IZUW950I The MSO service coefficient is greater than 0.0000. You might be able to set the coefficient equal to the recommended value of 0.0000.

Explanation

z/OS Workload Manager (WLM) uses service coefficients when calculating the amount of service (MSO, SRB, IOC, and CPU) that a service class period has consumed. When a service class period has consumed the amount of service specified by its duration, WLM switches the workload to the goals of a lower period.

Assigning a coefficient to the MSO service that is greater than 0.0000, even a coefficient as small as 0.0001, can result in a very large number of MSO service units for a workload that is consuming a large amount of storage. The large MSO service units might cause WLM to switch the workload to a lower service class period and thus impact the performance of the workload.

System programmer response

No action is required.

User response

To ensure that a workload that occupies a large amount of storage is not switched to a lower period, set the coefficient for the MSO service to 0.0000. Decrease the durations of multi-period service classes that consume MSO service units, as needed.

If your installation uses MSO service units for accounting or billing purposes, be sure to assess how changing the coefficient impacts those purposes.