> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: replacing SAS for SMF reports? > > "Ad hoc SMF reporting" might be a good fit for Tivoli > Decision Support for > z/OS, with or without its various options (such as Usage and > Accounting > Manager) depending on your requirements. > > I believe CA also has something in this category. My guess > would be some > combination of CA SMF Director, CA JARS Resource Management, > and/or CA MICS > Resource Management. Macro4's ExpeTune does at least some SMF > reporting. I > suspect I'm forgetting other possibilities., > > SAS, of course, is quite powerful and offers a lot of general purpose > flexibility. I'm quite fond of SAS having done some > substantial econometric > analysis with it. Arguably I received a better diploma thanks > to SAS, so I > guess I'm biased. > > I should ask if you've investigated a "penalty box" solution. > A typical > penalty box pattern is to have a disaster recovery system such as a > 2096-A01 (z9 BC) or 2086-110 (z890) with Capacity Backup > (CBU) protecting a > larger (and often growing) primary system. You might have > disk replication > between the two sites/systems so that it's easy to shuttle > SMF (and other) > data over to the other site. (Bonus points for Parallel > Sysplex or even > some form of GDPS.) Quite often you'd keep "N" level hardware > for primary > production (e.g. z9 BC) and "N-1" for disaster > recovery/penalty box (e.g. > z890). There are other patterns, and I'm also assuming here > that SMF report > processing is containable within a much smaller system capacity. > > Also, do you think the value of the SMF reports SAS delivers > matches up > with the cost? (How "real" is the problem, basically?) > > - - - - - > Timothy Sipples
Thanks for the thoughts. However what I (and my manager) think is totally irrelevant. Upper managements wants to cut costs. They have targetted SAS as something that is not mission critical (and I guess it isn't) and so it can be eliminated. "So let it be written! So let it be done!" (some movie that I cannot remember - what the king said when he made a decree.) -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
