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Version: 3.3, December 1990
Submitted By: Digital Equipment Corporation
Operating System: VAX/VMS V5.3-2
Source Language: VAX COBOL, VAX BASIC, MACRO-32
Keywords: System Management - VMS
Software Requirements: VAX RETOS if hardcopy graphs to spooled sixel printers is required.
Hardware Requirements: VT240 Terminal, VT330 Terminal or VT340 Terminal
Memory Requirements: 102KB
Notes: Executable and/or object code is included.
Changes & Improvements: Support of VMS V5.3, bug fixes, and minor display enhancements.

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Abstract: This system is designed as a tool for use by those people responsible for capacity management of a VAX or VAXcluster. It is not necessary to have VMS internal knowledge or system management knowledge to make use of this package. It is mainly designed for medium or large scale VAX installations.

This package collects statistics on the utilization of CPU, memory and disk devices on the monitored VAX or VAXcluster. It also collects information on the CPU response of the machine and the number of processes executing. In addition to the VAX wide and VAXcluster wide information collected, this package also collects information for each UIC group. If your VAX system is arranged with each application in a separate UIC group then this allows the total system utilization to be broken down by application.

The information collected can be displayed in a graphic form on VT240, VT330 or VT340 terminals. The capacity manager uses an interactive display program that has a DCL-like command syntax. The user can display histograms or frequency diagrams with hourly, daily or monthly information. The UIC group statistics can be added or subtracted from system wide statistics so graphic answers to questions like, "What will happen to the system if I take that application off?", can be seen.

Hardcopy output to printers that handle ReGIS is possible. If the Digital Equipment Corporation product RETOS is available, output to printers like the LA100 that support sixel graphics can be performed.

A machine uptime subsystem is included which records VAX uptime accurate to five minutes. These statistics can be reported between date and hour ranges, and weekends can be either included or excluded from the calculation.

Complete user documentation, help text and installation documentation is included on the media.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:32:01 1996