IBM Z/VSE, Manual

Page 1: ...er 2007 z VSE A Roadmap For Cost savings and Exploiting Technology Prepared for IBM Corporation By Sine Nomine Associates IBM 2007 04569 E 01 43596 Blacksmith Square August 2007 Ashburn VA 20147 SNA P...

Page 2: ...z VSE 4569 IBM 2007 04569 E 01 2007 Sine Nomine Associates ii Copyright 2007 Sine Nomine Associates All rights reserved...

Page 3: ...4 CICS Transaction Gateway 4 3 TECHNOLOGY ENABLEMENT 5 3 1 System z9 5 3 2 z VSE 4 1 5 3 2 1 z Architecture 5 3 2 2 Storage Constraint Relief 6 3 2 3 New Pricing Metrics 6 3 2 4 Network Connectivity...

Page 4: ...Human Resources 11 4 7 Environmental Savings 11 5 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 APPENDIX A PRICING SCHEMES 15 A 1 MWLC Levels 15 A 2 TWLC Tiers 15 A 3 MWLC Eligible Program Products 15 APPENDIX B Z V...

Page 5: ...ample Comparative Pricing 11 Table 2 MWLC Levels 15 Table 3 TWLC Tiers 15 Table 4 Program Products eligible for MWLC 16 Table 5 z VSE Utilities and IBM Connectors 18 Table 6 Maintenance Data 30 Table...

Page 6: ...with z VSE date back over twenty years to an organization that had been a VSE customer since the DOS Rel 16 days It was the backbone of an organization that turned over 4 billion per year and did so w...

Page 7: ...n Operating System to server consolidation strategy Operational coordination benefits Security features Pricing and ROI improvements Mid Range Workload License Charge MWLC Pricing z9 hardware pricing...

Page 8: ...z VSE PIE comes in the form of subsystems such as CICS Transaction Server TS TCP IP and VTAM which facilitates the interoperation and affinity with z OS Another facet is the enhanced hardware support...

Page 9: ...ately productive when using the system there is no requirement to train them how to use the older 3270 mechanisms 2 1 3 2 Web Serving One simple strategy is the serving of z VSE data exported via NFS...

Page 10: ...ble S08 S18 S28 S38 and S54 which provides from 1 54 n way processors Impact The z9 provides a range of processors with improved performance with enough granularity for users to choose an entry level...

Page 11: ...re has been support for the Open Systems Adapter Express2 1000BASE T Ethernet card that enables a larger network load to be supported compared to the previous options Impact High speed network support...

Page 12: ...zation NPIV allows secure access to SCSI end points z VSE 4 1 has introduced support of directly connected SCSI devices instead of mandating the presence of a switched fabric environment Impact z VSE...

Page 13: ...ity 4 1 The Introduction of MWLC Pricing Midrange Workload License Charges MWLC is a monthly license charge price metric on the IBM System z9 Business Class z9 BC and the IBM System z9 Enterprise Clas...

Page 14: ...SE programs will be priced according to Flat Workload License Charges Graduated Monthly License Charges or Extended License Charges In the event that one of these three pricing metrics is not availabl...

Page 15: ...models and speculate on what savings may be possible It s another thing to hear stories from people at the coal face to see if the potential savings are being realized The listservers provide one of...

Page 16: ...of January 2007 in US 9672 GMLC z800 ELC z890 TWLC z9 BC MWLC z9 BC MWLC at 70 4 hour rolling average 240K year 120K year 96K year 76K year 71K year Table 1 Sample Comparative Pricing 4 6 Human Resour...

Page 17: ...that the maintenance and repair costs would decrease proportionally Even in an existing facility with pre existing power and cooling systems one could argue that running these systems at a lower than...

Page 18: ...applications via z VSE connectors Exploitation of new hardware such as the new processors cryptographic equipment network hardware and Introduction of Linux to extend the range of applications that ca...

