How to Begin Using the Product › Lesson 7: Suppress Messages Using the Automation Analyzer › Gather Message Event Statistics Using Automation Analyzer

Gather Message Event Statistics Using Automation Analyzer

Use the Automation Analyzer to process message events only. You can use other CA OPS/MVS components to gather other types of system information.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the OPSVIEW Primary Options Menu and enter 7.2 in the Option field.

   The Automation Analyzer Specification panel appears. A sample follows:

   Automation Analyzer --- MSI1 --- O P S V I E W ---------------- Subsystem OPSS
   Command ===>                                                                 
   Enter Automation Analyzer start and end date/time                            
        or leave blank to use entire OPSLOG.                                    
                     DATE         TIME                                          
                   YYYY/MM/DD     HH:MM                                         
        Start ===>                                                              
        End   ===>                                                              
        Use * to specify the current date or time                               
   Analyze WTORs only?          ===> N  (Y/N)       and REPLIES? ===> N  (Y/N)  
   Ignore if: Command Echo?     ===> Y  (Y/N)    MPF Suppressed? ===> Y  (Y/N)  
              Command Response? ===> Y  (Y/N)    Hardcopy Only?  ===> Y  (Y/N)  
   Use OPSLOG data from: *
       Use * to specify OPSLOG for current subsystem
   

2. Select the time range of events that you want to analyze. Type start and end dates, and start and end times in the corresponding fields on the Automation Analyzer Specification panel.

   The date and time range that you specify tells the Analyzer to process that portion of the OPSLOG.

3. Indicate any additional limiting criteria. In the remaining fields on the Automation Analyzer Specification Panel, indicate any additional ways in which you want to limit the analysis:
   • Restrict the analysis to only WTORs, or to only WTORs and WTOR replies.
   • Indicate whether the analysis should include echoes of commands that were issued by z/OS or other subsystems.
   • Indicate whether the analysis should include messages that MPF is suppressing.
   • Indicate whether the analysis should exclude command response messages.
   • Indicate whether the analysis should exclude messages that were issued with the hardcopy only attribute.
   • Specify the data set name of a particular OPSLOG for analysis.
4. After you complete the panel, press Enter to generate the message event statistics.

   The following Automation Analyzer Results panel appears with the generated message event statistics:

   Automation Analyzer --- MSI1 --- O P S V I E W ------------------ ROW 1 OF 100
   Command ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> PAGE
        Sel options: E - Easy Rule S - Suppress Message D - Delete Message
                     Q - Quick-Ref X - Extract Replies
        Analysis done from 2009/07/13 00:00 to 2009/07/13 23:59
        Total messages found     :     8784
        Total messages suppressed:       72 (    0.81% )
        Message       Action    # of    Percent   IBM     OPS    RuleSet  Rule
   Sel  Identifier    Taken     Occr    of Total  Supp    Supp.?  Name    Name
        IST663I                  859     13.00%            0.0%  SAMPLE   SAM
        IEF196I                  815     12.33%    C       0.0%  SAMPLE   SAM
        IST530I                  393      5.94%    C       0.0%  SAMPLE   SAM
        IST314I                  329      4.97%            0.0%  SAMPLE   SAM
        IST664I                  329      4.97%            0.0%
        IST889I                  329      4.97%            0.0%
        OPS1000I                 312      4.72%            0.0%
        OPC4403O                 196      2.96%            0.0%
        READY                    170      2.57%            0.0%
        OPS4320H                 148      2.24%            0.0%
        OPS3724H                 121      1.83%            0.0%
   

5. Review the Automation Analyzer Results panel. The previous example panel shows a sample scrollable message event list that the Automation Analyzer produces. By default, events appear in descending order by number of occurrences. You can view different parts of the list by pressing PF7 and PF8, or by using the TOP, BOTTOM, UP n, and DOWN n commands. To change the sort order, use the SORT command. For example, issue this command to change the sort order to alphabetical order according to message ID:

   SORT MESSAGE
   

6. Evaluate the displayed statistics. Pay particular attention to these columns of data on the Automation Analyzer Results panel:

   Message Identifier

   Lists IDs of messages occurring in the portion of the OPSLOG you selected.

   # of Occr (Number of Occurrences)

   Shows the number of times the message ID appeared in the OPSLOG.

   Percent of Total

   Shows the percentage of total selected messages that the message ID represents.

   IBM Supp (IBM Message Suppression)

   Indicates whether the message ID appears on the IBM conservative (C), aggressive (A), or neither (blank) message suppression list.

   OPS Supp.? (CA OPS/MVS Suppressed)

   Shows the percentage of message occurrences in the selected period that was suppressed by CA OPS/MVS rules. This field should read 100 percent if the message was suppressed for the entire period.

   As you evaluate the statistics, examine the messages that occur very frequently to determine whether it is important that they appear on the system console display.

Note: For more information about the Automation Analyzer, see the OPSVIEW User Guide.