The IBM Z Common Data provider V2.1.0 4Q 2019 continuous delivery PTF adds support for the following data types:
- Three more RMF Monitor III reports
- SMF record type 38
- SMF record type 98
Watch the following short video that briefly introduces the new features in the 4Q 2019 PTF:
With a rough understanding of the new features, you are ready to learn more about what information can be collected from these data types.
RMF Monitor III reports
The three new RMF Monitor III reports are Delay report (DELAY), Processer Usage report (PROCU) and System Information report (SYSINFO).
The Delay report (DELAY) allows you to determine which system resources are causing delays to jobs or job groups, and to what extent the jobs are delayed.
The Processor Usage report (PROCU) displays all jobs that were using a general purpose processor or a special purpose processor during the report interval.
The System Information report (SYSINFO) presents an overview of the system with information for the following aspects:
- The system workload
- The average response time for a transaction in a specific service class, report class, or workload group
- The total number of jobs using resources or delayed for resources.
The Log Forwarder retrieves the report data from the RMF Distributed Data Server (DDS), converts the data to CSV format, and sends them to the Data Streamer. Then the data can be streamed to analytics platforms (like Logstash or Splunk).
For more information about how to configure the RMF Distributed Data Server to collect RMF Monitor III reports, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGE3R_2.1.0/lf_rmf3.html
SMF records
IBM Z NetView writes SMF records of type 37, 38 and 39. The previous release of IBM Z Common Data Provider added support for SMF record type 37 and 39. With the enhancement of supporting SMF record type 38, IBM Z Common Data Provider V2.1.0 has the full support for all SMF records written by IBM Z NetView.
SMF 38 record is about NetView health check and user authorization monitoring. It has 4 subtypes:
- Subtype 1: Command authorization table
- Subtype 2: Task resource utilization data
- Subtype 3: Span authorization table
- Subtype 4: Command Statistics (New in IBM Z NetView 6.3.0)
There are five new data streams for NetView SMF type 38 records.
- SMF_038_1: NetView command authorization table
- SMF_038_2: NetView task resource utilization data
- SMF_038_3: NetView span authorization table
- SMF_038_4: NetView command statistics
- SMF_038_4_CMDS: Command data section in NetView command statistics
SMF type 98 records contain high-frequency throughput statistics (HFTS) data. It can help diagnose transient problems. Currently, there is only one subtype for SMF 98, and it is subtype 1, which contains performance information for the z/OS supervisor component about the workload and its significant jobs. It has many sections, for example, the environment section containing key system configuration information, the utilization section containing general information about CPU utilization, the consumption sections containing CPU utilization data that is organized by work unit type, execution efficiency data by thread density, and spin lock contention data.
There are six new data streams for SMF type 98 records.
- SMF_098_1: SMF 98 main record
- SMF_098_LK_SD: Spin lock detail section
- SMF_098_LK_SS: Suspend lock summary section
- SMF_098_SS_LD: Suspend lock detail section
- SMF_098_LC_CM: Local and CML lock detail section
- SMF_098_WK_UN: Work unit section
For more details on SMF record type 38, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJDU_6.3.0/com.ibm.iznetview.doc_6.3.0/dpy_hme_smf38i.html.
For more details about SMF record type 98, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.ieag200/smf98.htm.
For the official documentation of IBM Z Common Data Provider 2.1.0, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGE3R_2.1.0
For additional information about IBM Z Common Data Provider, see http://ibm.biz/CDPzInfo.