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Inforpac RDS to Treev OVS

Is anyone familar with these products? We might convert from RDS to OVS, but are not sure how to convert the archives. Has anyone had to do this? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

REXX Question

Is there a way for a Rexx routine to collect information from the active system log? If so, do you have any code you can share? Thanks in advance. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: DFSMS/DASD: Control SG occupancy

Patrick, If you don't mind, I would be interested in the REXX code. Can you post it or email it to me directly? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Initiators

Is there any reason why you shouldn't have alot of initiators defined, but have alot of them drained. Is there any performance considerations? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: Initiators

Thanks everyone for your replies. We haven't started using WLM YET, but I'll look into it. Thanks again. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message:

Re: region problem after migrated to zos1.11

Were the jobs using ADRDSSU? We had a similar problem, but we changed our default to 6M on all systems and it seems to have resolved the problem. The only abends that we encountered were ADRDSSU. I heard in the next release there may be additional changes.

Anyone has experience with File Manager compare?

We're running File Manager compares and they seem to be running long. Is there another product that is more efficient? Cobol program? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Anyone has experience with File Manager compare?

This would be for the mainframe z/OS. These are the File Manager parms: $$FILEM DSM TYPE=RECORD, $$FILEM PACK=UNPACK, $$FILEM SYNCH=KEYED, $$FILEM KEYLOCOLD=(16,1), $$FILEM KEYLOCNEW=(16,1), $$FILEM KEYLEN=(22,15), $$FILEM KEYTYPE=CHAR, $$FILEM LIST=SUMMARY, $$FILEM

CA ESP Workload Automation

Does anyone use a CA job scheduler product called ESP Workload Automation? PROS/CONS compared to other job schedulers? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu

Mainframe books

I'm looking for a book that breaks down the interanls of MVS. I was talking to one of our SYSPROGS and he said there use to be a book that really broke everything down into real simple terms that was easy to understand. He couln't remember what the name was though. I'm sure it wasn't on MVS,

Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

Does anyone know of a way to delete all of the members of a PDS which is allocated by job scheduler software? We currently use an assembler program that does a reset(I think), but management wants us to not use assembler. I know that IEHPROGM can delete a specific member, but the members

Re: Delete all members of a PDS that is allocated

Thanks Lizette. We don't have PDSMAN or SAS. I know how to spell REXX and play around a little, but probably can't write a routine that will give me the results that I want. Is PDSMAN similar to Startools? We do have that product.

WLM Service Class question

We have two production LPARs and two test LPARs. We have different service classes for Production batch and Test batch. My question is should both production LPARs use the same service class or should we have different service classes for each production LPAR as well. Not sure if it would

Catalog question

Can having all production application aliases defined in a single UCAT cause performance problems? If so, does anyone have any stories to tell regarding this. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Catalog question

When I say all, I mean all. There are probably 50 plus applications, but not sure how many are running at the same time. We are CPU constraint as it is. I don't know how to go about measuring this to determine if it is a problem or not. Just trying to see if it is a possibility before

Re: Catalog question

Would that be the F CATALOG,REPORT... commands? -- 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

Re: EMC DMX3-2500

Although that is a true statement, at some point the box is not going to be able to handle the I/Os and it will become a bottleneck. We may have to upgrade or add more ports. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Weights and CPs

Does anyone know if it matters how you specify your weights? In my example on my original post, I had the following: *** For example LPAR1=881(3 CPs) LPAR2=63(2 CPs), LPAR3=221(3CPs), LPAR4=50(2CPs), LPAR5=37(1 CP), but we wanted to try something and recently changed to use a % method alll

Re: WLM

Thanks Tom Where do you go to define the regions to the STC subsystem? Is this in WLM? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Weights and CPs

We have a z990 box with 3 Shared CPs. We use to break the weights up over all of our LPARs using the actual weights and the # of CP online varied. For example LPAR1=881(3 CPs) LPAR2=63(2 CPs), LPAR3=221(3CPs), LPAR4=50 (2CPs), LPAR5=37(1 CP), but we wanted to try something and recently

Re: WLM

What are the benefits on controlling via a response time goal vs. a velocity goal? Our system has been pretty constrained lately and I'm looking for ways to improve it, but I'm not that familiar with WLM. By the way, I am looking at the WLM manual was well. I need to get the MVS Planning

Re: Weights and CPs

Can you tell me which manual is best to read for setting up HIPERDISPATCH? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: WLM

Is the 2.5 time the number of CPs a documented recommendation? In your experience, can this be higher, such as 3 times the number of CPs? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

EMC DMX3-2500

We have a DMX3-2500. Can anyone tell me what is a good I/O rate/sec. is and when it is considered bad? For example, 4500 Good, 4501 - 7500 is a warning, and 7501 is bad. We've been trying to get this type of information from EMC, but they seem unwilling to tell us. TIA

PR/SM

Anyone know where to find a manual on PR/SM for z/OS? I've been looking all over and can't seem to find one. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: PR/SM

Let me rephrase my question. Where can I find information PR/SM? -- 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

