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Tune your processor configuration to increase the MIPS you get out of your mainframe hardware.
Db2 for z/OS, and CICS that often drives much of the Db2 usage, generate some of the most voluminous infrastructure operations data on the z/OS platform. The data is so massive and complex that it is difficult to understand and discover what problems are occurring or likely to occur, why, and what has changed.
Smart machines are far better than humans at tasks such as checking reams of data for certain conditions and preparing interactive visibility for the human analysts. For example, properly-designed algorithms can automatically monitor and rate the severity of some of the most important IBM Redbook best practices for Db2 and CICS.
While not replacing your real-time monitors, this kind of automated evaluation and rating of the SMF data for important conditions adds an important new kind of monitoring of the infrastructure operation that is proving very practical and valuable for the human analysts.
And instead of being overwhelmed by the massive volume of data and static reports, see how IntelliMagic Vision leverages context-sensitive drilldowns to dynamically navigate through the data, raising the effectiveness of your analysis to an entirely new level.
This webinar covers the transformative power of these new capabilities for Db2 and CICS, showing benefits such as:
No matter which z/OS subsystem you are primarily responsible for, this article will help you blur the boundaries between the SMF ‘silos’ for each product.
This webinar recording will show real use-cases to introduce you to some of the ways to identify security risks and issues within network traffic.
This blog covers several CPU reduction areas, including, moving work outside the monthly peak R4HA interval, reducing zIIP overflow, reducing XCF volumes, and leveraging Db2 memory to reduce I/Os.
Experience firsthand the deepest visibility into your z/OS systems, processors, network, disk and tape environments. Whether you’re in the early stages of product research, evaluating competitive solutions, or trying to solve a problem, we’re happy to help you get the information you need to move forward with your IT initiatives.
Tune your processor configuration to increase the MIPS you get out of your mainframe hardware.
Configure Coupling Facilities for optimal availability and proactively identify hidden health and performance risks
See Buffer Pool imbalances and proactively identify upcoming risks to your Db2 health and performance
Save time looking for problems and profile CICS transaction data and see transaction response time
Ensure sufficient capacity and consistent performance for IBM zEDC availability.
Monitor the health of your TCP/IP and analyze traffic from different perspectives.
Automated health check for workload manager (WLM) goals, improving performance and protect availability.
Compute and chart FICON Effective Channel Data Rate and rates if the value is good or not