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Sample output for X37UTILC used with StopX37/II

The following control statements produce a report on DASD utilization for all IBM CICS volumes and two user application volumes.

The cost of DASD storage is estimated to be 17 cents per MB per day. At least 300 free DSCBs are required on each volume. All volumes should be at least 75% utilized, and no volume should have a fragmentation index greater than 50.

VOL=(CICS*,USER02,USER01),MAXFRAG=50,MINDSCBS=300,COST=17,DETAIL=YES

The following reports are produced.

Sample 1: Sample DASD Utilization Report

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MainView SRM Allocation DASD UTILIZATION REPORT COPYRIGHT 2008 BMC SOFTWARE 07.352 14.57.33 PAGE 001

 SYSIN:                                                                 
 VOL=(CICS*,USER02,USER01),MAXFRAG=50,MINDSCBS=300,COST=17,DETAIL=YES   

 OPTIONS IN EFFECT:                                                     
   VOLSER=CICS*                                                         
          USER02                                                        
          USER01                                                        
   COST=00017                                                           
   LINES=054                                                            
   CURSIGN=$                                                            
   MINDSCBS=000300                                                      
   MAXFRAG=050                                                          
   MINUTIL=075                                                          
   DETAIL=YES                                                           

LEGEND FOR NOTES:                         
 A = VOLUME HAS INSUFFICIENT UTILIZATION   
 B = VOLUME HAS EXCESSIVE FRAGMENTATION    
 C = VOLUME HAS INSUFFICIENT FREE DSCBS

Sample 2: Sample DASD Utilization Report

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MainView SRM ALLOCATION DASD UTILIZATION REPORT       COPYRIGHT 2008 BMC SOFTWARE INC        09.152 13.12.29  PAGE 002

         FRAG  |   PERCENT      |    MEGABYTES                         |       VALUE ($ )                       | NOTES
VOLSER   INDEX |   FREE |  IDLE |    USED      | IDLE      | UNUSED    |       USED             | UNUSED        |      

CICS12    2 |       26 |    13 |         1355 |       230 |       467 |                  94.85 |         48.79 | A
CICS52   91 |        1 |     6 |         1805 |       104 |        17 |                 126.35 |          8.47 | B
CICSAT   23 |       56 |    15 |          805 |       269 |      1017 |                  56.35 |         90.02 | A
CICS01   10 |        5 |     3 |         2668 |        75 |       140 |                 186.76 |         15.05 |   
CICS01   39 |       35 |    30 |         1851 |       816 |       957 |                 129.57 |        124.11 | A
CICS02    4 |       48 |    22 |         1468 |       597 |      1340 |                 102.76 |        135.59 | A
CICS03    8 |       21 |    26 |         2221 |       706 |       587 |                 155.47 |         90.51 |
CICS04   39 |       39 |    15 |         1722 |       416 |      1086 |                 120.54 |        105.14 | A  
CICS05   84 |       21 |    30 |         2244 |       839 |       564 |                 157.08 |         98.21 | B  
CICS06   62 |       35 |    33 |         1836 |       915 |       972 |                 128.52 |        132.09 | A,B
USER02   45 |       30 |    30 |         1967 |       836 |       841 |                 137.69 |        117.39 | A  
USER01   15 |       28 |    13 |         2032 |       358 |       776 |                 142.24 |         79.38 | A

Sample 3: Sample DASD Utilization Report Summary

MainView SRM ALLOCATION DASD UTILIZATION REPORT       COPYRIGHT 2008 BMC SOFTWARE INC    09.152 13.12.29  PAGE 003

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                                  *** SUMMARY DATA ***
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         FRAG  |   PERCENT      |    MEGABYTES                         |       VALUE ($ )                       |
VOLSER   INDEX |   FREE |  IDLE |    USED      | IDLE      | UNUSED    |       USED             | UNUSED        |

TOTAL     402 |     29 |    21 |        21974 |      6161 |      8764 |               1,538.18 |      1,044.75  


12 VOLUMES WERE PROCESSED BY X37UTILC.                                  
0 VOLUMES HAD FEWER THAN     25 FREE DSCBS.                             
3 VOLUMES HAD A FRAGMENTATION INDEX GREATER THAN  50.                  
   NOTE: THESE VOLUMES MAY BE SUBJECT TO SPACE ABENDS.                  
8 VOLUMES WERE LESS THAN 75% UTILIZED AND ARE WASTING SPACE.            


30738 MEGABYTES = TOTAL CAPACITY OF DISK SPACE                          
8764 MEGABYTES ARE UNUSED                                               
6161 MEGABYTES ARE IDLE (ALLOCATED, BUT NOT USED)                       
49 PERCENT OF DISK SPACE IS WASTED (OR, 51% UTILIZATION)                


1,044.75     = DAILY COST OF WASTED SPACE                               
OVER ONE YEAR, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF STORAGE WASTED WOULD BE WORTH 365    
TIMES THIS AMOUNT, OR $    381,333.75 .                                 
IF THE OVERALL UTILIZATION WAS INCREASED TO  75%, THEN $         75.53  
COULD BE SAVED DAILY. OVER ONE YEAR, THE TOTAL AMOUNT SAVED WOULD BE    
$     27,568.45 .


 

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