Modes of Operation

The modes of operation for Performance Toolkit include:

• Basic Command Mode, usually referred to as 'basic mode' is the normal operating mode which allows entering CP and CMS commands. This mode immediately displays any messages received from CP.
• Re-Display Mode. The console log created while operating in basic mode can be browsed in re-display mode and specific strings (for example, USERIDs) can be searched using a 'LOCATE' facility.
• Performance Monitoring Mode displays data on CPU, I/O and user performance collected by this machine. It allows real time performance analysis of z/VM systems.
• Remote Performance Monitoring Mode displays performance data collected by the performance monitors from another virtual machine on the same or other VM systems.
• The Internet interface allows retrieval and displays the same performance data via a standard Web Browser.
• Monitor Data Scan Mode displays performance data from a MONWRITE disk file, created by z/VM systems.
• Trend File Scan Mode displays performance history data from a trend file (FCXTREND disk file).