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Overview of how to set up automatic merges

While the following steps do not require a specific order, they provide you with a sample order that you can use.

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Note

The Step 2, in this overview assumes that you are using UIE run data that must be transported from mainframe systems to Performance Predictor. You can also use UIE run data that is already stored on your Performance Predictor system. For any data involved in the merge that is already stored on the Performance Predictor, you can skip Step 2.

  1. On Performance Predictor, create a physical and corresponding FTP virtual directory for each UIE run.
    For more information about how to create directories in Performance Predictor, see theBMC Performance Predictor for Mainframes.

  2. On each mainframe system where you create baseline data that is transported to Performance Predictor for merging:
    1. Disable the Publish function for the UIE job on that system.
      For more information, see Disabling-the-Publish-feature-in-UIE.
    2. Modify the JCL that you use to schedule nightly downloads to the Performance Predictor. The modification will define the target FTP virtual directory that you created on the Performance Predictor to receive the UIE run data for that system. A separate directory must be created for the UIE run on each system.
      You also need to set up FTP execution to transport the data from the UIE machine to the Performance Predictor. You can do this is to add a step that replaces the nightly download 'push' with an FTP command to transport the data. For more information, see Modifying-JCL-for-automatic-merging.

  3. On the Performance Predictor, open the Manual Data Population utility and select either Add, Overwrite (overwrite or add to current namespace), or Merge (append to current namespace), and select the UIE run baselines that you want to use. 
    This creates a configuration file specifying which UIE runs to merge. For more information about how to create a configuration file and specify an operation in Performance Predictor, seeBMC Performance Predictor for Mainframes.

  4. Open the Scheduled Tasks program on your Performance Predictor system and specify the following:

    • Configuration file that you created in the Manual Data Population utility
    • Number of times you want to run the file
    • A time to run the file

    This setup information directs the Task Scheduler to execute the Manual Data Populate program at the appointed time and frequency using the configuration file that specifies which UIE output files to merge. For more information about how to schedule a task for the automatic merge, see BMC Performance Predictor for Mainframes.

    Automatic merges are based on changes to existing processes and utilities. 

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