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Strobe Usage Collector: assess the total value of ownership Now more than ever, executives are demanding hard evidence of increased productivity and return on investment. With the cost of IT under constant scrutiny, you have been asked to justify value and prove ROI. That may seem like a tall order, but you can now get this information from the best possible source: the tools themselves. Compuware’s Strobe is equipped with usage collectors that tell you exactly what you need to know to measure the return on your software investment. This is a no-charge service offered by Compuware. The Strobe Usage Collector collects summary information including numbers of users, measurement sessions, distinct jobs measured, elapsed hours of measurement and CPU usage minutes measured. Counts of usage of each Strobe option, and the total number of completed measurements are tabulated. AutoStrobe initiated measurements including I/O threshold, CPU threshold, and elapsed threshold are also collected. Value analysis Analysis based on the collected data is used for computing potential productivity as well as a summary of actual usage. These metrics, provided via graphs, charts and spreadsheets take the guesswork out of determining productivity and resource utilisation savings. Release requirements
Contact us if you are interested in assessing the impact a change could have in your environment, by capturing actual usage data. A Usage Collector is also available for File-AID, Abend-AID, Hiperstation and Xpediter. Strobe 3.4 and iStrobe 2.3 are now generally available With Strobe, IT professionals can deliver efficient, responsive applications that consume minimal resources, meet batch-processing windows, complete online transactions quickly and consistently meet service level agreements. Strobe measures the activity of both online and batch-processing applications in single- and multi-system environments, including Parallel Sysplex. Strobe produces the Performance Profile, a set of hierarchical reports that detail where and how time is being spent during an application’s execution. Release 3.4 contains:
iStrobe provides analysis of Strobe application performance data via a web browser. iStrobe works in conjunction with Strobe enabling users throughout the IT organisation to analyse measurement data interactively from their workstation’s web browser. iStrobe consolidates Strobe reports to bring together the information you need to make performance issues easier to pinpoint. In addition, iStrobe’s intuitive interface allows users to easily locate the source of performance problems, and the online performance hints and tips provide critical information necessary to solve these problems. Release 2.3 contains:
Strobe support for DB2 9 Strobe support for Version 9 has been tested successfully by Compuware, but has not yet been verified at a customer site. If you want to implement support for DB2 9 in Strobe 3.3 or Strobe 3.4, please contact Strobe Customer Support. We would like to assist you with installation and verify your results.
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then one of Compuware’s APM Services may be the solution for you. Our services are designed to help you achieve maximum performance from your business-critical applications with the help of a highly skilled group of Compuware professionals. Whether you are suffering from a unique problem affecting your day-to-day business or you need help executing a performance assessment activity, we have the service definitions to address your needs. Learn more about Compuware’s APM Services.
Strobe MessagesAs with any software, you will encounter messages when using STROBE. STROBE uses the standard message protocol of Information (I), Warning (W), Error (E), and Severe (S) messages. This tip will assist you in getting the message text and message description in an efficient manner. Sometimes a message will appear when you are using the STROBE ISPF panels. Should you encounter a message in the top right corner, just hit the PF1 key. This will bring up a longer message for you to read. You can look up any STROBE message using the Messages option. To see an explanation of any STROBE message, select Option M (MESSAGES) from the STROBE OPTIONS menu. STROBE/ISPF displays the STROBE – DISPLAY MESSAGE TEXT panel. To view information about a message, type the numeric portion of the message identifier in the MESSAGE NUMBER field and press Enter. For example, to view detailed information about STROBE message STR0109W, type 0109 in the MESSAGE NUMBER field. For a description of all STROBE messages, see the STROBE MVS Messages manual available in hardcopy and softcopy.
Reduce MIPS. Reduce IT Costs.Compuware and Computerworld teamed up to analyse one of the costly IT challenges facing mainframe organisations – MIPS management. Results from this recent survey were used to better understand MIPS usage and management within mainframe organisations. Commissioned by Compuware and fielded by Computerworld, the survey reveals valuable details for IT leaders seeking information on how their peers are addressing MIPS management, including growing MIPS consumption and increasing IT costs. Is your organisation committed to controlling MIPS growth? If your organisation is not currently controlling MIPS growth, it’s worth considering since it can reduce costs substantially. If you are already managing your MIPS, it’s likely that you have opportunities to do this more effectively. Compuware’s Application MIPS Management solution provides a proactive and systemic approach that enables organisations to reduce excessive MIPS. Our Application MIPS Management solution incorporates best-of-breed technology, expertise and proven best practices to identify and reduce application problems and faults that waste valuable MIPS. To obtain a copy of this white paper to use as a benchmark as to how your peers are addressing the challenge of costly MIPS usage, go to:http://www.compuware.com/media.asp?cid=70170000000HLd9.
Product Spotlights increase the value of the products you own by providing you with short online training sessions designed to teach intermediate- to advanced-level features of your Compuware-licensed mainframe products. Don’t miss the upcoming Strobe sessions:
Log on to FrontLine to register for upcoming Spotlights or view the archives from previous sessions. Note: You must log on to FrontLine with a valid user ID to access this information. Archived Strobe spotlight session Tip Sheets can be found on Frontline.
*** Please Note *** As new releases become available, Compuware no longer actively supports older releases. Go to the FrontLine Supported Releases page to see which releases are supported. (Please note you will need to log on to FrontLine to access this link.) Log on to FrontLine to request online your product upgrade or other Compuware products.Other Compuware Product Releases Xpediter/DevEnterprise Release 5.0.0 Xpediter/DevEnterprise is an advanced analysis tool that helps developers understand, analyze, segment, build, test and extend application development. Xpediter/DevEnterprise contains the metadata analyser giving developers instant access to the information they need. They will be able to quickly locate the data items, programs, copybooks, columns, jobs, etc. that they need to change and then determine the impact on their applications of that change. Besides impact flows, developers can view application and program structure charts and obtain comprehensive program analysis including animated walkthroughs and program metrics. Release 5.0.0 now contains:
Compuware Program Analyzer Release 5.0.0 Compuware Program Analyzer helps developers using Xpediter perform even more advanced yet easy-to-understand analyses of complex COBOL programs through views of the program's structure, data items and logic. Release 5.0.0 now contains:
Compuware Optimal Trace 5.0 for better business requirements management Accurately capturing business requirements is a key challenge facing any in-house application development organisation. Business executives often lack the time to explain their requirements in detail, and the different methods used to communicate and capture them can make it very difficult for IT to interpret them correctly and ensure they are accurately incorporated and propagated throughout the application delivery life cycle. Compuware Optimal Trace 5.0 gives organisations an easy way to introduce a business requirements management infrastructure that can become more sophisticated over time. Optimal Trace 5.0 contains the following new features:
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