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Add fields SUMECTR, SUMECTRE, SYSECTVC and SYSECEVC to z/OSMF Resource Monitoring

Adding this metrics to Resource Monitoring allows by one hand to have access to metrics that does exist in RMFIII, easier to configure than RMF UTIL and allows system programmers to see statistics related to DDF transactions when high performance ...
25 days ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Enhance the RMF Spreadsheet Reporter tool to use FTP/S (TLS) instead of plain old FTP

I would like to see the file transfer functions of the RMF Spreadsheet Reporter tool enhanced to use FTPS (FTP with TLS). I had not tried using it until recently. I learned that it would use FTP to transfer generated jobs to our z/OS systems and d...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

RMF I/O new panel with RATE/response time for ASYN SYNC(zhyperl) CSR (Consistent Read Secondary)

We currently get the I/O response time and and I/O rate by running a RMF report (summary) as follow : The JCL //RMFPP EXEC PGM=ERBRMFPP,REGION=0M //MFPINPUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYTMVS.$SJ08.W9AS3JC.SMF.TOUT.D240128.TKS1 //PPSUM001 DD SYSOUT=* //PPSUM0...
3 months ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Future consideration

Display CPU critical tag for dependent/independent enclaves

As per RMF default settings, Storage/CPU critical is only set for only address spaces entries, not for enclaves. My suggestion is to have a default setting to keep the storage/CPU critical display for enclaves in the RMF III. This would help us to...
9 months ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Create a spreadsheet dur SMF 113

In an old version of RMF under the Windows application there is an IBM RMF Performance Management application. Under this application there was the HIS and CSV Reporting which analyzed the SMF 113. It seems that IBM with the new versions, IBM deci...
9 months ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Not under consideration

RMF details about ECSA consuption by %MVS and VTAM address space

%MVS and VTAM represent one of the biggest consumers of ECSA memory, and as we often have shortage alerts, it would be interesting to know which processes are consuming more ECSA. With more details we could prevent system interruptions and transac...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RMF 4 Not under consideration

RMFIII WFEX in batch mode with longer time ranges from 7 to 30 days or more

WFEX (Work Flow Exception) is a performance tool that directly facilitates determination of causes/reasons for delays in workloads. However, the interactive facility on TSO has limitations, it only captures events interactively on short time range...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RMF 12 Functionality already exists

RMF Data Portal - My View without using browser cookies

RMF is storing user data (view settings) in cookies. In many companies browsers are configured to delete cookies when the browser is closed. This is a security requirement which not can be changed by the individual user. In addition, stori...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Future consideration

RMF Above the bar storage

When you have multiple input files for Post Processor reports that span many intervals, you may reach your above the line user region limit and get an 0C4 without a clue of that could have happened. This forces you to break one Post Processor job ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

RMF CF OVERVIEW Data shouldn't miss when one LPAR is down.

In our z/OS V2R5 environment, we observed that RMF MONITOR 3 CF OVERVIEW record couldn't be found which is empty. The Time gap is from 02/16/22 15.17.10 to 02/16/22 16.48.00.Our JB0 system ran into issue during this time range, but we don't think ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Future consideration

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