Near Real-Time processing of RMF and SMF data sources released in 8.14.2 of IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS
Apr 05, 2018 | IntelliMagic today expanded its world-class performance and availability solution, IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS, to support near real-time processing and loading of SMF and RMF data.
High IOSQ Time in Mainframe IO Subsystem Leads to Credit Card Transaction Timeouts for Major Bank
A global bank was struggling because their latest version of a credit card swipe application was failing at high volume load testing. Our experts took a deep dive to discover the root cause.
How to use the Application Groups in IntelliMagic Vision
IntelliMagic Vision comes with a rich default set to recognize major applications and consumers like DB2, IMS, CICS, MQ and VSAM RLS, and provides insight in what keeps your mainframe busy.
Intelligent ITOA for z/OS with IntelliMagic Vision 8.10
Mar 09, 2017 | The new release of IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS, version 8.10, includes significant new intelligence on operational health and efficiency for a broad range of z/OS infrastructure components.
RMF 72 Transaction Reporting
Obtaining key metrics for CICS, DB2, and IMS transactions has historically required processing massive volumes of records. Now these records are available in RMF 72 records, saving huge amounts of CPU and manpower.
Game Changer for z/OS Transaction Reporting
Obtaining key metrics for CICS, DB2, and IMS transactions have historically required processing massive volumes of SMF 110 records.
What Good is a zEDC Card?
IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS is a wonderful tool to review zEDC activity and there are likely two reports of great interest, The PCIe Card Utilization, and Compression Ratios.
Which Workloads Should I Migrate to the Cloud?
The cloud provides an economic model for computing that may work well for some workloads by reducing costs and having end users pay for what they use.
Enhanced processor analytics in IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS version 8.8
Aug 10, 2016 | IntelliMagic Vision for z/OS version 8.8. advances the ability of performance and capacity teams to efficiently maintain continuous availability and reduce costs.
IBM z/OS’s Microscope – GTF
With a GTF I/O summary trace, what appears innocuous at the RMF level can have some surprising characteristics when put under the GTF microscope.
Less is More – Why 32 HyperPAVs are Better than 128
This blog discusses why you should base the number of aliases on the number of I/Os being processed concurrently on a channel set.