My management wants to benchmark the IPL process to see how long it will take at various levels of MIPS, MSUs, or whatever measurement criteria can be used. The purpose of this is to determine what the smallest z10 is we can contract for our DR site that will IPL in a reasonable time frame. The plans are to contract for the smallest system possible with the provisions of being able to bump it up during the few times each year we do a full blown DR test or in the event the is an actual disaster situation. So we might contract for a 2098-A03 and the bump it all the way to a 2098-Z03 when needed.
Has anyone ever done something similar to this? Is there any way to set a cap on the system that will take affect immediately and be active during the IPL process? I know that the standard softcap won't work since that doesn't take affect until the MSU four hour rolling average hits the cap, which wouldn't happen during an IPL. What I know as a "hard cap" involves restricting the LPAR to its weight, so I don't think that would work either. Is there any other way to cap a system? Tom Kelman Enterprise Capacity Planner Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 ***************************************************************************** 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
