pre-con ed: optimizing system & network performance part i: what's new in ca sysview® 14.2

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OptimizingSystem&NetworkPerformance,Part1:What’sNewinCASYSVIEW®14.2DavidMyersSeniorPrincipalProductManager– IntelligentMainframeCATechnologies

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Abstract

Areyourenterpriseappsgrowingincomplexity?Isyourorganizationunderincreasingpressuretodelivercontinuousend-to-endperformanceacrossmultipleplatforms– withfewerresources?This2-dayMainframePerformanceManagementcurriculumisaimedathelpingIToperationsstaffworksmarternotharderbysharingnewtoolsthatmakeiteasiertomonitormainframesystemsandremediateissuesmorequickly.Inthisfirstsession,learnaboutnewCASYSVIEWfeatureslikeMainframeTeamCenterandOperationalIntelligence,andhowtheevolutiontowardsadaptiveexpertsystemswillassistnonexpertusersduringtriagewhilealsoincreasingefficiencyofsubjectmatterexpertsduringissueresolution.

DavidMyers

CATechnologiesSr.PrincipalProductManager


Agenda

CASYSVIEWANDTHEINTELLIGENTMAINFRAME

OPERATIONALINTELLIGENCE

MANAGEMENTUI

COREUPDATES

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ThewaycustomersinteractwithbusinessisshiftingDigitalinteractionisnowthenorm


55%ofapps

dependonmainframe

70%world’scorporate

dataisonamainframe

70%oftransactionsflowthroughmainframe

64%Increaseinmainframeworkloads

MainframeisEssentialintheModernAppEconomy…


...ButLookatWhatWe’reManaging!Someofthemostcomplexsystemsontheplanet

Network

Infrastructure

DistributedStuff

Storage

Middleware

PartnerSystems


…andwhensomethinggoeswrong?§ <Extremeexample>Cost:$5000– $10,000

perminuteCost:30-40people,formultiplehours

NowDevOpsispushingmorefrequentchanges!• 80%ofunplannedoutagesareduetoill-plannedchangesmadebyadmins/opsstaffordevelopers• 60%ofavailabilityandperformanceerrorsaretheresultofmisconfigurations

Cost:HealthandHappiness

SOURCE:EnterpriseManagementAssociation


…andWhenSomethingGoesWrong?

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Toomanyescalations,one-offs,andfirescomingtotoofewmainframeexperts

Takestoolongtoidentifyrootcauseofproblemsandremediatethem

Toomanylengthywarroomcallsinvolvingwaytoomanypeople

Can’tefficientlycommunicateacrossouropsteam–what’sgoingoninsystemandwhy

DoAnyofTheseSoundFamiliar?


Here’s what happens today…Gatherlotsofdata,multiplepeople,figureoutwhat’swrongandwhattodo,doit…

• Talkwithpeople• Investigate• Poke/Prod• Diagnose• WarRoom

Systems/SubsystemsMonitoring

NetworkMonitoring

ApplicationMonitoring

StorageMonitoring

SecurityMonitoring

DatabaseMonitoring

Remediation

Activity

Theslow,manual,andcrappypart


Solution Vision: Leverage data and analytics to predict, avoid, and quickly remediate problemsUsethedatayou’realreadycollectingwiththetoolsyouusetoday!

CollaborationandIntelligence Engine

Systems/SubsystemsMonitoring

NetworkMonitoring

ApplicationMonitoring

StorageMonitoring

SecurityMonitoring

DatabaseMonitoring

Remediation

Activity

FeedbackLoop

SYSVIEW

CE-APM

ComplianceManager

NetMaster

Detector

VantageOurPoint-of-View:Letthesystemlearnfromwhat’sbeendoneinthepasttoimproveandoptimizefutureactions

OPS/MVS


IntelligentMainframe(Vision)

CollaborateEfficiently

RemediateFaster

ImproveContinuously

DetectEarlier

PredictiveAnalyticsdetectabnormalpatternsofoperationsoyoucantakeactionearlier

TeamCollaborationHubsharesinformationfrommultiplesources,helpinggeneralistsandexpertsworktogetherquicklytoisolaterootcauseandremediate

