EPV for z/OS

EPV for z/OS is a powerful Performance and Capacity planning solution. It helps you better control and optimize hardware, software and applications running on z/OS systems, Db2 and UNIX.

Managing performance is a complex task. It is very difficult to have a clear picture of what is happening on your systems. This is especially true with current system architecture that includes multiples LPAR running in Sysplex environment. EPV technology is based on many years of experience in Performance and Capacity planning.

For years, Performance and Capacity planning analysts had to rely on raw SMF and RMF data. Analyzing and consolidating this huge quantity of information is a complex task, but with EPV these large amounts of data are automatically transformed into easily accessible information.

• Are you wasting time creating reports instead of making accurate decisions?
• Can you get the information you need with a simple mouse click?
• Are you paying for capacity you don’t need to use?

Automatic Report Generation

Current performance tools are okay, but they require a lot of efforts and time because analysts have to develop and maintain multiple custom reports.

EPV does not require any programming. It’s an “out of the box” solution; all reports are immediately available to anyone who needs it.

All EPV reports are formatted as simple HTML pages that can be accessed by any Web Browser. The reports include hyperlinks that simplify navigation between all components using a simple mouse click. For further analysis the EPV information can be easily exported in Excel spreadsheets.

EPV report generation is completely automated, and it usually runs unattended during the night. This means that all Performance, Capacity Planning and Trend analysis reports are immediately available when you arrive at the office in the morning.

Hardware Control

EPV automatically identifies any saturation points and performance issues. EPV provides a complete vision of all critical resources of your systems, such as processors (including zAAP, zIIP and crypto), Disks, Physical Control Units, Coupling facilities and Channels.

EPV also take in consideration the Workload Licence Charge (WLC) software costs policy. It provides all the necessary metrics to manage the MSU utilization by reporting on the highest “4 hours rolling average” values.

Software Management

EPV for z/OS provides a complete vision of all the workloads running on your systems. Extensive drill-down capabilities allow you to explore workload performance and consumption for Batch Jobs, CICS, Db2, IMS, MQ, WebSphere, etc. Throughput, consumption and response times are identified for critical jobs and transactions.

EPV automatically identifies workloads that are eligible for zAAP and zIIP processors. Following EPV indications, many clients were able to save around 10% in MIPS. This economy can often delay CPU upgrades and reduce software licences cost.

Trend Analysis

MenuDaily and Monthly resource consumption trend analysis reports helps you better understand the workload growth and its impact on your systems.

An advanced statistical methodology identifies positive or negative growth trends. Regression analysis also estimates CPU latent demand for saturated systems.

Configuration Changes Detection

EPV provides a detailed view of the recent hardware and software configuration changes. System modifications can immediately be detected in order to minimize negative impact sometimes made by inadvertent configuration changes.

EPV for MQ

EPV for WMQ is an “out of the box” Performance and Tuning solution for MQ environments. EPV for WMQ provides a complete vision of all critical WMQ events. EPV automatically produces detailed reports on:

• WMQ resource utilization
• CPU overhead
• Virtual and real memory usage
• Logging activity
• Buffer pools
• Shared and private queues
• Coupling facility structures

Using extensive drill-down capabilities performance analysts can explore WMQ workload performance and determine resource consumption by connection type, connection name and transaction.

EPV for WMQ trends analysis reports provide daily and monthly statistics on critical events, resources, throughput and workload. It greatly increases control over the WMQ environment by easily identifying and eliminating WMQ subsystem and application anomalies.

Uses Existing Input Data

In addition to standard SMF records, EPV can get its input from a variety of sources, such as SAS-ITRM, MXG and CA-MICS. EPV optimizes data collection by using existing summarized data to avoid data redundancy.

Key Features

Enterprise Performance Vision is a powerful Capacity Planning and Performance Management solution. It quickly identifies hidden bottlenecks and underutilized resources.

• Out of the Box statistical analysis, Performance tuning and Capacity planning
• Control and optimize hardware, software and applications
• Automatically transforms vast amounts of data into easily accessible information
• Optimize workload dispatching for zAAP and zIIP processors
• Automatic discovery techniques highlight things nobody ever expects
• Increase technical staff’s knowledge about the newest technologies
• Simple navigation points out all critical issues
• Browser-based technology, no client installation required

Benefits

EPV makes the performance management and capacity planning process easy and reliable.

• Saves up to 90 % of the time required for Performance and Capacity planning studies
• Reduce costs and improve service levels
• Hardware savings by discovering unused resources
• Recover up to 10% of the machine capacity
• Save costly MIPS and avoid CPU upgrades

Enterprise Performance Vision (EPV) is a suite of Performance and Capacity planning solutions for z/OS systems and Db2, but it can also extend its functionality to distributed platforms (Linux, and UNIX). EPV for z/OS is a proven Capacity Planning solution to improve Service and reduce Costs.

Contact us to schedule a product demonstration and discover by yourself the power and simplicity of EPV.

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