PH35600: NEW FUNCTION: ABO ASSISTANT (PREVIOUSLY CALLED ABO PERFORMANCE ADVISOR) ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING A NEW SMF ANALYZER TOOL

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• NEW FUNCTION: ABO Assistant (previously called ABO Performance
  Advisor) enhancements, including a new SMF Analyzer tool
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer      *
  *                 (ABO) for z/OS, 2.1 and ABO for z/OS 2.1     *
  *                 Trial                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: This new function APAR                  *
  *                      adds enhancements to the ABO            *
  *                      Assistant (previously called ABO        *
  *                      Performance Advisor), which is a        *
  *                      suite of tools to automate the main     *
  *                      parts of finding and optimizing your    *
  *                      top CPU consuming COBOL batch           *
  *                      applications. The improvements          *
  *                      in this new function APAR               *
  *                      include:                                *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - Introducing a new SMF analyzer        *
  *                      too to analyze your SMF Type            *
  *                      30 records to produce a prioritized     *
  *                      report on the jobs and programs         *
  *                      that consume the most CPU               *
  *                      across all the jobs running on          *
  *                      your system.                            *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - Improving the performance             *
  *                      report quality and clarity by           *
  *                      adding categorized sections             *
  *                      to display the performance              *
  *                      data, and to also include               *
  *                      the data set location of each           *
  *                      module found in profiling               *
  *                      the application.                        *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - Introducing a new dynamic             *
  *                      scanning parameter,                     *
  *                      DYNSCAN, to produce a                   *
  *                      report containing                       *
  *                      compilation details for all             *
  *                      modules and programs that               *
  *                      dynamically make up the                 *
  *                      application.                            *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - Introducing a new optional            *
  *                      parameter, OPTLOAD, to                  *
  *                      allow you to retain the                 *
  *                      optimized modules generated             *
  *                      by the ABO Assistant for                *
  *                      further evaluation or                   *
  *                      deployment.                             *
  *                                                              *
  *                      See the ABO User's Guide                *
  *                      section on the ABO Assistant            *
  *                      at the IBM Automatic Binary             *
  *                      Optimizer for z/OS                      *
  *                      documentation library for more          *
  *                      information.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply provided service                       *
  ****************************************************************
  The ABO Assistant was modified to add the
  enhancements described above.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI74718 UI74719

Modules/Macros

• BOZBXITA BOZEXE1  BOZJIVP  BOZMSGE  BOZMSGK  BOZMSGT  BOZOBJ1
  BOZOPT   BOZPA    BOZPAJ   BOZRIDT  BOZSMF   BOZSMFJ  BOZSMFR
  BOZSRC1
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  AUTO BINARY OPT

• Fixed component ID

  5697AB200

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UI74718

     UP21/04/07 P F104

• R21J PSY UI74719

     UP21/04/07 P F104

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