Moving between time frames

Before you begin

To effectively compare intervals and associated system performances, you must be able to move quickly between intervals to determine how long an abnormal activity lasted or what intervals it affected. The NEXT and PREV parameters enable you to do this by using the last specified duration to move the time frame forward (NEXT) or backward (PREV) by the same amount.

To move between time frames

1. Split the screen horizontally by placing the cursor approximately halfway down the screen, type HS on the COMMAND line, and press Enter.
2. In Window 2, type JOBRSPZ on the COMMAND line and press Enter.

3. On the COMMAND line, type TIME = = PREV. Press Enter.

   Important

   Insert a space between each parameter.

   In the following example, the current time was compared to a previous time.

   ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ BMC AMI Ops WINDOWS INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) --------------
   COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
   CURR WIN ===> 2        ALT WIN ===>                                            
   >W1 -JOBRSPZ-----------TCPIP----*--------ddmmmyyyy--07:25:44----MVIP-----D---53
    Job      USS      Cnt Total  Active Inact  Last  Avg  Interval Interval Avg In
    Name     Resource --- Conns  Conns  Conns  Intvl Rtt  Bytesin  Bytesout Bytes
    BBMICDCS BBMICDCS   1     10      9      0     9 132       274     1940       
    BBP1STR  BBP1STR    1      1      0      0     0                              
    BBSYSP   BBSYSP     1      1      0      0     0                              
    BMCSSP1  BMCSSP1    1      9      4      0     4 64.2     6369    29997       
    BMCSSP2  BMCSSP2    1      4      0      0     0                              
    BPXOINIT BPXOINIT   1      1      0      0     0                              
    BRIYUIM  BRIYUIM    1      1      0      0     0                              
    BRI4UIM  BRI4UIM    1     12      0     11     0          7170     4840       
    CAP2UIM  CAP2UIM    1      1      0      0     0                              
    CAS      CAS        1     13     12      0    12 124       286     2666       
    CTSGATE  CTSGATE    1      2      2      0     2 82.5     3520      270       
   >H2 =JOBRSPZ===========TCPIP====*========ddmmmyyyy==07:15:05====MVIP=====D===53
    Job      USS      Cnt Total  Active Inact  Last  Avg  Interval Interval Avg In
    Name     Resource --- Conns  Conns  Conns  Intvl Rtt  Bytesin  Bytesout Bytes
    BBMICDCS BBMICDCS   1     10      9      0     9 131       516     1944       
    BBP1STR  BBP1STR    1      1      0      0     0                              
    BBSYSP   BBSYSP     1      1      0      0     0                              
    BMCSSP1  BMCSSP1    1      9      4      0     4 69.2     8685    40905       
    BMCSSP2  BMCSSP2    1      4      0      0     0                              
    BPXOINIT BPXOINIT   1      1      0      0     0                              
    BRIYUIM  BRIYUIM    1      1      0      0     0                              
    BRI4UIM  BRI4UIM    1     17      0     16     0         10755     7260       
    CAP2UIM  CAP2UIM    1      1      0      0     1                              
    CAS      CAS        1     15     12      2    13 132      3191    59509       
    CTSGATE  CTSGATE    1      2      2      0     0 82.5     4895      378

   Important

   You can compare two historical times and you can continue to type NEXT and PREV to move through different time frames, compare two historical times, and continue to type NEXT and PREV to move through different time frames.

   You can define an F key to {TIME = = PREV} or {TIME = = NEXT} so that you can step through subsequent intervals in historical mode with a single key and access the time information more quickly.