On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:19:10 -0400, Pinnacle <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 4/25/2016 2:13 PM, Mark Zelden wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:09:10 -0500, John McKown 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a way for a program to check the capacity setting for a
>>>> processor? For instance, are we running on a A01 or a w04, etc. processor?
>>>> --
>>>> Tony Thigpen
>>>>
>>>
>>> ​What OS? Hardware wise, there is STIDP. But it requires supervisor state. ​
>>>
>>> ​And that does not take in to account any PR/SM LPAR controls such as "hard
>>> capping" or "group capacity". I think you can get that sort of information
>>> on z/OS from SRM. But I don't know how to do that, off hand. It may require
>>> special authorization. ​Or you might be able to get it from RMF via the
>>> ERBSMF interface. About which I know nothing beyond its existence.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You might want SYSEVENT QVS:
>>
>> http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa400/cqvs.htm?lang=en
>>
>
>BCPii might be overkill, but should give you all the capacity info you
>want for each LPAR on a CEC.
>

Besides being overkill, assuming this was something other than in-house usage, 
you can't count on the environment having BCPii configured.

Best regards,

Mark
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