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 Windows 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 include multiples LPARs 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. Analysing and consolidating this huge quantity of information is a complex task, but with EPV this large amounts of data is 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 spreadsheet.
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 utilisation 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, MQSeries, 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
Daily and Monthly resource consumptions 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 minimise negative impact sometime made by inadvertent configuration changes.
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, TDS and CA-MICS. EPV optimises data collection by using existing summarised 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 clients 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, but it can also extend its functionality to distributed platforms (Linux, UNIX and Windows). 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.