AutomatedRemediationtiesautomationtospecificpatternssoproblemscanbequicklyandreliablyhandled

OperationalFeedbackLoophelpsthesystemlearnfromwhatactionsweretakenforspecificpatterns,torecommendactionsthenexttimethatpatternoccurs

Avoidissues,FixFaster


BringMachineLearningtoMainframeIntelligentAutomation

§ Topologydiscovery

§ Predictbusinessservicedisruption

§ Rootcauseanalysis§ Resolution guidance§ Automateresponse

§ Predictanomalies§ Proactiveresponse

§ Reacttoevents§ Selfserviceviews§ ModernU/X

ANOMALYDETECTION

INTELLIGENTAUTOMATION

MODERNIZATION

AutomationMachineLearningAlgorithmsDataandEventProcessing

PATTERNDISCOVERY

Generalist

Experts

Specialists

Automation

Reactive- MTTR&Firefighting Responsive- OptimizedPerformance&Efficiency

MAINFRAM

EOPERA

TIONS

ENTERP

RISE

SUPP

ORT


PredictiveAnalyticsàMTC-OperationalIntelligence(OI)Detectabnormalpatternsofoperation,soyoucantakeactionbeforethefirestarts

KeyFeatures

• DataStreamingAPIs• HistoricalDataWarehouse• HistoricalAnalysistools• DynamicBaseliningand

ThresholdManagement• AnomalyDetection• AlarmManagementand

Notifications• Low-touchInstall• Offloadeligible(zIFL)

SYSVIEW


TeamCollaborationHubàMainframeTeamCenter(MTC)Modern,consolidatedviewofinformationandactivityacrossyourmainframe

KeyFeatures• ModernizedUIfor

Managementtools• Composable Information

Radiator• Out-of-the-boxWidgets• PersonalDashboards• Out-of-theboxDashboard

Templates• ConfigurableMetricsand

Alarms• AuthorizedManagement

ActionsVantage SYSVIEW NetMaster


MainframeTeamCenter- Management• NewlydesignedHTML5web-basedUI

• AllowsdisplayofmostCASYSVIEWcommands(akaobjects)

• AllowsACTIONSonmostCASYSVIEWobjects

• Allowsin-contextlinkingtoMainframeTeamCenter–OperationalIntelligence


AdditionalNewCASYSVIEW14.2CoreEnhancements


WLMSystemSummaryEnhancements

§ ReportClasssupport─ CustomerscandefineReport

ClassesforworkinadditiontoServiceClasses

─ WMSYSSUMcannowshowWLMmetrics(PI)bycustomer-definedreportclass

New ClassTyp field

New command arguments (Srvclass,Rptclass,All)


WLMDataCollection

§ WLMMetricDataCollection─ WLMPI:PerformanceIndex

─ Scheduledproactivemonitoring(collection)

─ ThresholdsonPIbySRVCLASSorRPTCLASS

─ SummarizedonALERTSUM

─ PLOTlasthourofPI

─ Senttoanalyticsplatform->MainframeTeamCenter–OperationalIntelligenceNewWLMTHRSHPIStatusmodeon

WMSYSSUM


CICSLOGR64bitLoggingBuffers

SYSVMAINCICSLOGRTCB

BB

B

2GBar

B

B

B

BB

B

B B

B

B

B

B

§ Doesn’tsolveimpedanceproblem,butavoidsSx78

§ Realstorage,orworkingsetsizecouldincrease


ForceSYSSTCWLMServiceClassbydefault

SOLVESIMPEDANCEPROBLEM

CICSRegionA CICSRegionB

SYSVAUX SYSVUSER

TCB

CICSLOGRTCB

B B

B BB

TCB

SYSVMAINCICSLOGRTCB

BB

B

Logstream Logstream

SRVCLASS=SYSSTC SRVCLASS=SYSSTC (Noautoconfig)

• NewWLM-Service-ClassconfigurationoptioninPARMLIB(OPTIONS)member

• CArecommendsthattheCASYSVIEW“server”addressspacesbeassociatedwiththeWLMserviceclassSYSSTC.


