PerfMan for Tape Libraries
PerfMan for Tape Libraries is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use tape library and virtual tape system management tool that tracks activity and performance against installation targets, identifies performance problems and solutions, and ensures accurate capacity planning.
Business Value
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Validate service levels. |
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Accurately anticipate future capacity needs. |
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Automatically publish reports to intranet or extranet. |
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Flexible, open-ended architecture allows for future analysis of additional tape library types. |
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Process Standard SMF 94 records for IBM libraries and VTS; StorageTek HSC user SMF records for VSM and Nearline. |
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Available metrics provide information on activities within the library which host software (e.g. RMF) cannot detect. |
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Easy to install and use. |
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Allows analysis of individual subsystems in detail or multiple subsystems comparatively. |
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Current period and historical analysis capabilities are provided. |
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Metrics are library oriented, rather than individual tape drive or volume. |
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Metric types include mount counts by type, mount times, data transferred, drives allocated, cache allocation and capacity usage. |
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Allows analysis of multiple time frames, from long trending to daily data for troubleshooting analysis. |
Technical Benefits
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Economical historical performance management and capacity planning with minimal resource requirements. |
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The ability to quickly bring clarity to the complexity of today’s sophisticated operating environments. |
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Trending and forecasting capabilities to remove the guesswork from capacity planning, capital and operational budgeting. |
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Offers in-depth server, DASD space, I/O subsystem and goal mode analysis. |
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Optional z/OS Modeling and Business Unit Analysis Service offerings complement PerfMan Services for z/OS. |