Re: VM Monitor data processing
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 #61520; Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Re: VM Monitor data processing
We ship all of the SMF data we collect and the monitor data I trying to get off the ground is only 2 or 3 domains. We have the capacity, and I am not concerned Linux etc. MXG can process it, and that is what I intend to use. And am trying to find others to do it this way. I have done so in a past life. As others have noted, the files coming from a medium or larger system with more than a few domains enabled can be quite large, but if your goal is to create a consolidated performance database in one place, it unarguably works. MXG is quite powerful if you are comfortable with it and SAS in general. I guess I'm not clear what the question would be. Can you do it? Yes. Does it work well? Yes, if you have sufficient disk and CPU. Would I do it again? Depends on what I was trying to accomplish.
Re: VM Monitor data processing
I can't recall if ours goes into MXG/SAS or MICS. That's the dark side of the force. But we do write it to SL tape each night (366 GDG's). Mike Walter Aon Hewitt The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. Ackerman, Derek derek.acker...@infocrossing.com Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU 10/06/2010 05:06 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject VM Monitor data processing 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. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
Re: VM Monitor data processing
Not to mislead anyone, we ftp the output of monwrite to a zOS host to be processed. Thx - Please consider the environment before printing this email and any attachments. This e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the individual or company to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure or unauthorized use under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail or the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the sender. If you have received this transmission in error, please return the material received to the sender and delete all copies from your system.
Re: VM Monitor data processing
Ouch. Pretty costly to collect raw data, ship it to z/os and process it there. There are lots of installations that take the zVPS (Velocity Performance Suite) data and ship it to z/os from vm, and MXG supports it direct. Probably 1 percent in size. Other installations take our MICS file (probably less than 1 percent in size) and ship that to z/OS for processing there. Other vendors are in process to take the data as well for the same reasons (plus the get linux and other network data). Anything to stop collecting raw data Ackerman, Derek wrote: 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. Confidentiality Note: This e-mail, including any attachment to it, may contain material that is confidential, proprietary, privileged and/or Protected Health Information, within the meaning of the regulations under the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act as amended. If it is not clear that you are the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error, and any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, including any attachment to it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately return it to the sender and delete it from your system. Thank you.
