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IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics

Add tables definition for SMF 23

Add tables exploiting records SMF 23.
7 days ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Submitted

IZPCA / COGNOS NEW COST REPORTS TFP WITH MONETARY VALUES BASED IN MSU

Many customers wants to know how much money they are paying by LPAR, WORKLOAD and SERVICE/REPORT CLASS using TFP – Tailored Fit Pricing model. Nowadays, IZPCA/COGNOS has cost RESOURCE ACCOUNTING reports based in monetary values (cost of CPU second...
8 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Include SMF Record Layout / Component for Connect:Direct (NDM)

Some shops use Connect:Direct as default transmittion method, so have the SMF record layout already on IZPCA can help to understand the behavior of dataset transmittion between the enviroments
3 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Add the TIME_ZC_ENTRY and TIME_ZC_EXIT columns to the MVS_ZCONNECT2_T table to support the zOS Connect API Requester data (SMF_123_2_V2)

While the data is captured in the SMF_123_2_V2 performance data currently the associated TIME_ZC_ENTRY and TIME_ZC_EXIT columns are NOT reflected in the base MVS_ZCONNECT2_T having this information in the PCA base table will enable better performa...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Enable zEDC compression support in the SMF Extractor of ZPCA

It would be usefull an enhancement for Z Performance and Capacity Analytics (ZPCA) to support native zEDC compression within the SMF Extractor, similar to the compression available when SMF compress records before writting to the logstream (SMFPRM...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Add columns to KPMZ_WORKLOAD tables to support WLM Analysis

Please add the following columns to the KPMZ_WORKLOAD_T & KPMZ_WORKLOAD_D tables TCB_SEC SRB_SEC RCT_SEC IIT_SEC HST_SEC TOTAL_USING_SAMPES IDLE_DELAY UNKNOWN_DELAY TOTAL_DELAY_BATCH MPL_DELAY PRIVATE_PGIN_DLY SWAPIN_DELAY COMMON_PGIN_DELAY CP...
2 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Make the CICS_FIELD procedure automated to include new OFFSETs to the CICS-FIELD table

When a CICS new Release is released by IBM, the IZPCA users have to update the CICS_FIELD Table executing a manual process. This is an error prone procedure; thus, we suggest the IZPCA development to adjust it to a safer process to be executed by ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Add Record definition for SMF 42 sub-type 9

Add Record definition for SMF 42 sub-type 9 and even better : tables exploiting those records.
9 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Create a table collecting SMF 99 subtype 1.

Kyndryl's Customer requires information which is provided by SMF_099 Subtype 1. If possible, create a table collecting this record SMF 99 subtype 1.
about 1 month ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review

Add detailed information for MVS_DASDTAPE IZPCA table

I would like to collaborate with you on a request to incorporate VTOC details into the MVS_DASDTAPE IZPCA table. The team is currently working on initiatives to add detailed TAPE and DASD VTOC information into our observability platform). The MVS_...
about 1 year ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics Under review