We are sending z/VM monitor data to z/OS to be processed by MICS and MXG.
We are using ESALPS (zVpS?). ESAWRITE has an option to collect and compre ss a subset of the raw monitor data and we then send that to z/OS. (Via Connect:Direct to make o ur security folks happy.) In our case the subset is "what data does MICS want?" This is bei ng figured out largely by trail-and-error on the part of our MICS people. The compression is that w e collect data at 1- minute intervals (as IBM intended) but ship it to z/OS compressed to 15-m inute intervals. Depending on how realistic your chargeback algorithms are, I would expect this compression to easily save you the cost of ESALPS/zVPS. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com ---------------------------------------------------------- Is anyone transmitting to an MVS host the VM Monitor data to be processed by MXG/SAS programs? Derek Ackerman Enterprise Capacity Planning & Performance Management Infocrossing Inc (206) 432-9737 || C: (206) 225-3585 || derek.acker...@infocrossing.com  Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
