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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories RMF
Created by Guest
Created on May 6, 2024

RMFIII - Display needed to indicate %age of H/W Group Cap used

Hello IBM,

As an example of what we'd like, please take case TS014739169 and also the description below -

We have two LPARs in a H/W Cap Group (values taken from RMF PP H A R D W A R E  G R O U P  R E P O R T)

HW GROUP   PARTITION  SYSTEM     ------
NAME                                 CP

HELABAWA   HBS        BSYS         2.27
                         HES        ESYS             

2.27 equates, on our CEC, to 441 MSUs,

and a "P A R T I T I O N  D A T A  R E P O R T" shows -

Partition HBS -

INITIAL CAP   NO  
LPAR HW CAP   NO  
HW GROUP CAP  YES 
ABS MSU CAP   NO  

Partition HES -

INITIAL CAP   NO 
LPAR HW CAP   NO 
HW GROUP CAP  YES
ABS MSU CAP   YES

RMFIII panel ERB3BFI (CPC Capacity) on HBS shows -

Partition:   HBS        8561 Model 713                         Boost: N    
CPC Capacity:    2526   Weight % of Max: ****   4h Avg:  329               
Image Capacity:   441   WLM Capping %:    0.0   4h Max:  406   Group:   N/A
MT Mode IIP:        1   Prod % IIP:       N/A   AbsMSUCap: N   Limit:   N/A

and on HES shows -

Partition:   HES        8561 Model 713                         Boost: N    
CPC Capacity:    2526   Weight % of Max: ****   4h Avg:   39               
Image Capacity:    96   WLM Capping %:    100   4h Max:   64   Group:   N/A
MT Mode IIP:        1   Prod % IIP:       N/A   AbsMSUCap: Y   Limit:   N/A

Partition  --- MSU ---
            Def   Act

HBS            0   157
HES           96    94

There is no field on the ERB3BFI display which indicates the %age-use of the H/W Group Cap of 441 MSUs.

Each time we have to  manually add the current values, e.g. 157+94=251 and say, "ah, ok, we're currently below 441 (at 57% usage)".

It would be nice to have this displayed at the top of panel ERB3BFI.

Regards,

Kevan Dunstan

Idea priority High