Performance Toolkit for VM Feature FL630

The Performance Toolkit for VM provides enhanced capabilities for a z/VM systems programmer, system operator, or performance analyst to monitor and report performance data. Offered as a priced optional feature of z/VM, the Performance Toolkit for VM is derived from the FCON/ESA program (5788-LGA), which was not available in all countries.

Use the Performance Toolkit to reduce data from the z/VM MONITOR and produce reports and history files.

 

Performance Toolkit for VM Latest Service

  • Service is not cumulative. Each PTF is ordered separately.
  • Additional service information is available from Info APAR II13929.
  • Service required for running on zEnterprise system

 

Performance Toolkit for VM Changes

Performance Toolkit for VM has been enhanced in z/VM 6.3.

The following reports have been changed:

Performance Toolkit for VM: Changed Reports

Name Number Title What Changed
AUXLOG FCX146 Auxiliary Storage Log
  • added Paging column group
AVAILLOG FCX254 Available List Log
  • dropped for z/VM 6.3 and later
BENCHMRK FCX173 Benchmark Log Selection Menu
  • added HPFLOG string
CPU FCX100 CPU Load and Transactions
  • added %PR and %ENT columns
DEMNDLOG FCX259 Demand Scan Log
  • dropped for z/VM 6.3 and later
GVNIC FCX268 General Virtual Network Device Description
  • added new columns with Bridge port information
GVSWITCH FCX266 General Virtual Switch Description
  • added new columns with Bridge port information
IOCHANGE FCX185 I/O Configuration Changes
  • added information string with information about changes for HPF features
LCHANNEL FCX161 LPAR Channel Load
  • added HPF channel model group
LOCKLOG FCX265 Spin Lock Log
  • support for new Spin Lock field
LPAR FCX126 LPAR Load
  • added new column CPUTypeCap
  • deleted Summary of physical processors table (its content is available in PHYSLOG (FCX302) report)
LPARLOG FCX202 LPAR Load Log
  • added new column CPUTypeCap
MENU FCX124 Performance Data Selection Menu
  • added some items to menus
MONDATA FCX155 Monitor Data Statistics
  • added support for the new monitor records
NSS FCX133 Shared Segments
  • added Reserved Pages column
PROCMENU FCX236 Processor Load and Configuration Logs Menu
  • added some items to menus
PROCSUM FCX239 Processor Summary Log
  • added new Unpark column
QDIO FCX251 QDIO Activity
  • added new types for QDIO format (Hiper-Bridge and Hiper-IEDN)
SCSI FCX249 SCSI Device
  • added support XIV SCSI devices
SSIMENU FCX271 SSI Data Menu
  • added selection for the LGR performance reports
STORAGE FCX103 Storage Utilization
  • added paging fields and Agelist group
STORMENU FCX260 Storage Management Logs Menu
  • added some items to menu
SYSCONF FCX180 System Configuration
  • added support for HiperDispatch (Topology and Polarization fields)
SYSLOAD FCX198 System Load Overview
  • Central Monitoring System Load menu can be shown in the mixed case
SYSLOG FCX179 System Facilities Log
  • added Transport columns for HPF feature
SYSSET FCX154 System Settings
  • new SET SRM options added (initial and changed)
SYSSUMLG FCX225 System Summary Log
  • added new Unpark and Polarization columns
SYSTEM FCX102 System Counters
  • some fields dropped for z/VM 6.3 and later
USER FCX112 User Resource Usage
  • added guest scatter metric
USERLOG FCX162 User Resource Usage Log
  • added guest scatter metric
VDISKS FCX147 Virtual Disks in Storage
  • added some columns and number of vdisks
VNIC FCX269 Virtual Network Device Activity
  • added the type of the virtual NIC and Bridge port indicator

The following reports are new:

