The MONWRITE Offer
At the 2008 z/VM and Linux for System z T3, I gave a short presentation on using MONWRITE to collect CP Monitor data.
During the presentation, I encouraged the audience to become familiar with the MONWRITE practices, techniques, and procedures I described, including:
- Learning to use MONWRITE to collect data, and
- Building a library of routinely collected data, and
- Packaging MONWRITE data using VMARC, and
- Using FTP to transmit MONWRITE data to IBM.
Mastering these steps is a vital part of preparing oneself eventually to be involved in a PMR.
To foster such mastery, I offered that I would look at MONWRITE data customers send me, subject to some limitations. The offer is described below.
Procedure
Using the techniques described in the presentation,
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Collect only 30 minutes of MONWRITE
data, having started CP Monitor with these settings:
CP MONITOR SAMPLE ENABLE ALL CP MONITOR SAMPLE INTERVAL 1 MIN CP MONITOR SAMPLE RATE 5 SEC CP MONITOR EVENT ENABLE ALL CP MONITOR EVENT DISABLE SEEKS ALL CP MONITOR EVENT DISABLE SCHEDULER ALL - Open a support case and upload the data through the case. Post into the case that the data is not an actual problem but rather is for me.
What I Will Do
As time permits I will retrieve your data, run it through PERFKIT BATCH, and send you the resultant Perfkit listing.
Limitations
- The purpose of this offer is to give you an opportunity to learn and practice the MONWRITE techniques I described in the presentation.
- I will not use this channel or offer to provide diagnostic or consulting services that might conflict with fee-based services offered by IBM or third parties.
- In return for sending me MONWRITE data, you will receive only a Perfkit listing. No other diagnosis or counsel will be provided.
- I will do this for you only once, for only one MONWRITE file.
- IBM and I reserve the right to withdraw this offer at any time.
Have Fun!
Good luck and start practicing with MONWRITE!