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5.2.7.3 Usage Considerations



Special considerations or techniques related to using he
 HARIPU file are provided below.

1.  The following data elementsin the HARIPU file have
     meaning only in the DETAIL imespan; they lose
     significance once summarizaion has been performed.
     These data elements should nly be referenced when using     the HARIPUnn file in the DETAIL timespan.

      CYCLETM  - Sampling Time Cycle Length
     IPUSER   - Serial Number for CPU
     IPUCNF   - CPU Configuration Activity
     IPUONL   - CPU Online Status Indicator

2 .  The following data elements are user-defined otion
     dependent and their use should be within the frme of     reference of the option's definition.

      CA MICS PARMS SYSID
    CPUMODEL - CPU Model Identification

3.  Care must be exercised in using the special date ad time
    data elements contained in each CA MICS file. As the
    file's granularity increases in higher timespans, crtain
    fields lose significance; they should not be used in
    those cases.

      o  HOUR should not be used in MONTHS.
      o  DAY and DAYNAME should not be used in WEEKS, MNTHS.
      o  WEEK should not be used in MONTHS.

4.  ENDTS and STARTTS, when appearing in the DAYS, WEKS, or
    MONTHS timespans, bound the span of time over which the
     data has been summarized.  STARTTS is the lowest date and
     time, and ENDTS is the highest date and time for the data
     summarized.  These data elements have different meanings
     when used in the DETAIL timespan versus the DAYS, WEEKS,
     and MONTHS timespans.  Their purpose in DETAIL is
     described below:

    o  STARTTS represents RMF recording interval start ime.
    o  ENDTS represents RMF recording interval end time.

5.  The HARIPUnn file contains CPU measurements on an
    individual central processor basis.  The HARCPUnn ile
    contains CPU measurements for the entire processor
    complex.