MSU value shows as 0 in (4G and 4G%) in the activity display

Products

• SYSVIEW Performance Management

Issue/Introduction

MSU value shows as 0 in (4G and 4G%)  in the activity display. However, Parmlib member MVSDATA shows MSU- 4 hours-group option as yes.

Resolution

1) Create a group of Lpar which are active showing on CPCGROUP panel. (Remove Inactive Lpar)

2) Please update the below fields in MVSDATA member in Parmlib

MSU-4Hour-Group                                      Yes      
                                                  
MSU-4Hour-Group-Simulate                        Yes       
MSU-4Hour-Group-Simulate-Capacity         2000     
MSU-4Hour-Group-Simulate-Name             CPCGROUP (group name)

3) Log off from Sysview and login back, you can see the 4G and 4G% values on SYSTEMS panel. 

4) Create a Rule for Metric MVS_SYS_4HourGroupAvgMsu to generate a alert based on requirement. 

Additional Information

MSU

MSU stands for Millions of Service Units, which is the unit of measure for capacity limits and for four-hour rolling average