> Has anyone begun using linux tools (awk, rrdtool, MySQL, etc) to > manipulate, store, report the data in the VM accounting cards? I haven't > had to report on VM's accounting data for several years now and the > product used for that task has been removed. There is now a high level > interest in mainframe usage and although my IFL is not involved in this > round of reporting, I would like to get back into having a regular > accounting database. I can use any package freely available for SLES10 > on zSeries but I cannot buy anything for either linux or z/VM. > > Any wheels out there that don't need to be reinvented (just adjusted)?
I don't think there's anything out there that specifically eats VM accounting cards, but there are rrdtool interfaces to Big Brother/Hobbit data, I think. That would at least give you summary utilization info over time, and some guest-level data if you have snmpd enabled on the guests. You'll probably have to build from source, but that shouldn't be too tough. I had some S macros that did some analysis and graphs, but the latest version of S doesn't seem to like them any more, and I don't have time to fix them. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
