Hi, James. Yes, you can do this using the PerfKit monitoring tool. Take a look at the FCON LIMIT and FCON PROCESS commands in the Pefrkit reference manual.
One z/Linux goes production at your shop, go take a good look again at the Velocity products as well. IMHO, they're worth their costs..... Good luck. Original Message: ----------------- From: CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:10:08 -0400 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Monitoring zVM CPU usage with automated alerts James Chaplin Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux Base Technologies, Inc (703) 921-6220 We had a situation in our shop were CPU in the zVM topped at 100% while the CPU usage in the zLinux Guests remained at their low levels. We use Tivoli ITM to monitor (automated) the CPU on our zLinux guests, but do not have an effective way to capture when zVM starts taking too much CPU in an single LPAR. Does anyone know of how/if ITM (Tivoli) can monitor zVM, or any shareware tool, Is there a Perfkit method to send a message out when the system starts to hold high CPU usage in zVM? We have looked at Velocity, but at the stage have no budget to invest in a tool as zLinux is still viewed as a test (experimental) platform in our shop James Chaplin Systems Programmer, MVS, zVM & zLinux Base Technologies, Inc Customs and Border Protection ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390