Performance Toolkit for VM: New Reports

Name Number Title Description
DEVICE HPF FCX282 HPF I/O Device HPF I/O Device screen displays DASD devices with HPF support.
HPFLOG FCX283 HPF I/O Device Performance Log HPF I/O Device Performance Log screen displays a 'by time' log of HPF I/O performance data for the selected disk.
DEVMENU FCX284 I/O Device Data Selection Menu I/O Device Data Selection Menu displays a selection menu of available device reports.
LGRELOG FCX285 LGR Event Log LGR Event Log screen displays information about the Live Guest Relocation events that have occurred on the system.
LGRDATA FCX286 LGR Data LGR Data screen displays information about the Live Guest Relocations that have occurred on the system.
TOPOLOG FCX287 System Topology Machine Organization System Topology Machine Organization screen displays LPAR topology information.
UPGMENU FCX289 User Paging Menu User Paging Menu displays a list of all the available user paging data displays.
UPGACT FCX290 User Page Activity User Page Activity screen displays detailed information on z/VM's management of each virtual machine's memory management activities during the last measuring interval.
UPGACTLG FCX291 User Page Activity Log User Page Activity Log screen displays a log of user page activity.
UPGUTL FCX292 User Page Utilization Data User Page Utilization Data screen displays detailed information on each virtual machine's utilization of z/VM paging resources during the last measuring interval.
UPGUTLLG FCX293 User Page Utilization Data Log User Page Utilization Data Log screen displays a log of user page utilization data.
AVLB2GLG FCX294 Available List Data Below 2G Available List Data Below 2G screen displays 'by time' information on the real memory below 2G Available List.
AVLA2GLG FCX295 Available List Data Above 2G Available List Data Above 2G screen displays 'by time' information on the real memory above 2G Available List.
STEALLOG FCX296 Steal Statistics Steal Statistics screen displays 'by time' information on z/VM's memory management stealing statistics.
AGELLOG FCX297 Age List Log Age List Log screen displays 'by time' information on z/VM's management of the Age List in real memory.
PUORGLOG FCX298 Logical PU Organization Logical PU Organization screen displays PU organization information for a partition.
PUCFGLOG FCX299 Logical PU Configuration Log Logical PU Configuration Log screen logs the calculations and decisions z/VM makes regarding how many logical processor units of each type are (and are not) actively doing work.
DSVCLOG FCX300 Dispatch Vector Configuration Log Dispatch Vector Configuration Log screen displays each dispatch vector (DV) and the LPUs assigned to the DV. Each LPU is identified by its ID and then annotated with information about its topological location and about the LPUs assigned to it.
DSVBKACT FCX301 Dispatch Vector Activity Dispatch Vector Activity screen displays the activity of the DSVBKs.
PHYSLOG FCX302 Real CPU Utilization Log Real CPU Utilization Log screen displays real CPU utilization by time.
DSVSLOG FCX303 DSVBK Steals per Processor Log DSVBK Steals per Processor Log screen displays information about DSVBK steal rates.
PRCLOG FCX304 Processor Log Processor Log screen displays monitor data from z/VM release 6.3.0 and later releases.
LPARMENU FCX305 Logical Partition Activity Menu Logical Partition Activity Menu displays a selection menu of LPAR reports.
LSHARACT FCX306 Logical Partition Share Logical Partition Share screen displays a summary report of LPAR weights.
LPARLOGM FCX307 Logical Partition Logs Menu Logical Partition Logs Menu displays a selection menu of LPAR logs by time.

IBM continually improves Performance Toolkit for VM in response to customer-reported and IBM-reported defects or suggestions. In Function Level 630, the following small improvements or repairs are notable:

  • SORT performance improvement.
  • added support for device groups (FCONTROL DEVGROUP).
  • added support for OSA types 6 and 7.
  • FCONX $PROFILE (sample) file corrected for optimal default settings.
  • added an ability for automatic scrolling of CP messages.
  • support for more 100 logical CPUs in a LPAR.
  • unify the rules for suffix letters to express multipliers on datums (binary/decimal scaling factor).
  • added Left/Right buttons for wide reports on the web.
  • update the sizing exec, FCXSEGSZ for new OMEGAMON tables (for handling SSI and LGR data).

Omegamon XE Changes

Omegamon XE has added several new workspaces so as to expand and enrich its ability to comment on z/VM system performance. In particular, Omegamon XE now offers these additional workspaces and functions:

  • CPC workspace which shows your total processor usage, by processor type
  • Single System Image
  • Live Guest Relocation
  • SCSI FBA emulated DASD
  • Integration with Smart Cloud Monitoring
  • Cognos Reports
  • Self Defining Agents (automatic updating of your ITM infrastructure)

To support these Omegamon XE endeavors, Performance Toolkit for VM now puts additional CP Monitor data into the PERFOUT DCSS.