Monitor resource usage

After activating the system limits as documented in Defining limits, we can start monitoring the resource usage by z/OS® Explorer to see if adjustment of some variables is needed. Figure 1 shows the resource usage after 499 users logged on. (The example in the figure shows just the logging on. No user actions are indicated in the example.)

Figure 1. Resource usage of sample setup
F RSED,APPL=D P
BPXM023I (STCRSE)
 ProcessId(83886168) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(1)
 ProcessId(91      ) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(2)
 ProcessId(122     ) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(3)
 ProcessId(16777348) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(4)
 ProcessId(16777358) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(5)
 ProcessId(16777368) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(6)
 ProcessId(16777378) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(7)
 ProcessId(16777388) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(8)
 ProcessId(16777398) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(9)
 ProcessId(33554622) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(10)
 ProcessId(16777416) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(11)
 ProcessId(16777426) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(12)
 ProcessId(16777436) Memory Usage(9%) Clients(25) Order(13)
 ProcessId(16777446) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(14)
 ProcessId(16777456) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(15)
 ProcessId(16777466) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(16)
 ProcessId(16777476) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(17)
 ProcessId(16777487) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(18)
 ProcessId(16777497) Memory Usage(17%) Clients(25) Order(19)
 ProcessId(16777507) Memory Usage(16%) Clients(24) Order(20)

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BPXM023I (STCRSE)
 ProcessId(83886168) ASId(0022) JobName(RSED857 ) Order(1)
  PROCESS LIMITS:    CURRENT  HIGHWATER      LIMIT
   JAVA HEAP USAGE(%)     17         17        100
   CLIENTS                25         25         25
   MAXFILEPROC           365        366      64000
   MAXPROCUSER            64         64        100
   MAXTHREADS            362        363       1500
   MAXTHREADTASKS        363        363       1500

TASID
 Jobname    Cpu time    Storage    EXCP
 --------  -----------  -------  ----------
 JMON             0.00     1780          73
 RSED             5.88    95.2M       41958
 RSED1            8.26   190.1M       58669
 RSED1            8.17   187.0M       58605
 RSED2            8.06   185.3M       58653
 RSED2            8.19   183.1M       60209
 RSED3            8.12   189.1M       58650
 RSED3            8.03   186.7M       58590
 RSED4            8.15   188.2M       58646
 RSED4            5.50   182.5M       58585
 RSED5            7.72   184.4M       58631
 RSED5            7.82   184.1M       58576
 RSED6            7.14   184.1M       58622
 RSED6            6.27   186.9M       58583
 RSED7            5.17   185.1M       58804
 RSED7            6.57   185.2M       58621
 RSED7            5.86   182.8M       58565
 RSED8            0.36     1560        2459
 RSED8            7.94   184.1M       58615
 RSED8            7.45   181.8M       58548
 RSED9            8.16   190.6M       58802
 RSED9            7.62   183.8M       58610
 RSED9            7.36   177.7M       57478