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OA56684: New Function - RMF Reporting of z15 Compression activity

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APAR status

  • Closed as new function.

Error description

  • New Function - RMF Reporting of z15 Compression activity
    

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Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: RMF users.                                   *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    *                      RMF reporting of Compression activity   *
    *                      on the IBM z15 server                   *
    *                      (E8561/K).                              *
    ****************************************************************
    
    With this APAR, RMF is enhanced to report performance metrics
    for asynchronous compression and decompression activity.
    Compression and decompression requests are directed to the
    Extended Asynchronous Data Mover (EADM) for execution on an
    IOP.
    
    RMF Monitor I collects utilization information of IOP
    resources used by EADM-Compression. The returned utilization
    information is stored into SMF 78 subtype 3 and is used by the
    RMF Postprocessor to report the percentage of IOP Busy for
    EADM Compression activity in the I/O Queuing Activity report.
    
    In addition, the RMF Postprocessor and Monitor III SCM Activity
    reports are renamed to EADM Activity reports. Both reports
    continue to provide RMF users with SCM activity data.
    
    The number of Compress and Decompress operations as well as
    the number of input and output bytes for asynchronous
    compression and decompression  are stored into SMF 74 subtype
    10 and into the Monitor III Set-of-Samples. These numbers are
    used by the RMF Postprocessor and Monitor III to calculate and
    display compression and decompression request rates, throughput
    and ratios in the new Compression Activity report section of
    the Postprocessor EADM Activity report and in the Monitor III
    EADM Activity report header section.
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>> SMF RECORD TYPE 70 TO 79 - RMF PRODUCT SECTION <<<<<
    
    The SMF record level change number SMFxxSRL at offset 51 (x33)
    changes to 141 (x8D).
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>> SMF RECORD TYPE 78 SUBTYPE 3 - VSTOR ACTIVITY <<<<<
    
    Bit 1 of field R783GFLX in the I/O Queueing Global section
    indicates whether the EADM compression facility is available or
    not.
    
    Two new fields are added to the IOP Initiative Queue and
    Utilization data section:
    
    Offsets  Name      Len  Format    Description
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    80   50  R783ISCB   8   floating  Number of times the I/O
                                      processor was busy with SCM
                                      operations
    88   58  R783IECB   8   floating  Number of times the I/O
                                      processor was busy with
                                      compression or decompression
    96   60             8             Reserved.
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>> SMF RECORD TYPE 74 SUBTYPE 10 - EADM ACTIVITY <<<<<
    
    New fields are added to the EADM device information data
    section:
    
    Offsets  Name      Len  Format    Description
    --------------------------------------------------------------
    32   20  R7410DFLG  1   binary    Device information flags
                                      Bit  Meaning when set
                                      0  EADM-compression
                                             facility available
                                      1-7  Reserved
    33   21             7   binary    Reserved
    40   28  R7410DOCC  4   binary    Number of compression
                                      operations
    44   2C  R7410DOCD  4   binary    Number of decompression
                                      operations
    48   30  R7410DISC  8   binary    Number of 1 MB input blocks
                                      consumed for compression
    56   38  R7410DOSC  8   binary    Number of 1 MB output blocks
                                      consumed for compression
    64   40  R7410DISD  8   binary    Number of 1 MB input blocks
                                      consumed for decompression
    72   48  R7410DOSD  8   binary    Number of 1 MB output blocks
                                      consumed for decompression
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>> SCM EADM ? Tabular report data table ERBSCMT3 <<<<<
    
    New fields are added to the SCM EADM report header.
    
    Name     Type  Meaning                                   Report
    SCMHRRC   N    Compression request rate (EADM)           Yes
    SCMHTPC   N    Compression throughput (EADM)             Yes
    SCMHRCC   N    Compression ratio (EADM)                  Yes
    SCMHRRD   N    Decompression request rate (EADM)         Yes
    SCMHTPD   N    Decompression throughput (EADM)           Yes
    SCMHRCD   N    Decompression ratio (EADM)                Yes
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>> Monitor III data gatherer session options  <<<<<
    
    Monitor III data gathering options EADM (default) and NOEADM
    can be used to control data gathering for EADM activity
    report. They replace existing options SCM and NOSCM. However,
    SCM and NOSCM can still be used for compatibility purposes.
    
    The new EADM option is specified in ERBRMF04 which is the
    default parmlib member for Monitor III data gatherer sessions.
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>>> POSTPROCESSOR I/O Queuing Activity Report <<<<<<
    
    Report section INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSORS reports the new metric
    IOP UTILIZATION % CMPR BUSY for all I/O processors. It reflects
    the ratio of the number of times the IOP was found busy with
    EADM-compression work (compress or decompress) to the total
    number of I/O processor samples.
    
                   # EADM-compression busy samples
    % CMPR BUSY = --------------------------------- * 100
                   # Busy samples + # Idle samples
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>>>>> POSTPROCESSOR EADM Activity Report <<<<<<
    
    The EADM Activity Report provides statistics and performance
    measurements on EADM activity which encompasses Storage Class
    Memory (SCM) activity and EADM compression activity.
    
    To produce the report, specify
    REPORTS(EADM)
    
    Note: The report was formerly called SCM Activity Report.
    Keyword SCM is accepted with the same meaning as EADM.
    
