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2.4.5.1 Standard Output


Figure 2-106 shows the DASD Skew Analysis Report inquiry
panel.  A description of the inquiry fields is presented in
Section 2.4.5.4.1 in the discussion on component operation.


/------------------------  IOA DASD Skew Analysis Report  ------------------------\
| Command ===>                                                                    |
|                                                                                 |
| Composing CA MICS Inquiry: IOA25 - DASD Skew 10:00 / SYSA                       |
|                                                                                 |
| Time-span ===> DETAIL (DETAIL/DAYS)                      Cycle(s) ===> 01 - 01  |
| Data base ===> B (PRIMARY)  _            _            _            _            |
| Allow Run-Time Override of Data Base ===> N (Y/N) and/or Cycle(s) ===> N (Y/N)  |
|                                                                                 |
| Report by time interval ===> N (Y/N)                                            |
|                                                                                 |
| Data Selection:                                        Allow run-time override  |
|   Date         ===> _______ - _______   _______ - _______         ===> N (Y/N)  |
|   Hour         ===> 10 - __    __ - __    __ - __                 ===> N (Y/N)  |
|   Zone         ===> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _                             ===> N (Y/N)  |
|   Sysid        ===> SYSA ____ ____ ____ ____ ____                 ===> N (Y/N)  |
|                                                                                 |
| Specify extended options ===> N (Y/N)                                           |
|                                                                                 |
|                                                                                 |
|                                                                                 |
|                                                                                 |
\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------/


  Figure 2-106. IOA DASD Skew Analysis Report Inquiry Panel


Figure 2-107 shows a sample DASD Skew Analysis Report created
by the inquiry entries shown above.  The following items are
shown in the figure:

INTERVAL     The time  and  date  of the  first HARDVA File
START:       observation included in the analysis.

INTERVAL     The time and date of the last HARDVA File
END:         observation included in the analysis.

DURATION:    The total number of hours summarized by report,
             rounded up to the nearest hour.

SYSID:       The system identifier.

CU ADR/      The control unit address, CA MICS data element
CU/PATH:     CUADDR.

             For MVS/XA and ESA this column is replaced by
             the value CU/PATH.  In MVS/XA or ESA control
             unit number is the equivalent data element to
             control unit address in MVS/370.

             For data derived from RMF 4.2 and above, the
             control unit name is also shown in the line just
             below the control unit number.

LOG. CHAN/   The logical channel number that serves the
LCU:         control unit, CA MICS data element LOGCHAN.

             For MVS/XA and ESA, this column is replaced by
             the value LCU (logical control unit).  The
             logical control unit data element was introduced
             in MVS/XA.  There is  no corresponding data
             element to logical channel in MVS/XA.

AV CHAN      The weighted average physical channel service
SERV MS/     time for the physical channels that comprise the
AV LCU       logical channel.
SERV MS:
             For MVS/XA and ESA, this column is replaced by
             the AV LCU SERV MS, the average connect time for
             devices on the logical control unit.

TOTAL SIO    The total rate of start I/Os (SIOs) issued per
RATE/        second to the devices on the string by the
TOTAL        system.
SSCH RTE:
             For MVS/XA and ESA, this column is replaced by
             TOTAL SSCH RTE, the total rate of start sub-
             channel commands issued per second to the
             string.

TOTAL        The total utilization of the head of string
% HOS:       (HOS).  For pre-MVS/XA systems, the value is
             calculated by multiplying the total number of
             SIOs times the average channel service time in
             milliseconds, divided by the duration.

             For MVS/XA and ESA systems, the value is
             calculated by dividing the sum of the device
             connect times by the duration.

TYPE LINE:   There are seven lines of detailed data presented
             for each device string.  The TYPE LINE values
             describe the values that are found in the next
             eight columns, DEV 1 through DEV 8.  These
             columns correspond to device addresses 0-7 and
             8-F for non-3380 device types.  For 3380s
             without the Device Level Selection feature, the
             first four columns are used to represent the
             internal device strings.  They are:

                   String        Addresses
                   ------        ---------
                     1            0,1,8,9
                     2            2,3,A,B
                     3            4,5,C,D
                     4            6,7,E,F

             The types of lines are:

             o  DEVADDR - The device address on the string,
                DEVADDR.  For MVS/XA and ESA, this row is
                replaced by the value DEV NO., the
                corresponding data element to device address
                in MVS/370.

             o  SIO RT - The rate of start I/Os (SIOs per
                second) issued to each device by the system,
                DVASIO.  For MVS/XA and ESA systems, this row
                is replaced by SSCH RT, the rate of start
                subchannel commands issued to the device.

             o  AV SERV - The average service time for the
                device, DVAAVSTM.

             o  % PATH - The percent of the path used by the
                device, computed like TOTAL % HOS.  See
                above.

             o  VOLSER - The volume serial number of the
                volume mounted on the device.

             o  STGGRP - The DFSMS storage group name.  DFSMS
                (Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem)
                allows for pooling physical DASD volumes.
                Each pool is defined by the installation's
                DASD administrator, and is managed by DFSMS.

             o  DEVTYPE - The DASD device type of each
                reported volume.  (For  example, 3380J, or
                3390).


