Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-10 Thread Erik Janssen
Hello Mike, I've tried it a couple of years ago with MXG/SAS. I think that was quite easy to do if I recall, but the problem I had was with time fields in SAS exceeding 24 hours (ie a job/stc that ran more than a day). SAS is ok with that, but it converted those fields to a DB2 time column

Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-10 Thread R.S.
(I couldn't resist) Yes, it is feasible to load SMF data into a DB2 database. The simplest method is to define a table with one column containing whole SMF record, regardless of its type. And yes, such approach is completely unreasonable. However any other approach means that you have to

Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Hawkins
Here's a clue: most people call him Barry. Last but not least: I wonder if any human being is able to understand and *remeber* all the SMF record formats. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-07 Thread David Purdy
No, but I generated a Cognos cube with SMF data. ?Fairly trivial task for Cognos. David Purdy -Original Message- From: Michael Wickman mwick...@waddell.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 12:44 pm Subject: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database. Does anyone try

Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-06 Thread Michael Wickman
Does anyone try to load SMF records into a database (DB2) for performance and capacity usage data mining? Just trying from keep from re-typing all the DB2 definitions if somebody has already done it or have any suggestions along that line. Thanks. Mike Wickman font size=1 div

Re: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database.

2009-08-06 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Wickman Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Loading SMF data into a DB2 database. Does anyone try to load SMF records into a database