Performing Job/STC Operations in a plan

Use the following procedure to perform Job/STC Operations.

Before you begin

In order to perform Job/STC operations in a plan, you must generate a list of Job/STC Items. For more information, see Working-with-Job-and-STC-plans.

Example

By combining scaling, shifting, and moving Job/STC operations, you can model the effects of changes to your business activities. For instance, if you scale the activity of the jobs to 50% and then move the activity to a different LPAR, you can see the effect of splitting the activity of these jobs in half and moving half of this activity to a different LPAR.

To perform Job/STC operations

  1. From the list of Job/STC Items, select the jobs with which you want to perform Job/STC Operations.You can select an individual job or a group of jobs. When you select a group of jobs, the Job/STC Operations that you perform will be executed on all of them simultaneously .
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  2. Click Job/STC Operations.Cost Management generates and displays the Job/STC Operations report. The following figure shows a sample Job/STC Operations report that displays the Current chart and an Evaluation Preview chart that show the MSU utilization for the LPAR:

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    Description

    Details

    1

    Evaluation Preview chart

    Displays a preview of any Job/STC Operations you perform based on an evaluation of the operation's approximate effect.

    Initially, the Evaluation Preview chart is identical to the Current chart. When you specify any Job/STC Operations, the change is automatically displayed in the Evaluation Preview chart.

    You can hover over the chart to display a popup that indicates the total MSU activity for the LPAR and the aggregated MSU activity for the selected jobs.

    Note

    The zoom feature operates in tandem to control the view of both the Current chart and the Evaluation Preview chart. Any change of the zoom view affects the view of both charts.

    2

    Total MSU Activity at Peak

    Indicates the total MSUs utilized at the R4HA peak

    3

    Aggregated MSU Activity

    Indicates the jobs selected for the Job/STC Operations report and their individual and aggregated MSU Activity

    4

    CPC and Product Peaks

    Lists the date and time interval for the CPC peak and all MLC product peaks

    5

    Current chart

    Displays a chart of the total activity with a red dot indicating the CPC peak R4HA

    You can hover over the chart to display a popup that indicates the total MSU activity for the LPAR and the aggregated MSU activity for the selected jobs.

    On the chart, the aggregated activity for the selected jobs is indicated by the blue areas. These blue areas represent the combined MSU activity and indicate graphically the portion of the total MSU activity that these jobs consumed.

    Note

    Product peaks are indicated by a black dot, but can be displayed only if you selected them for viewing prior to generating the list of Job/STC Items. For more information, see Working-with-Job-and-STC-plans.

    6

    Job/STC Operations

    Provides a list of the Job/STC Operations you can perform and the means to activate them in the Evaluation Preview chart.

    You can perform any of the following Job/STC Operations:

    • Delete the activity from the LPAR
    • Scale the activity on the LPAR by a specified factor
    • Shift the activity to a different time interval on the LPAR
    • Move the activity to a different LPAR

    Note

    Any operation that you select to perform activates a preview of the effect in the Evaluation Preview chart. By adjusting the settings of the operations, you can use the Evaluation Preview chart to view the effect before the changes are applied to the jobs.

  3. (Optional) If you want to delete the activity from the LPAR, toggle the Delete the selected activity? switch to Contract lock toggle.PNG.The selected activity is deleted from the LPAR and the effect of this action is displayed in the Evaluation Preview chart. When you are satisfied with the results, skip to Step 7.

    Note

    When deleting the activity of the selected jobs, no further Job/STC Operations can be made on the selected jobs.

  4. (Optional) If you want to scale the activity, specify the scale factor in the scaling box as a percent to either reduce or increase the activity.You can enter the percentage number, or use the +/- buttons to set the percentage of the workload you want to change. The activity is scaled by the selected factor and the effect is displayed in the Evaluation Preview chart.

    If you want to perform additional operations, continue to Step 5. If you are finished with your operations, skip to Step 7.

    Example

    Use the scaling operation when you want to analyze the effect of a known change to the monthly activity of a job or a group of jobs.

    For instance, if you know that the activity of these jobs will double in a subsequent month, you can scale the work by 200% and view the effect to the total LPAR activity.

  5. (Optional) If you want to shift the activity to a different time on the chart, specify the number of hours to shift the occurrence of the activity in the shift activity box.The activity is shifted by the number of hours you specify and the effect is displayed in the Evaluation Preview chart. You can continue to change the number of hours and view the results in the Evaluation Preview chart, until the activity is shifted to a desired time interval.

    You can use the chart of the total LPAR activity to identify the best time interval to shift the activity in order to bring about a desired effect to any R4HA peak. Through the shifting of the time interval, you can immediately view the affect to either the CPC peak or the MLC product peaks.

    Tip

    Job/STC Operations can be performed individually or in combination to determine the effect on the activity.

    In keeping with the previous example, now that the activity of the selected jobs will double, you can move the jobs to a different time interval and then view the affect to the total LPAR activity and any affect to the R4HA peak.

    If you want to perform additional operations, continue to Step 6. If you are finished with your operations, skip to Step 7.

  6. (Optional) If you want to move the activity to a different LPAR, perform the following actions:

    1. In the boxes provided, specify a target CPC and a target LPAR, and then click Move .Cost Management moves the activity to the target LPAR and displays an Evaluation Preview chart of the target LPAR with the new activity included in its total LPAR activity.

      If you want to perform additional operations, return to Step 4 and Step 5. If you are finished with your operations, continue to Step 7.

      Note

      After viewing the results in the Evaluation Preview chart, if you want to abort this move to the target LPAR, click the CPC drop-down and select the blank space. The target CPC and LPAR are removed from the boxes.

      To restore the activity to the original LPAR, click Move. The Evaluation Preview chart displays the original LPAR chart and restores the activity. (Alternatively, you can abort the move of the activity to the target LPAR and select a new target.)

    2. Click Apply Changes.The MLC Product License dialog box is displayed.

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    3. In the MLC Product License dialog box, specify which licensed products to add to the target LPAR or remove from the source LPAR by selecting the appropriate boxes from the list.When you move jobs from the LPAR, it is impossible to determine automatically from the measurement data if this is a batch that does not require any additional licensed software except for z/OS, or if this job is the last CICS region on this LPAR. To account for these types of conditions, the MLC Planning tool provides the option to specify any licenses that need to be added or removed.

      Note

      Cost Management allows you to remove the licensed product from the source LPAR without adding the same licensed product to the target LPAR. You must ensure that the target LPAR has the licensed product so that proper cost calculations can be performed.

    4. After making your selections in the MLC Product License dialog box, click Apply.The MLC Planning tool applies changes to the model and performs an evaluation of the batch job configurations. Skip to Step 8.

    Note

    After applying changes, you can view the Evaluation Summary Report to examine the results to the MLC costs. You can also continue performing operations to other LPARs in the plan. However, it is not recommended to perform additional operations to any LPAR that you have used as a target when moving jobs.

  7. When you have finished making your operations, click Apply Changes.The MLC Planning tool applies changes to the model and performs an evaluation of the batch job configurations.

  8. When prompted to view the evaluation results, click Yes to view them or No to continue working in the list of Job/STC Items. 

    For more information, see Viewing-the-Plan-Evaluation-Summary-Report. 

    Note

    If you select No, you can continue working in the list of Job/STC Items, but any jobs that have already had operations performed on them cannot be selected for further operations.

  9. When finished performing operations, click Back to return to the LPAR level for the Job and STC plan.


Related topic

  Overview-of-Job-and-STC-plans




 

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