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RMFCFH – CPC Engine Configuration by Hour

This query shows yesterday's active physical engine configuration, by hour, for the Central Processing Complex (CPC) shared and dedicated engine pools. The query generates two vertical bar charts for each CPC.

Five vertical bars show the number of active physical processors (engines) of each type (CP, zAAP, zIIP, IFL, and ICF) in the CPC for each hour of the day. The example shows the physical shared engine pool for an IBM z/10 2097 model 712. In this example, the physical engine configuration was consistent for the entire day charted.

Overview

The RMFCFH query generates a chart for each Central Processing Complex (CPC) that shows the physical engine configuration for the CPC, by hour. One data extract shows the hourly physical engine configuration for the shared engine pools, and the other for the dedicated engine pools.

The example shows the physical shared engine pool for an IBM z/10 2097 model 712. In this example, the physical engine configuration was consistent for the entire day charted.

Uses

This chart helps you see the impact of various features available with IBM mainframes to dynamically activate and deactivate physical engines to match variable workload activity. For example, IBM’s Capacity Provisioning can provide rules to activate and deactivate engines based on various user-defined rules. These charts show any physical engine configuration changes at an hourly level.

Data Extracts

CPC Dedicated Eng Pools Config by Hour

Left Y-axis

PRSMACDP - Avg CP Dedicated Processors

PRSMAIDP - Avg ICF Dedicated Processors

PRSMANDP - Avg IFL Dedicated Processors

PRSMAZDP - Avg zAAP Dedicated Processors

PRSMASDP - Avg zIIP Dedicated Processors

X-axis

HOUR – Hour of Day

CPC Shared Engine Pools Config by Hour

Left Y-axis

PRSMACSP - Avg CP Shareable Processors

PRSMAISP - Avg ICF Shareable Processors

PRSMANSP - Avg IFL Shareable Processors

PRSMAZSP - Avg zAAP Shareable Processors

PRSMASSP - Avg zIIP Shareable Processors

X-axis

HOUR – Hour of Day

Query Defaults

• HARLPC DAYS timespan file: Cycle 01
• Filters: PRSMNAME=’PHYSICAL’ (Select "PHYSICAL" LPAR only)
• User code selects yesterday’s data (IF DATEPART(ENDTS) EQ TODAY()-1 ;
• Derivations:

  DATE

  DATEPART(ENDTS)
  

  CPCID

  TRIM(LPCMOD)||'-'||TRIM(CPCMODID)||'-Serial: '||SUBSTR(CPCSEQNB,12,5);
  

Modifications

The following modifications can be made to the RMFCFH query:

• You can add filter statements to select only a single CPC, or set of CPCs using some of the identifying data elements shown in the CPCID derivation.
• If you have no dedicated engines, you can delete the data extract step for the dedicated engine pool.