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 |
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AVAILLOG | FCX254 | Available List Log |
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BENCHMRK | FCX173 | Benchmark Log Selection Menu |
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CPU | FCX100 | CPU Load and Transactions |
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DEMNDLOG | FCX259 | Demand Scan Log |
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GVNIC | FCX268 | General Virtual Network Device Description |
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GVSWITCH | FCX266 | General Virtual Switch Description |
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IOCHANGE | FCX185 | I/O Configuration Changes |
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LCHANNEL | FCX161 | LPAR Channel Load |
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LOCKLOG | FCX265 | Spin Lock Log |
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LPAR | FCX126 | LPAR Load |
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LPARLOG | FCX202 | LPAR Load Log |
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MENU | FCX124 | Performance Data Selection Menu |
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MONDATA | FCX155 | Monitor Data Statistics |
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NSS | FCX133 | Shared Segments |
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PROCMENU | FCX236 | Processor Load and Configuration Logs Menu |
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PROCSUM | FCX239 | Processor Summary Log |
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QDIO | FCX251 | QDIO Activity |
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SCSI | FCX249 | SCSI Device |
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SSIMENU | FCX271 | SSI Data Menu |
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STORAGE | FCX103 | Storage Utilization |
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STORMENU | FCX260 | Storage Management Logs Menu |
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SYSCONF | FCX180 | System Configuration |
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SYSLOAD | FCX198 | System Load Overview |
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SYSLOG | FCX179 | System Facilities Log |
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SYSSET | FCX154 | System Settings |
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SYSSUMLG | FCX225 | System Summary Log |
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SYSTEM | FCX102 | System Counters |
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USER | FCX112 | User Resource Usage |
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USERLOG | FCX162 | User Resource Usage Log |
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VDISKS | FCX147 | Virtual Disks in Storage |
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VNIC | FCX269 | Virtual Network Device Activity |
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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.