Analysis on the workstation

In addition to host-based reporting functions in RMF, there are other components available that offer reporting capabilities on the workstation.

The RMF Postprocessor XML Toolkit is a feature that helps you to browse the Postprocessor reports that are available in XML output format, with your internet browser using the stylesheets provided by RMF. Just download the Postprocessor reports produced in XML output format into the Postprocessor XML Toolkit directory and view them with your browser, using the XSL stylesheets provided by RMF. The required stylesheet files are available in a Postprocessor XML Toolkit subdirectory.

The RMF Spreadsheet Reporter assists you in converting Postprocessor listings and Overview records into spreadsheets. The spreadsheet applications are shipped with RMF, and must be downloaded to your workstation before you can start. With the Spreadsheet Reporter, you can convert Postprocessor listings and Overview records to spreadsheets. This enables you to handle RMF data using techniques familiar to every spreadsheet user. In addition, the Spreadsheet Reporter provides sample macros to help you presenting and analyzing performance data at a glance.

RMF PM allows you to monitor the performance of your z/OS host from a workstation through a TCP/IP interface to one or more sysplexes. You logon to any sysplex and you can monitor the resources in the corresponding sysplex.

RMF Client/Server Enabling (RMFCS) is a concept that makes your performance management independent of a TSO host session. It allows you to establish multiple ISPF GUI sessions with any z/OS system in your network that has a Communications Server network connection configured to your workstation. This way, RMFCS combines the advantages of a single point of control for performance management with a state-of-the-art user front end.

IBM® z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) is a web-browser based management console for z/OS. The z/OSMF Resource Monitoring plug-in allows cross-sysplex performance monitoring from a single point of control. From the z/OSMF task tree, you can select the following subtasks:

• The Sysplex Status task provides an enterprise-wide health check of all z/OS sysplexes.
• For further analysis, the Monitoring Desktops task can graphically display RMF Monitor III as well as AIX® or Linux® metrics by means of customizable views.