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CAPACITYPLANNINGANDMANAGEMENT-MULTI-PLATFORMAPPROACH
Themainframehastraditionallyadheredtoitsownsetofprocedures,processes,andreporting,asitwasamaturedisciplinewithinanorganization.Thathasoftenledtoasilomentality;inmanycases,newtechnologieswerenotconsideredinitspurview.ThesenewtechnologiesincludeCloud,Hyper-Convergencecomputing,
andBigData.Capacitymanagementforthemainframe,tobesuccessful,needstostretchoutitsarmsandembracethesenewplatforms:theyareintegraltothesuccessofthe
enterprise.Thedisciplinesdevelopedforthemainframecanbeusedtoassistinthematuringoftheseotherareasifeveryonecomesatitwithanopenmind.
TheskillsetsneededbyCapacityManagersthesedaysmustbroadenastherearefewindividualstoperformthatfunction.Thelandscapeiscontinuallyevolving
withintheenterpriseandweneedtoembraceandcontributetoallareas,andnotfocusonjustourdiscipline.
Abstract
PrincipalConsultantatMetron-Athene,Inc./Syncsort InvolvedintheITindustryfor20+years InvolvedwithCapacityManagementfor15+years PresenteratCMGregionalandnationalconferences CertificationsinITIL,VMwareandmanyotherdisciplines
Presenter
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Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
-JohnF.Kennedy
Thegoodaspects,thebadaspects
Thechangingmainframeorganization
HowdoesmainframeCapacityManagementevolve?
Summary
Agenda
Timetocomeoutofthesilo
DifferingaspectsofmainframeCapacityManagement
GoodAspects Disciplinedandwelldefined
Establisheddataacquisitionprocess
Establishedreportingprocess
Proactive,ifdonewell
BadAspects ‘Wellestablished’=entrenched?
Manualprocessesandprocedures
Fewhavecompleteknowledge,siloedviewoftheenvironment
Expensivebutperhaps“notimportant”ifnotbusinessfocused?
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TheNewWorldOrder
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Manualreporting->automatedreporting
SCRTreporting->managingthat4HRA->demandmanagement->automated?
DataanalyticsofSMF/RMFdata,Logfiles,AlertLogs->Off‘z’,opensource,BigData?
Capacityplanning– Trending–daystolive….orminutestolive?Howoftento“capacityplan”?– Analyticalmodellingtorevealnon-intuitiveresponsetimeissues
Howareorganizationsmanagingthemainframecapacity?
R4HAvsServiceClasses
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ProductUsagebyMSUs
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Analyticalmodelling
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DynamicsoftheMulti-tieredapplications
TheCloudanditseffects
Emphasisonbusinessmetricsandvalue
Newergenerationofindividualscomingthrough
Thechangingmainframeorganization
TheTop5performanceandCapacityManagementchallenges
IntroductionofCloudApplications
NewtechnologiesforIBMzSystems
BigDataandassociatedanalytics
ComplexMulti-TierApplications
TheevolutionoftheCapacityManagementstaff
Dynamicsofthemulti-tieredapplications
Network Firewall
Proxy
Virtual Web
Servers Directory
Server
Load Balancer
App Servers
Mainframe
DB
Partner App
External Cloud
Web Services
Msg. Broke
r
Firewall
Virtual Web
Servers
App Servers
Partner App
Wire Xfer >$100K
Wire Xfer <$100K
AligningbusinessandITforoptimizedplanning
Real User Experience
Application
Network
Infrastructure
CapacityManagement–enterpriseperspective
Business Index
Component Resource
L.O.B
Storage size
Response Availability
# of UsersRevenue
CPU Usage
Forecasting required capacity according to Business plan
Monitor, Analyze Optimize, Upgrade, Increase
Maintain SLA
Business Capacity Predict future capacity requirements from the business demand
Service Capacity To manage items in the input directly to service a component capacity management, improved management.
Component Capacity Capacity information of each component to monitor and to manage change in.
Workload Management
Service Management
Resource Management
CorrelationofbusinesstransactionsvsCICStransactions
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Analysis AnalysisTuning
Tuning
Bottleneck AnalysisTuning Forecast
Evaluate the tuning result after it was applied
Data Preparation Analysis Tuning Data
Preparation Analysis Reporting
Time, Manpower, Cost
Manual
Automation
Automation and Analytics
CapacityManagementmanpowerreduction
HowmatureisyourCapacityManagementprocess?Assess your Capacity Management Maturity Level
TheimpactoftheCloudonIBMzSystems
Itisalreadyhere
Multi-TierApplications
IBMzSystemsasa“Service”
DockersandContainersinzLinux
IBMCloudManagedServices– “…thepainandthegain”
Noneofusaregettinganyyounger
Embracenewdatasources;lookatdatamininganalytics
RetoolreportingasneededtoshowBusinessandServiceviews
PromotetheknowledgeanddisciplinestolessmatureCapacityManagementareas(mentoring)
Helpthenextgenerationstart“ontheshouldersofgiants”
HowdoesstaffingofmainframeCapacityManagementevolve?
ServiceViewdashboard–“daystolive”
PurposeofmainframeCapacityManagement
Understandyourworkloadsandimplementcontinuoussystemoptimizationequals
“StableITService”and“CostSaving”
Increase
Bad
Good
Service（Responsetime） Workload
Few
ManyDecrease
Resource（Cost）
Determine/improvethematurityandautomationlevelofprocesses
Spreadthelove:Mentorotherswithinandoutsidethedepartment
FocusonBusinessandServiceviews,informedbyComponentviews
Usenewtechnologiestocapture,analyzeandpresentinformation
HelpbuildandshapethenextgenerationofCMpeople
Summary
QUESTIONS
THANKYOU
MAINFRAMECAPACITYMANAGEMENT
TIMETOCOMEOUTOFTHESILO
