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Document Author: Additional Author(s):	Valerie Spencer Shawn Lundvall		Document ID:	PRS5132
Doc. Organization:	Advanced Technical Sales		Document Revised:	05/31/2018
Product(s) covered:	z Systems; z/OS

Abstract: zBNA is a PC-based productivity tool designed to provide a means of estimating the elapsed time for batch jobs solely based on the differences in CPU speeds for a base processor and a target processor, the number of engines on each system, and system capacities; data sharing is not considered. zBNA provides powerful, graphic demonstration of the z/OS batch window.

Important: Any previous version of zBNA must be uninstalled prior to installing the new version (1.7.0) that supports Java V8. This is necessary in order to preserve Windows Registry integrity with respect to this tool. Product Name: zBNA Product Version: 1.8.2 Operating System: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit Change Date: April 23, 2018 Approximate Size: 169MB Click to download the zBNA install package which includes the required IBM CPS Java V8 Click on the icon to view/download the user's guide zBNA requires an independent version of the IBM CPS Java Runtime Environment v8 64-bit, which is packaged with the tool. Obtain the CP3KEXTR program CP3KEXTR runs on a System z processor under z/OS. It reads the SMF records to produce an Enterprise Data File (.edf) that contains the SMF Type 70's & 113 data and a (.dat) file, which contains the Type 14, 15, 30 (4) (5), 42 (6) data as input to zBNA. Access the CP3KEXTR materials. What's New Installation of zBNA on Windows Note: While a new installation should install over a previous one, it is recommended to first perform an uninstall using Program and Features. After downloading the package file for zBNA, execute it by: selecting RUN under the Windows START button, opening a MS-DOS command prompt window in the directory were the package file was saved and typing the filename or opening the folder where the file was saved; double click on the filename. Education Support and Contacts

Classification:	Hardware	Category:	Performance
Platform(s):	IBM System z Family	S/W Pillar(s):	IBM System z Software
O/S:	z/OS	Keywords:	zBNA, Batch Network Analyzer, batch, batch window