z/OS Capacity Provisioning is now available on z/OS V1.9 with APAR OA20824.

The Capacity Provisioning Manager can monitor business-critical workloads that are running on z/OS systems on IBM System z10 Enterprise Class servers.

The Provisioning Manager obtains z/OS Workload Manager performance metrics from the z/OS Resource Measurement Facility (RMF). If the performance and capacity data indicate that a workload is missing its goal, and a lack of processor resources is identified as an important reason for this, the Provisioning Manager can either recommend appropriate actions, or automatically activate and deactivate additional temporary capacity if it has been suitably configured.

Using policies for the Provisioning Manager, you can define workloads that are to be observed and also conditions that specify under what circumstances additional resources may be warranted.

For more details refer to the following:

• z/OS Capacity Provisioning Overview (PDF, 886KB)
  This presentation gives an overview of the capabilities of Capacity Provisioning and why you might consider using it.
   
• z/OS Capacity Provisioning Overview and Implementation (PDF, 2.48MB)
  This presentation also includes details of how to implement Capacity Provisioning and suggested best practices.
   
• z/OS V1R9.0 MVS Capacity Provisioning User's Guide, SC33-8299-00 (PDF, 3.16MB)
  This manual contains information to help you use and make the most out of Capacity Provisioning.