IBM System z Software Pricing

Parallel Sysplex Aggregation

Sysplex Calculator: How to Run the Tool

Overview

Download the Sysplex Calculator, it is contained in a self extracting zip file
Launch the Sysplex Calculator file (plexcalc.exe) on your PC to de-compress the file; the decompressed file will be named plexcalc.bin
Upload the file (PLEXCALC.BIN) to your host system. Use binary transfer and move the file to a 80 byte fixed dataset. FTP is the recommended method of file transfer.
Customize and run the job to run on your host system.
Download the job output (a text file) from your host system to your PC.
View the downloaded output file with any spreadsheet or text editor that recognizes the "comma separated values" file format.

Details

Create a Dataset On the Host
Go to ISPF 3.2 to allocate a new 80 byte fixed dataset called HLQ.CALC.JCL

Record Format = FB for Fixed Block
Record Length = 80
Directory Blocks = 0
Block Size = 0 (system determined block size)

Upload to the Host From Your PC

Download the Sysplex Calculator
Begin FTP Session - command is "ftp"
Change FTP mode to binary - command is "bin"
Put the PLEXCALC.BIN file onto the host, overwriting the new MVS file called CALC.JCL - command is "put PLEXCALC.BIN CALC.JCL"

Back on the Host, Customize the Job

customize the jobcard to fit your environment

//PLEXCALC JOB (,),MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=NAME

verify parameters, see comments in job (TXT, 4KB) for more details
```
//EXTR EXEC PGM=LOADER,PARM='/,,,CUSTOMERNAME'
```
change SMF DD to point to your SMF dataset
```
//SMF DD DISP=SHR,DSN=HLQ.SMF.DATA
```
change the output dataset name to fit your environment
NOTE: since the LRECL for this dataset is unusual, you might be better off sending the output to a new dataset
```
//OUTPUT DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=HLQ.PLEXCALC.CSV,UNIT=SYSDA,



//             SPACE=(TRK,(15,15))
```

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