CV:          The coefficient of variation of the non-zero
             percent path busy values for the devices on the
             string.  It  is important to note that idle
             devices are not included in the calculations.
             To calculate the coefficient of variation, at
             least one of the percent device busy values must
             be non-zero.  The higher the coefficient of
             variation, the more significant the skew problem
             of the string.

SKEW:        The skew coefficient of the non-zero percent
             path busy values for the devices on the string.
             It  is important to note that idle devices are
             not included in the calculations.  To calculate
             the skew coefficient, at least two of the
             percent device busy values must be non-zero.
             The higher the skew coefficient, the more
             significant the skew problem of the string.

If the Device Level Selection (DLS) feature is in effect,
then there will only be one set of values for CU/PATH, LCU,
AV CHAN SERV MS, TOTAL SSCH RTE, TOTAL % HOS, CV, and SKEW
presented for the up to 16 device addresses associated with
each control unit or control unit pair.

If the Device Level Selection Enhanced (DLSE) feature is in
effect, reflecting the utilization of 3990-2 or 3990-3
controllers, then there will only be one set of values for
CU/PATH, LCU, AV CHAN SERV MS, TOTAL SSCH RTE, TOTAL % HOS,
CV, and SKEW presented for the up to 64 device addresses
associated with each logical control unit.


CA MICS Performance Manager DASD SKEW ANALYSIS INTERVAL START: 07SEPyy:09:59 INTERVAL END : 07SEPyy:10:59 DURATION : 2:00:00 SYSID : XA01 CU / AV LCU TOTAL TOTAL TYPE CV / PATH LCU SERV MS SSCH RTE % HOS LINE DEV 1 DEV 2 DEV 3 DEV 4 DEV 5 DEV 6 DEV 7 DEV 8 SKEW ----- ---- ------- -------- ------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- 570-3 0009 25.06 5.7 14.26 DEV NO. 574 575 57C 57D 1.69 3880 SSCH RT 5.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.73 AV SERV 37.37 17.63 27.38 0.00 % PATH 14.02 0.12 0.12 0.00 VOLSER TSO920 TSO900 TSO904 VSAM04 STGGRP TSODEV TSOPRD TSODEV DBMS02 DEVTYPE 3380 3380 3380 3380 8C0-0 0018 3.99 14.3 6.13 DEV NO. 8C0 8C1 8C2 8C3 8C5 8C6 8C7 --SEE-- * DLSE* 3390-2 SSCH RT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 1.3 0.1 -BELOW- ANY 4 AV SERV 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.77 9.41 4.50 11.65 DEVICES % PATH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.14 0.33 0.04 CAN BE VOLSER M24RSS M32SPL M32RSS M28RSS M18SPL M18RS1 TAS002 ACTIVE STGGRP N/A SYSTEM N/A N/A SYSTEM N/A TECSUP DEVTYPE 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 8C0-0 0018 -------SEE ABOVE------- DEV NO. 8C8 8C9 8CA 8CB 8CC 8CD 8CE 8CF --SEE-- * DLSE* 3390-2 SSCH RT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -BELOW- ANY 4 AV SERV 0.78 0.85 4.89 8.25 0.79 7.16 8.52 8.45 DEVICES % PATH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 CAN BE VOLSER HDK008 MSH009 MSH010 MSH011 MSH012 MSH013 TAS020 TS0021 ACTIVE STGGRP N/A MSHGRP MSHGRP MSHGRP MSHGRP MSHGRP TECSUP TSODEV DEVTYPE 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 8C0-0 0018 -------SEE ABOVE------- DEV NO. 8D0 8D1 8D2 8D3 8D4 8D5 8D6 8D7 --SEE-- * DLSE* 3390-2 SSCH RT 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -BELOW- ANY 4 AV SERV 15.74 8.45 7.08 8.61 3.40 0.78 0.81 0.83 DEVICES % PATH 0.22 0.03 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CAN BE VOLSER TSO029 TSO026 TSO027 TSO028 TSO030 TSO031 TSO032 TSO033 ACTIVE STGGRP TSUPRD TSODEV TSODEV TSOPRD N/A N/A N/A N/A DEVTYPE 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 8C0-0 0018 -------SEE ABOVE------- DEV NO. 8D8 8D9 8DA 8DB 8DC 8DD 8DE 8DF 2.66 * DLSE* 3390-2 SSCH RT 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.97 ANY 4 AV SERV 4.59 5.72 9.87 7.50 0.77 13.90 0.80 14.23 DEVICES % PATH 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.04 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.02 CAN BE VOLSER TSO034 TSO035 TSO036 TSO037 TEC003 TMP072 MSH015 MSH014 ACTIVE STGGRP TSOPRD TSOPRD TSODEV N/A TECSUP TECSUP MSHGRP MSHGRP DEVTYPE 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390 3390


  Figure 2-107. IOA DASD Skew Analysis Report for MVS/XA