Starting to use BMC AMI Utility Manager

You start using BMC AMI Utility Manager by evaluating objects and generating reports without processing any objects. 

Evaluating objects

BMC AMI Utility Manager performs the following evaluations without processing any objects:

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Getting-started

  • Evaluating objects on behalf of the specified utility
  • Determining whether the utility should process the identified objects

BMC AMI Utility Manager invokes the evaluation process when it scans the syntax and queues objects to be processed. To confirm that the utilities are starting objects in the scheduled time frame, BMC AMI Utility Manager evaluates the schedule records in the Schedule table before it runs or restarts the utilities. If a schedule record applies to the object, the utility includes or excludes the object based on the value in the Inclusive_Exclusive column.

BMC AMI Utility Manager performs the following steps to evaluate objects:

  1. It checks the Exceptions table for a qualifying record.

    The Exceptions table includes a column for each applicable utility (BMC AMI Reorg, BMC AMI Copy, and  BMC AMI Stats):

    • If the value for a utility is F (Force) and an exception criterion exists, BMC AMI Utility Manager forces the utility to process the object.
    • If the value is X (Exclude) and an exception criterion exists, BMC AMI Utility Manager excludes the utility from processing the object.
    • If the value for a utility is I (Ignore), BMC AMI Utility Manager ignores the Exceptions record for the object and considers the next qualifying record.

  2. If the Exceptions table did not resolve whether to process the object, the product checks the object against the Criteria table. 

    BMC AMI Utility Manager selects for processing only objects that meet a threshold in the Criteria table. The product prevents the processing of other objects. 

  3. If the Criteria table did not exclude processing, the product checks the object against the Schedule table.  

    You can use the Schedule table to specify time frames when the job can or cannot process objects. 

  4. Finally, the Duration table is checked to see if the job has a specified duration. This duration check is performed as each object begins processing. If the duration has been met then no further work is started and existing work is finished.

To run an BMC AMI Utility Manager evaluation, use the following syntax:

 //SYSIN DD *
  <ngtUtilityStatement> RTS[(<rtsOption>)]

The RTS option is required. After the keyword, you can include any of the following options:

Example

Use the following REORG statement to run BMC AMI Utility Manager to determine whether BMC AMI Reorg needs to process objects in the MEDRECS database:

REORG TABLESPACE MEDRECS.% RTS(,REPORTONLY) 

A report of which objects meet criteria thresholds appears in the SUMMARY output of the REORG job, but BMC AMI Reorg does not process any objects.

Generating reports

For information about the BMC AMI Utility Manager reports, see Reporting-for-BMC-AMI-Utility-Manager.


 

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