Page 19: ...lementing the connector and or Linux strategy It is important that a thorough assessment of not just the program products to be run on a given configuration be undertaken but of the full hardware and...

Page 20: ...7 261 Table 2 MWLC Levels A 2 TWLC Tiers For programs that are not eligible for MWLC but are eligible for TWLC pricing the tiers are as follows Tier Machine Capacity MSUs Tier A 1 11 Tier B 12 15 Tie...

Page 21: ...065 ACF VTAM VSE ESA V4 5686 A04 TCP IP for VSE ESA V1 5 5648 099 DITTO ESA for VSE 5697 F42 DB2 Server for VSE VM Optional Products 5686 068 IBM COBOL for VSE ESA 5686 A01 IBM C for VSE ESA 5686 069...

Page 22: ...opy book VSE Navigator Provides a graphical user interface GUI for the VSE operating system which behaves very much like file managers from other platforms such as Windows Explorer It includes host ba...

Page 23: ...and LAN based workstations IBM WebSphere MQ Server and Client Enables rapid and simple connectivity into messaging backbone across virtually any commercial IT system IBM WebSphere Host Access Transfor...

Page 24: ...btain an overall monthly or yearly cost of ownership Hardware maintenance Floor space cost Air Conditioning cost Power cost Software eligible for MWLC full capacity or sub capacity Software eligible f...

Page 25: ...3 2 817 29 F02 2 830 29 J01 2 836 29 R01 3 127 33 L03 3 200 34 N02 3 420 37 S01 3 450 37 K04 3 482 38 T01 3 666 41 M03 3 693 42 O02 3 742 43 L04 3 835 45 U01 3 969 46 P02 4 281 50 V01 4 430 52 N03 4 5...

Page 26: ...752 83 Q03 6 775 84 U02 7 059 91 R03 7 358 94 P04 7 427 96 V02 7 483 101 S03 8 163 106 Q04 8 442 110 W02 8 718 113 T03 9 072 118 R04 9 384 123 X02 9 655 126 U03 10 136 132 S04 10 423 138 Y02 10 658 1...

Page 27: ...Z04 19 444 307 z9 EC 401 6 151 28 402 6 253 55 501 6 230 53 601 6 825 65 403 8 041 80 701 8 173 81 404 10 204 103 502 10 366 104 405 12 270 126 602 12 397 127 406 14 252 147 503 14 820 152 702 15 177...

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Page 34: ...235 XZ7 44 650 248 Z17 6 464 35 Z27 12 000 67 Z37 17 536 95 Z47 23 072 123 Z57 27 840 149 Z67 32 640 174 Z77 36 352 197 Z87 40 032 217 Z97 43 360 236 ZX7 46 304 254 ZY7 49 440 270 ZZ7 51 648 285 9672...

Page 35: ...56 17 729 109 R76 19 441 124 Y66 20 739 128 R86 21 734 136 Y76 22 920 146 R96 22 976 146 RX6 24 218 156 Y86 25 268 161 Y96 27 284 174 YX6 35 000 186 Multiprise 3000 H30 1 050 11 H50 1 810 20 H70 2 975...

Page 36: ...08 301 D32 332 5 3 15 8 18 0 53 7 500 1450 2 49 1174 2007 z800 All Models 3 2 10 0 400 0 83 545 z900 101 216 5 3 12 4 18 1 42 1 800 2223 1 32 2 81 917 1866 9672 G6 1 5 5 2 5 18 8 1 1 8 612 938 9672 G5...

Page 37: ...Virtual Class Part 2 Midrange Workload License Charged Klaus Goebel IBM 4 Pete Clark on z VSE z VSE 4 1 Pete Clark z Systems Journal June July 2006 5 VSE Becomes an Instrument of Strategy Hesh Wiener...

Page 38: ...007 Sine Nomine Associates 33 Glossary GMLC Graduated Monthly License Charges MSU Million Service Units MWLC Midrange Workload License Charges TWLC Tiered Workload License Charges zELC System z Entry...