Re: DFDSS QUESTION - ADR8661

Since you change the volume size(mod type), you may have to be concerned that the entire 3390-9 space may not be available to you. You may have to change to run a job to change the size. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

WLM

I'm not that familiar with WLM, which leads to some of my questions. We've been experiencing HIGH CPU activity in CICS, which uses ONLPRD service class. The ONLPRD has a IMP of 1 and execution velocity of 50. In addition to ALL of our CICS running in ONLPRD, we are running DB2 task as well

Hiperbatch, Smartbatch, Dynamic Cache Management

Wondering if Hiperbatch, smartbatch, Dynamic Cache Management are still valid for improving performance with todays processors, DASD, OS etc... I don't think that we use any of these and are only now starting to look at SMB. Any feed back would be appreciated. And yes we are having

Re: Sytem Managed Buffering

Anybody have feedback on this? -- 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

Dynamic Cache Management

I was reading the Implementing System-Managed Storage book and came accross Using Cache to improve performance, were it spoke about Dynamic Cache Magagement. Is there still a benefit in implementing this? PROS/CONS. Is anyone using this? Got any general guidelines for starting out? TIA

Re: T-Rex replacement

Catalog Recovery + by Mainstar Software, they may be Rocket Software now. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Share Denver - Presentations

I didn't attend Share, but was wondering if there is a site to get all of the presentations. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Re: Share Denver - Presentations

Thanks for the link. -- 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

Sytem Managed Buffering

We are looking at implementing SMB and I'm wondering how do you know if SMB is kicking in for a dataset? Is there a message stating SMB is active for this dataset? Also, is there any problems with SMB and datasets that are used by CICS. I think most of our CICS online files utilize LSR, does

Seperate LPARs for Prod and Test or a single LPAR for both

Can everyone share some Pros/Cons on having seperate LPARs for Prod and Test and also Pros/Cons for having a single LPAR that Prod and Test will share. All feedback is welcome. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff /

Re: HyperPAV without I/O Priority Management

What type of DASD are you running on? We're looking into going to Hyper- PAVs and I heard there is a one-time Hyper-PAV license fee. Anyone know how much that cost? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

EMC DASD and Hyper-PAVs

Anyone using EMC DASD(DMX-3) with Hyper PAVs? I understand that a Bin file change is needed and a one-time Hyper-PAV license fee. Anyone know how much this license fee is? We've asked EMC, but haven't gotten a reply and it has been two weeks. TIA

Re: EMC DASD and Hyper-PAVs

Yeah, I understand about the negotiation and I'm just trying to get a ball park figure. We contacted EMC a couple of weeks ago and we still haven't gotten anything yet. I did find a EMC PRICELIST on the Internet after I submitted this post. It shows $32,000. That's a start and I'm sure we

Re: EMC DASD and Hyper-PAVs

We are currently using Dynmaic PAVs. We may actuall have to scale them back. I think that we will just leave them as is since we are not close to approaching the maximum address limit. Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: WHOIS

That's a good idea. Which id/name dataset are you referring to? -- 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

WHOIS

Does anyone use the WHOIS proc that you can provides a users name that is associated with a USERID? The command that we use is 'TSO WHOIS userid'. I think that it was written for a 7 character userid, but we have some that are 6 characters. Was wondering if anyone ever fixed this or if

Re: LPAR strictly for CICS Onlines

I'm pretty sure it is ESDA. -- 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

LPAR strictly for CICS Onlines

We've been having a bunch of problems CICS short on storage , max task etc... and I posed the question can we create a LPAR specifically for our CICS regions and another for our batch. I don't know if it is even possible. Does anyone currently do something like this? If so, how do you

Re: LPAR strictly for CICS Onlines

No knowing any better is probably me best anwer. I thought we would be able to control resources better. However, using the CPU Critical may be an option also. However, I think that we created a service class recently for our HOTBATCH service class. I don't think we would want to many

Hyper-PAVs

Anyone using Hyper PAvs with EMC DMX or know where to find information on implementing Hyper PAVs? We are currently using Dynamic PAVs on z/OS 1.9 and EMC DMX-3. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Make a job non-swappable

How do you make a job non-swappable? Can this be set somewhere in z/OS? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the

Re: Make a job non-swappable

I don't. We found a job that is non-swappable and I'm wondering how it gets to be non-swappable. I wonder if there is something that a SYSPROG did when setting up the product. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive

Re: Make a job non-swappable

What type of command is this and is this the actual command syntax? -- 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

Re: Make a job non-swappable

Mark, Yes it is. It is actually Ultraquest(nomad) and if I'm not mistaken, it reports on different types of databases (does that count?). How would it be made non-swappable though? Would it be in the program somewhere? Thanks

Sending email via rexx

Does anyone know how to send a email via a rexx routine? Also, are there any good LISTSERV specifically for rexx? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with

Re: Sending email via rexx

Hal, I use XMITIP in batch, but never in REXX. Do you have any sample code that you can share? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: Antwort: Re: Free software to stack tape datasets?

