There are lots of ways to solve the MSU actual problem. I think all of the solutions put forward are valid. The question is do you want it dynamic/historical/on demand? Another question is do you want to be able to compare now to last week/month/year?
The advantage of a real-time information gatherer that stores the data in a data warehouse like Splunk is you can look at where you are now and where you were, and from that project where you will be. Also, having multiple sources of data put into a common warehouse (are MSU's the only thing you want?) allows the aggregating of data from across those various sources and getting a full picture. The human mind is a wonderful pattern recognition machine, but it works best when all the data is presented in a single chart, or in a side-by-side pair of charts. Ironstream automates the data gathering and forwarding. It also provides a basic set of dashboards that can be built upon or modified. It is not the only solution, but I think it is a pretty good one. Chris Blaicher Technical Architect Mainframe Development P: 201-930-8234 | M: 512-627-3803 E: cblaic...@syncsort.com Syncsort Incorporated 2 Blue Hill Plaza #1563 Pearl River, NY 10965 www.syncsort.com Data quality leader Trillium Software is now a part of Syncsort. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Martin Packer Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MSU Actual ERBSCAN against an SMF data set full of RMF records will display the interval nicely. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Cloud & Systems Performance, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/ or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 From: "Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh" <vignesh.v.sankaranaraya...@marks-and-spencer.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 25/10/2017 17:44 Subject: Re: MSU Actual Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Thank you Sir. I'm not sure what the current interval is. Maybe I can suss the rough interval by looking at timestamps in SMF record type 70 subtype 1? Would need to find that out and then consider the implications of changing it to a 1 minute interval recording. - Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Barry Merrill Sent: 25 October 2017 20:26 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MSU Actual The data is captured in RMF III VSAM files, if you run RMF III at 1 minute intervals. The VSAM files can be reported from using IBM Reports, or "ADVERTISEMENT" MXG Software. Barry -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: MSU Actual Hi All, Is it possible to get the LPAR, MSU Def. and MSU Act from the RMF CPC Capacity Report, in bulk? Looking for samples every 1 minute. Is this captured in any SMF record type? 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