IBM offers features and pricing options that should fit your needs perfectly. I think the feature/pricing you want is called CBU.
HTH and good luck. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kelman, Tom Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Benchmarking the IPL 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 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
