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3.3.4.1 VM Report Options

The following options are provided for defining VM Management
Objective Reports.  The names of the SAS MACRO variables used
for option definition are also given.


DATA SELECTION MACRO DEFINITIONS:

Hourly Selection Range for Daily Reports:  The start and end
hours of the day that are to be included in the Daily VMC
Reports.  We suggest that the hours be set to include the
entire day (i.e., 00 23).

     &VMCDLHR and &VMCDHHR define the low and high hours of
     the day for selection of the VM activity to be reported
     in the daily reports.

Hourly Selection Range for Weekly Reports:  The start and end
hours of the day that are to be included in the Weekly VMC
Reports.  We suggest that the hours be set to include only
the prime-time hours (e.g., 08 16).

     &VMCWLHR and &VMCWHHR define the low and high hours of
     the days for selection of the VM activity to be reported
     in the weekly reports.

Zone Selection for Monthly Reporting:  The zone or range of
zones that are to be included in the Monthly VM Reports.
Normally all zones should be reported and therefore the range
should be 1 to 9.  The VM Reports could be limited to only
the range of zones required.

    &VMCLOZN and &VMCHIZN define the low and high zones in
    the months input for selection of the VM activity to be
    reported in the monthly reports.


Q1 SERVICE MACRO DEFINITIONS:

Average Q1 Service Objective:  The average service time of
all VM Q1 requests that were satisfied within a specified
number of seconds to reflect the installation's response
objective for total VM activity (e.g., maintain the average
at a level below three seconds)

    &VMCDSECX and &VMCSEC define maximum scaling for vertical
    axis and the reference line for the average Q1 service
    time in the daily reports.

    &VMCWSECX and &VMCWSEC define maximum scaling for
    vertical axis and the reference line for the average Q1
    service time in the weekly reports.

    &VMCMSECX and &VMCMSEC define maximum scaling for
    vertical axis and the reference line for the average Q1
    service time in the monthly reports.


AVAILABILITY MACRO DEFINITIONS:

Hourly VM Outage Limits:  The target number of uptime minutes
per hour, generally set to 60, and the downtime objective per
hour, which is generally set to 0 minutes

    &VMCDUTX and &VMCUT define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the hourly uptime target reference line
    for daily reports.

    &VMCWUTX and &VMCWUT define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the hourly uptime target reference line
    for weekly reports.

Monthly Availability Percentage:  The percent of uptime VM is
targeted to be available in any given month for the selected
zones

    &VMCMPCT and &VMCRPCT define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for the percent of
    VM uptime by zone in the monthly reports.


THROUGHPUT MACRO DEFINITIONS:

Hourly VM Q1 Drop Rate:  The target and maximum number of Q1
drops processed per hour by VM.  The target amount is used
for a reference line on the graph and the maximum is used to
set the maximum value on the graph's vertical axis.

    &VMCCAX and &VMCCREF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for hourly command
    rate execution in the daily reports.

    &VMCWCAX and &VMCWCRF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for commands
    executed by hour in the weekly reports.

    &VMCMCAX and &VMCMCRF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for commands
    executed by zone in the monthly reports.


CPU RESOURCE CONSUMPTION MACRO DEFINITIONS:

VM CPU Consumption Amount:      The target and maximum CPU
seconds per hour for VM.  The target amount is used for a
reference line on the graph and the maximum is used to set
the maximum value on the graph's vertical axis.

    &VMCSAX and &VMCSREF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for CPU consumption
    by hour in the daily reports.

    &VMCWSAX and &VMCWSRF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for CPU consumption
    by hour in the weekly reports.

    &VMCMSAX and &VMCMSRF define maximum scaling for the
    vertical axis and the reference line for CPU consumption
    by zone in the monthly reports.

The VM Report Options, which are defined as SAS MACRO
variables, are contained in the source member #VMCMOBJ in the
sharedprefix.MICS.SOURCE library.  The next section shows the
member and describes how to modify the options.