Basic Processing

The initialization file will be processed as follows:
  • Lines starting with an asterisk (*) in column one will be ignored. You can use the asterisk to include comments. Comment lines starting with double asterisks will be included in the machine's CONLOG file, as will be all of the actual initialization commands.
  • 'FCONTROL ...' commands will be run immediately during initialization.
    If an error is detected while trying to run such a command, the relevant error message will be shown on the basic mode screen, followed by another line which contains the record number of the incorrect statement and the failing command itself as follows: 
      (nnnn: 'failing statement')
    This line is displayed with the VMOUT attributes, that is, like a CMS output line.
  • Any other commands (other Performance Toolkit subcommands, CP commands, or CMS commands) found in the initialization file will be stacked during the initialization phase. They will be run in the order in which they have been found after Performance Toolkit has been completely initialized.
Make sure the commands are ordered so their sequential running makes sense. Be careful when including commands which cannot be run in basic mode, and make sure to include all commands to switch, for instance, to a specific performance monitor display and back.
The display will be updated for the first time in either of the following instances:
  • When all stacked commands have been run
  • Before the first command is passed to CMS for running
In this example, the following commands will change the initial I/O device sort sequence on the general I/O display so devices are inserted depending on the device busy percentage (the initial sort sequence is for ascending device numbers), and users will be sorted according to their CPU utilization on the general user display. 
  MONITOR
    SORT DEV   BUSY
    SORT USER  %CPU
  QUIT
A sample 'FCONX $PROFILE' is supplied with the program and can serve as a starting point for preparing your own version. It is also included in this manual as A Sample Initialization Profile (FCONX $PROFILE).