RE: Performance Manager (V3R2)

The command I have found very useful in Performance Tools it the 
WRKSYSACT command.  It gives an automatically updating display of 
what's going on in the system.  It shows CPU that is being taken up 
by Access Paths etc, being created that WRKACTJOB never shows.

Very useful.

Bill Harrell
Cary, N. C.

> From:          Neil Palmer <npalmer@NxTrend.com>
> To:            "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Subject:       RE: Performance Manager (V3R2)
> Date:          Fri, 9 Jan 1998 12:04:54 -0600
> Reply-to:      MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

> Dean,
> 
> Performance TOOLS and Performance MANAGER are two totally different
> products.
> 
> And regarding your comment about QPFRADJ and 9406's - these days ALL new
> systems (except the 9401 150's) are 9406's - even the smallest model
> 600.
> 
> I think a lot of people formed their opinions of QPFRADJ back when it
> WAS really slow to react.  Over the past several releases some major
> changes to the algorithms have been made and it now reacts MUCH faster.
> It may be another one of those things that you should revisit and not
> just base judgement on how it used to work in the past.
> 
> JMHO   :-)
> 
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> 
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   DAsmussen [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
>       Sent:   Thursday, January 08, 1998 7:13 PM
>       To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>       Subject:        Re: Performance Manager (V3R2)
> 
>       Gary & Hank,
> 
>       In a message dated 98-01-08 12:09:15 EST, you write:
> 
>       >       I used to use the performance Manager when I was running
> V3R6.  When I
>       >  upgraded to 3R7, I ran into some problems with it and stopped
> using it. 
>       >  I assume I was probably missing a PTF or something simple
> like that. 
>       >  While it was a nice feature to have, automatically logging
> Disk usage
>       >  and CPU utilization, I don't think it was a necessity.
> 
>       Personally, I _DESPISE_ Performance Tools/400 and consider them
> a waste of
>       money.  The darn things eat so many resources themselves, the
> information they
>       provide is usually worthless.  Unless the packaging has changed,
> you can run
>       the collection facilities without purchasing the tool and write
> your own
>       queries against the data.  A better bet is read and _understand_
> the "Work
>       Management Guide", and use WRKACTJOB, WRKSYSSTS, and WRKDSKSTS
> during peak
>       usage to pin down the source of your problems.  Auto-tune is
> fine for smaller
>       systems with few users, but should _NEVER_ be used on 9406
> boxes, IMHO.  The
>       latter tends to make adjustments _just after_ you don't need
> them anymore.
> 
>       Regards,
> 
>       Dean Asmussen
>       Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>       Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>       E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> 
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