Try ZELA from SeaSoft or CopyCat from CA. -- 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

SYNCSORT

I'm looking for some tuning recommendations when using SYNCSORT. We have been noticing some of our jobs running longer. We also noticed that on our SORTWORKS that we are doing alot of Dynamic Allocations on top of what we are preallocating. I was told that this Dynamic Allocation could add

Rexx

I need to learn REXX and fast. Does anyone know a good REXX for dummies book? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

VIO Storage Group

What (if any) are the benefits of using a VIO Storage Group? TIA -- 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

Setting weights via the HMC

Where can I find information about setting weights and how to determine how to distribute them accross our LPARs. Can anyone point me in the right direction. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Changing LPAR Weights

Edward, Do we have to be running our HMC on Unix? We have not converted our HMC to unix. Yet. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: TMON replacement

Does anyone else have any input on a TMON or Omegamon replacement? -- 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

Re: TMON replacement

How do you like using Mainview. It's put out by BMC right? Which pieces do you have? Thanks -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN

Converting HMC to Unix

Is converting the HMC to Unix a fairly simple process? Anyone did this recently? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Changing LPAR Weights

I thought the BPXBATCH utility was for Unix or something? Are you saying it will work with a os/2 HMC? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: Changing LPAR Weights

Can this be done via a batch job? -- 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

TMON replacement

We are using TMON, but we're looking to replace it. We may go back to Omegamon, but I want to see what other products are available. Can I get some feedback on what other shops are using and what you like about the product. TIA

Re: Changing LPAR Weights

Would you be able to share your JCL? TIA -- 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

Re: Is there an Easier way to update WLM

Depending on your Job Scheduler, you may be able to easily change the job class if your scheduler can override what is in the JCL. We use ZEKE and have it set up to override the JCL. You would then have to setup the hot class in WLM and make a change to x# of jobs in your scheduler.

Re: SMS Dataclass attribute

I there any impact in setting all of your DATACLASSes to SPEED? I notice that alot of our datasets the index component is set to RECOVERY, but the data component is set to SPEED. Not sure why you would want to do that, but I would think the DATA component would be the most important.

SMS Dataclass attribute

I thought that I previously read some VSAM Tuning recommendations where it recommend to always use SPEED on the inital load vs. RECOVERY. I can't seem to find that document. Has anyone ever heard about this? If I recall, it stated that using recovery do triple the I/O, so using SPEED would

z/Linux

I've been hearing alot about z/Linux and am wondering what are some good references for learning. Basically, I'm looking for a z/Linux for dummies book. Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Initializing volumes via ICKDSF

I think that will only work if the volume is online to the system that your are running your job on. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET

WLM Service Class

Our management has set a goal of 1hour 15 minutes for our batch window to run. We have been meeting this goal until recently. It appears that we have been growing. At the request of management, we created a special job class that runs a service class which has an importance of 1, has CPU

Average Response time for DASD Subsystem

Does anyone know how to get the Avg. Response time for a DASD Subsystem? Is there anything in SMF that can provide this type of info? Sample JCL? I'm learning the hard way so any help is greatly appreciated. TIA -- For

HMC and changing the LPAR weights

Does anyone know if there is a way to automate changing the weight distribution in the HMC? I have never heard of such a thing, but thought I'd ask anyway. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

TriTune

Is anyone out there familiar with a product called Tritune? We may be looking into trialing this product and I wanted to get some feedback on it. Experiences with it, liked it, didn't like it, it's a piece of @#$%. TIA --

CICS Temporary Storage

Is there a formula to calculate how big you should make the temp storage dataset? Also, I've seen other post say that they issue a command to clear out temp storage based on time. For example, anything older than two hours. Is there any risk/cons in doing this? Last question, does anyone

Hyper PAVs vs. Dynamic PAVs

Can anyone tell me what kind of improvements can be realized changing PAVs from Dynamic to Hyper? What is the real difference between the two? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: Hyper PAVs vs. Dynamic PAVs

Is there significant improvement from Dynamic to Hyper? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Capping LPARs

Thanks for the input. I have a dumb question. What is softcapping and hardcapping. TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Capping LPARs

We process for two banks and they each have their own Production and Test LPARs. We have a window that we would like to finish processing in, but periodically miss the goal by a few minutes. Management is pressing for a reason why we are missing it. There are so many variables to

Re: Moving DASD Volumes from Mod3 to Mod9

We did a migration from a EMC 8830 to a EMC DMX-3 using TDMF and it went very smoothly. Although you cannot go 3 to 1, you can go 1 to 1 then disable 1/3 of the volumes and use DFDSS to move whatever you can. You can then move the rest during your maintenance window, if you have one. The

CA-Endevor

Does anyone know if there is a way to restrict running compiles in foreground via Endevor? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Hiper PAVs

What are Hiper PAVs and are they better than Dynamic PAVs? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Execution job class restriction

Is there a way to restrict jobs from running it a particular job class? Is there more than one way and if so, what is the easiest? TIA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL

Re: CA-SYSVIEW

Are you saying that CA-Sysview can replace MQ on z/OS? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Measuring PAV success

Thanks Tom. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

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