ForceSYSSTCWLMServiceClassbydefaultDuringtheinitializationofaSYSVIEWserveraddressspaceSYSVIEWwillobtainthecurrentWLMserviceclassforthejob.

PARMLIB(OPTIONS) WLM-Service-Class SYSSTC

Ifthespecifiedserviceclass=NONE|NO|blanks,SYSVIEWtakesnoactionIfthespecifiedserviceclass=current,SYSVIEWtakesnoactionOtherwise,SYSVIEWsetstheWLMserviceclasstothespecifiedvalue.

CurrentandspecifiedmatchGSV2353I (MAIN) Userid: GSVXASCT Event: ASID_ACTION Action: RESET ASID 0390 Job SYSVDEVA ID STC48701 SrvClass STCTESTGSVX220I (MAIN) WLM service class for Jobname SYSVDEVA ASID 0390 JobID STC48701 unchanged from STCTEST

CurrentandspecifieddonotmatchGSV2353I (MAIN) Userid: GSVXASCT Event: ASID_ACTION Action: RESET ASID 03BE Job SYSVDEVA ID STC48594 SrvClass SYSSTCGSVX220I (MAIN) WLM service class for Jobname SYSVDEVA ASID 03BE JobID STC48591 reset to STCXXXX from STCTEST

InvalidserviceclassspecifiedGSV2353I (MAIN) Userid: GSVXASCT Event: ASID_ACTION Action: RESET ASID 03BE Job SYSVDEVA ID STC48594 SrvClass SYSSTCGSVX220I (MAIN) WLM service class for Jobname SYSVDEVA ASID 03BE JobID STC48591 reset to STCXXXX from STCTESTGSVX554E (MAIN) SYSEVENT REQFASD failed, undefined service class name

GSVX529E (MAIN) SYSEVENT REQFASD failed, rc 0000000C rsn 03400C28


DoNotCollectMQRequesthistorybydefault

§ AportionofournewcustomersdonotneedtotrackMQrequesthistory,ORonlyneedtodoitforsomeinstancesofMQobjects

§ SYSTEM.PARBLIB(MQSDATA):– MONITOR-MQS-REQUESTSNo– DefaultwasYES,nowNOin14.2

§ Fornewcustomers,perhapsimplementforasubsetofobjects

§ CanstillissueMQcommandsandgetqueuemanagerstatistics

§ CommandslikeMQRLOG,MQROBJ,andMQRJOBwouldhavenodata


CICSStorageViolationandDumpCollectionDFHSM0102U31SVDC0Astorageviolation (codeX'0F0C')hasbeendetectedbymoduleDFHSMAR.

GSVC118W(Task)SYSTEMdumpSM01021/0021hasoccurred.TranTUMB380ProgramXPFTTUMB*TermU017Userid SYSVDEVAbCode *

§ CASYSVIEW14.2adds:§ Messagenotificationofstorageviolationthat

includesthetransactioninformation§ LogstorageviolationinformationintheCICS

transactiondetailrecord§ Thresholdthatcanbetriggeredfromastorage

violationoccurswithinatransaction(STGVTRAN?)§ Aneasymeanstolocatetheexceptionrecords§ Trackdumpstakenbythetransaction


CICSShort-on-storage(SOS)Monitoring+DFHSM0133U31SVDC0CICSisunderstress(shortonstorageabove16MB).+DFHSM0142U31SVDC0CICSisstillunderstress(shortonstorageabove16MB).+DFHSM0134U31SVDC0CICSisnolongershortonstorageabove16MB.

GSVC145IEDSAisnolongershortonstorage.Elapsedtime11.22423

§ CASYSVIEWalreadyhasSOScollectionmetricsandcommandstodisplaySOSdatacollectionmetrics

§ CASYSVIEW14.2adds:§ AcountofthenumberofSOSconditionsinthecollection

interval§ TheabilitytoeasilysetSOSrelatedthresholds:

– Example“Iwanttobenotifiedwhen5ormoreSOSconditionsoccurwithintheinterval.”

