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IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics

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Modification of the KPMZ_CPUMF* table's TIME column definition

KPMZ_CPUMF* tables, derived from SMF 113, have a TIME column corresponding to the time of writing the SMF Record (End of interval), unlike any tables from the SMF7x Records (Example : KPMZ_LPAR_T) where the TIME column corresponds to the time of b...
4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology) and load them in a new KPMZ table

Integration in the SMF_099 record definition (SRM/WLM) of information related to SubType 14 (HiperDispatch Topology). This will let us get information on the processor Topology of each LPAR and their evolution to better follow & understand var...
4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

Define layout for SMF_105 records (GDPS RPO data)

Hi team, We would like to have the possibility of reporting real time RPO information using iZPCA. This will allow us to act faster and more accurately in events that can impact the client data replication and all of its disaster recovery strategy...

IzPCA report showing invokers of a given stored procedure

Application teams sometimes need information related to the invokers of a DB2 stored procedure, so we would like to see if IzPCA could provide the list of users ( DB2 authids) that invoke a stored procedure. That is, a report showing a list of DB2...
2 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Submitted

Cognos Monthly Reports Selection should be by Month not by any date in the month

The Cognos Monthly reports select is confusing and is not documented to the end user.
4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Future consideration

IMS Component partitioned by IMS_REGION

Currently we have many IMS regions and huge logs to be processed. It would be great if IZPCA provides a solution that we could process IMS logs in parallel with a entire IMS component petitioned by IMS_REGION.
3 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Under review

DBCS support for IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics

IZDS V1.9 provides Japanese panel and report samples. Please add the same support for IZPCA V3.1.
7 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Planned for future release

Add support for SMF 103 subtypes 13 and 14

We have IBM HTTP servers based on Apache software. They create SMF type 103 subtypes 13 and 14 records, but IZPCA does not support these record types.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 0 Future consideration

New tables KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T & KPMZ_CPUMFM1_LP_T

Create KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T & KPMZ_CPUMF1_LP_T respectively similar to KPMZ_CPUMF1_T & KPMZ_CPUMFM1_T tables but including LP number in key
4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Needs more information

New table KPMZ_LPAR_LP_%

Create KPMZ_LPAR_LP_% similar to KPMZ_LPAR_% table but including LP number in key
4 months ago in IBM Z Performance and Capacity Analytics 1 Needs more information