Cullen Programming

Virtual Machine Resource System Monitor

Obtaining the Program Product

(Using VMARC VM archiving utility)

Next, obtain a 90-day trial copy of the product from us in the following way:

Direct download from our FTP Site.

Download the product in VMARC format by:

clicking for VMRSMZ for zVM v4.4 or below

clicking for VMRSMZ for zVM v5.3 or above

This will download

vmrsmzXX.vmarc

Next, upload this file to your CMS userid under z/VM.

You must use FTP to transfer, or upload to your CMS userid using the additional parameters to ensure that the transfer takes place in BINARY and the file is received with a FIXED RECORD length of 80 characters on CMS.

binary
locsite fixed 80

Run the VMARC file through the following pipeline (where 'fn' is the name of the file you uploaded)

PIPE < fn VMARC A | fblock 80 00 | > fn VMARC A F 80

Next, unpack the resultant file using the VMARC facility. (You can acquire this program at no charge from IBM. Click (here).

VMARC UNPK fn VMARC A

This will generate the following files on your A-disk:

VMRSMZ EXEC
GENLMOD EXEC
ZVM31TXT TXTLIB
ZVM64TXT TXTLIB
CTSCPCTX TXTLIB

Then generate the executable module by typing on the CMS command line:

genlmod vmrsmz

This should create a file called VMRSMZ MODULE on your A-Disk.

Now your ready to run the monitor.
Issue the supplied CMS Exec named

VMRSMZ

which will invoke the VMRSMZ module.

Virtual Machine Requirements

 Virtual Machine-Mode: z/VM 31-bit or 64-bit mode
 Privilege class: 'G + E, Diag04' 
 z/VM v3.1 or above.
 Minumum required virtual machine size: 2 Meg
 Terminals: 3270-type or emulations Models: 2, 3, 4 (mod-4 recommended)
 Overhead: less than 1% on a 100 user single engine
 No System Control Program 'hooks'.
 All sampling of control block information is performed via the Diagnose X'04' instruction.

Operation

Start: execute VMRSMZ
Stop: enter HX
Help: enter HELP or ?
CP: enter CP
To switch between major Monitoring Functions
Enter: VMSYSTEM | VMUSERS | VMGUEST | RDEV | HELP
VMDEVICE | VMCHANS | VMSTORAG | CP | SOFTCOPY

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