§ AddsmessageindicatingSOSelapsedtime.§ AddsSOSmonitoringhelptopic


SecurityCacheReload

§ In14.0,Securityfilewascachedinmemoryforincreasedperformance

§ SECURITYupdatescouldleavestalesecuritydataineffectonexternalsystemsunlessmanuallyreloaded

§ Modifycommandaddedtoreloadthesecurityfilecache.

§ NewSVWXSECCparmlib memberforplacingMVScommandstogetexecutedwhenthesecurityfileismodified.

§ AllowseasyrefreshofsecuritydataonallLPARsatonceforcustomerssharingsecurityfileacrossmultipleLPARs


CommandsforNJEoverTCP/IP

§ Newcommands:– JNETSRV– JSOCKET


ReportWriterVariabletoSMFFieldCross-referenceDocumentation§ Texttablesindocumentationthatcontainanentryforeachreportwritervariablethat

referstoafieldinanSMFrecord(SYSVIEWorIBM). Eachtableentrywillcontain:– Thereportwritervariablename(Thenameasknowntothereportwriter,andwhattheyspecifyin

theirreportcontrolcards)

– TheSMFrecordtypeandsubtype(e.g.30.2)thatcontainsthefieldorfieldstowhichthereportwritervariablerefers

– ThefieldnamewithinthemappingmacroandtheIBMSMFRecorddocumentation

– (IfitisacalculatedfieldthatdoesnotrefertoONESMFfield,theformulaforthecalculatedfieldwillbedocumentedusingnamesthataredocumentedintheIBMdocumentation)


SMFLIMxx Determineavailableprivatestorage/REGIONforaJob§ Priortoz/OS2.2,limitingregionwas

accomplishedbyanIEFUSIexit(homegrownorISV)

§ Muchcustomerconfusionsurroundinghoworwheretheirregionislimited– secondonlytoACSroutines

§ z/OS2.2addedSMFLIMxx PARMLIBmemberstoexternalizethisintoparameters

§ ThisstoryaddsaSYSVIEWdisplayofthispolicy- SMFLIM


HowCanITellWhyCASYSVIEWCanceledaCICSTransaction?

NewmessageissuedwhenCASYSVIEWcancelsaCICStransaction:

16.40.00STC05789 GSVC157I(SDCS)TranCEMTTask 159tobecancelledbythreshold. 541 JobnameQACX520MetricLIFETIMERsce1CEMTRsce2=

CanLimit 15.00000Policy=001E5CF8

UpdatedmessagesinGSVXLOGDDNAMEthatshowsthresholddefinitioninplaceattimeofcancel

New‘Policy’columnonxxTHRESH andxxSTATE


CustomizeExceptionNotifications

+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+| OPSMVSRule | Specifies the OPS/MVS )API event rule to be || | executed when the trigger level is satisfied. || | Valid values are: || | || | rulename Any valid 10 character rule name || | || | * Use default rule name by option: || | || | Option Rule || | ------- ---------- || | MVS CAGSVX0001 || | MQ CAGSVS0001 || | IMS CAGSVP0001 || | TCP CAGSVN0001 || | CICS CAGSVY0001 || | |+------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

CAOPSMVSRulecanbespecifiedinalldefinitionsinxxTHRESH andxxSTATE membersandcommands.Thisallowsyoutooptionallywritesmaller,morespecificandfocusedautomationrules.

DescriptioncanbemodifiedinalldefinitionsinxxTHRESH andxxSTATE membersandcommands.ThiswillbepassedtoCAOPS/MVSRulewhenanexceptionoccursandwillshowinOPSLOG.


AutomaticNewcopyofIMShookmodules

IMS-LOGGER-COMMON-REUSEparameterinIMSDATAPARMLIBdeprecated.

GSVX894IModuleupdatedetectedforGSVPMN14,itwillbereloadedinCSA

PROBLEM:WhenmaintenancehitscommonstorageresidentSYSVIEWIMSmodules,onehadtoremembertospecifyIMS-LOGGER-COMMON-REUSEparameteruponthenextstartup.


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