Sorry to be nitpicking on this good idea:
- why expose to errors by not using ADDRESS COMMAND?
- why throwing away any userid starting with "VSM". Take this instead
'PIPE CP Q NAMES',
'|StrNfind /VSM_____-/',
'|SPLIT 1 after /,/',
'|CHOP 8',
'|Stem name.'
2010/7/19 Neale Ferguson <ne...@sinenomine.net>
> Here¹s an EXEC I use to do initial data gathering. I had updated it but
> have
> lost the latest copy. Anyway it¹s a start:
>
> /* */
> CP.1 = 'Q ALL'
> CP.2 = 'Q CPLEVEL'
> CP.3 = 'Q SRM'
> CP.4 = 'Q ALLOC'
> CP.5 = 'Q ALLOC PAGE'
> CP.6 = 'Q ALLOC SPOOL'
> CP.7 = 'Q ALLOC TDISK'
> CP.8 = 'Q MDC'
> CP.9 = 'Q VDISK'
> CP.10 = 'Q FRAME'
> CP.11 = 'IND'
> CP.12 = 'IND Q'
> CP.13 = 'Q VSWITCH ALL DETAILS'
> CP.0 = 13
>
> User.1 = 'Q SHARE'
> User.2 = 'Q QUICKDSP'
> User.3 = 'IND USER'
> User.0 = 3
>
> 'PIPE cms ERASE VM REPORT'
>
> 'PIPE (end ? name GETUSER)',
> '| cp Q N',
> '| split',
> '| strip',
> '| nfind VSM' ||,
> '| spec 1.8 1',
> '| strip',
> '| stem Name.'
>
> do I_CP = 1 to CP.0
> 'PIPE (name GETCP end ?)',
> '| cp' CP.I_CP,
> '| literal' CP.I_CP,
> '| append literal '
> '| >> VM REPORT A'
> end
>
> do I_User = 1 to User.0
> do I_Name = 1 to Name.0
> 'PIPE (name GETUSER end ?)',
> '| cp' User.I_User Name.I_Name,
> '| literal' User.I_user Name.I_Name,
> '| append literal ',
> '| >> VM REPORT A'
> end
> end
>
> 'PIPE (name GETSTSI)',
> '| cms EXEC STSI',
> '| literal STSI',
> '| append literal ',
> '| >> VM REPORT A'
>
> exit
>
> On 7/19/10 10:19 AM, "David Boyes" <dbo...@sinenomine.net> wrote:
>
> >> The point was not the format, but that the information was organized,
> >> complete, and easy to read.
> >>
> >> Alan Altmark
> >> z/VM Development
> >> IBM Endicott
> >
> > I think you missed the intent of the suggestion. Often we see that people
> > don't know what information might be useful to solve a problem. If there
> is
> > some key information that makes solving problems easier, then having a
> > guideline often helps people collect the right stuff to get the problem
> solved
> > the first time around. Others have suggested a automated way; that's
> cool, but
> > you have to define what you (IBM) need before you can automate anything.
> Then
> > the REXX and Pipe fiends will take over and find a way to collect it. 8-)
> >
> > Returning to the report in question, if that's the paradigm that you find
> > useful, gut it of customer details, and let's see it. If nothing else, it
> will
> > make a good example of what kind of things need to be collected.
> >
> > -- db
> >
>
--
Kris Buelens,
IBM Belgium, VM customer support