    The EADM Activity Report consists of three segments:
    1. EADM Device/subchannel level information.
    2. Compression activity information. This segment provides
    the following metrics:
    Compression Request Rate:
       The number of compression requests per second.
    Compression Throughput:
       The number of megabytes compressed per second.
    Compression Ratio:
       The ratio between input and output bytes compressed within
       this interval.
    Decompression Request Rate:
       The number of decompression requests per second.
    Decompression Throughput:
       The number of megabytes decompressed per second.
    Decompression Ratio:
       The ratio between input and output bytes decompressed within
       this interval.
    3. Storage Class Memory activity information.
    
    In addition, the new Overview condition IOPECB is added to the
    RMF Postprocessor.
    
    Condition           Name    Qualifier   Algorithm
    Percent IOP busy    IOPECB  iopid       (R783IECB * 100) /
    busy with EADM                          (R783IIPB + R783IIPI)
    compression
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>> Monitor III EADM Activity Report <<<
    
    The EADM Activity report can be used to investigate performance
    problems that are related to the extended asynchronous data
    mover facility.
    
    To request the EADM Activity Report, select a 3 from the
    Primary Menu, then select 15 from the Resource Report Selection
    Menu or enter command EADM.
    
    Note: The report was formerly called SCM Activity Report.
    Command SCM is accepted with the same meaning as EADM.
    
    The EADM Activity report provides these types of information:
    1. EADM device/subchannel level information. The values cover
    Storage Class Memory (SCM) activity as well as EADM compression
    and decompression activity.
    Furthermore, the section provides statistics on asynchronous
    compression activity by EADM. The following metrics are
    reported:
    Compress: Rate
       The number of compression requests per second.
    Compress: Throughput
       The number of bytes compressed per second.
    Compress: Ratio
       The ratio between input and output bytes compressed
       within this interval.
    Decompress: Rate
       The number of decompression requests per second.
    Decompress: Throughput
       The number of bytes decompressed per second.
    Decompress: Ratio
       The ratio between input and output bytes decompressed
       within this interval.
    
    Synchronous compression activity is not reported.
    
    2. Storage Class Memory activity information
    
    +--------------------------------------------------------------+
    >>> Modified RMF messages <<<
    
    ERB629I EADM activity data is currently not available.
    Explanation: Within the current report interval, RMF can not
    report any EADM activity. This could be caused by any of the
    following reasons:
        - There was no EADM activity
        - EADM activity data was not collected
          (Monitor III Gatherer option NOEADM was specified)
        - EADM is not supported by the processor
        - There is backlevel data in the allocated VSAM data set
    System action: RMF waits for the next input
    User response: Press END (PF3) to return to the previous panel.
    
    GPM0633I No data: EADM activity data is currently not
               available.
    Explanation: Within the current report interval, RMF can not
    report any EADM activity. This could be caused by any of the
    following reasons:
        - EADM activity data was not collected
          (Monitor III Gatherer option NOEADM was specified)
        - EADM is not supported by the processor
    System action: None.
    System programmer response: Start the Monitor III gatherer
    with the option EADM.
    
    
    KEYWORDS:
    E8561/K   SMFREC/K
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    OA56684

  • Reported component name

    RMF

  • Reported component ID

    566527404

  • Reported release

    7A0

  • Status

    CLOSED UR1

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    YesSpecatt / New Function / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2018-12-13

  • Closed date

    2019-08-29

  • Last modified date

    2019-10-01

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UJ00594 UJ00595 UJ00596 UJ00597 UJ00605 UJ00606 UJ00607 UJ00608

Modules/Macros

  • ERB2GLLI ERB2RDPC ERB3BFN  ERB3CCCA ERB3CGAT ERB3GCTC ERB3GISS
    ERB3GMEM ERB3GMRC ERB3GSMF ERB3GSMM ERB3RCHK ERB3RCTL ERB3RD1
    ERB3RD2  ERB3RES  ERB3RES0 ERB3RHCY ERB3RPUT ERB3RSCM ERB3RSDC
    ERB3RTBR ERB3SCM0 ERB3SCM1 ERB3SCM2 ERB3SCMF ERB3SCMP ERB3SMP2
    ERB3XPH1 ERB3YPH1 ERB4MAIN ERB62    ERB629I0 ERBCM326 ERBCMDS
    ERBDUIGQ ERBDUSCM ERBEXCIT ERBEXIGQ ERBFMTS3 ERBGPGSP ERBHDRS3
    ERBLEXAN ERBMFDCQ ERBMFDCY ERBMFDGQ ERBMFDPC ERBMFECQ ERBMFINC
    ERBMFIOQ ERBMFIT1 ERBMFIZS ERBMFL3J ERBMFL3V ERBMFLMV ERBMFLQV
    ERBMFRGR ERBOPTAB ERBPCTBL ERBPHDS3 ERBPPCON ERBPPRSM ERBR7410
    ERBRMF04 ERBRMFPP ERBSCMT3 ERBSMF78 ERBSMFI  ERBSTGST GPMCSVM3
    GPMDDSRV GPMHTC   GPMINI   GPMXMLM3
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    RMF

  • Fixed component ID

    566527404

Applicable component levels

  • R7C0 PSY UJ00597

       UP19/09/07 P F909  

  • R7CJ PSY UJ00608

       UP19/09/07 P F909  

  • R790 PSY UJ00594

       UP19/09/07 P F909

  • R7A0 PSY UJ00595

       UP19/09/07 P F909

  • R7B0 PSY UJ00596

       UP19/09/07 P F909

  • R7AJ PSY UJ00606

       UP19/09/07 P F909

  • R7BJ PSY UJ00607

       UP19/09/07 P F909

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 October 2019