How it works
Batch Magic provides you with a consolidated view on all tape related activity, regardless of the number of LPARs or Parallel Sysplexes the tape libraries are attached to.
Batch Magic efficiently collects SMF data originating from one or more z/OS servers and extracts and consolidates the tape workload information. The analysis is based on SMF records 14, 15, 21, 30 and 40. With these records the product analyzes the tape workload at both the application level and the hardware level. In the analysis, Batch Magic considers every individual jobstep and mount.
You can run Batch Magic as a batch job on z/OS or interactively on a Microsoft Windows PC. You will find it easy to switch to the platform most suited for a particular analysis.
If you plan to do the study on the PC, SMF data can be compressed on the mainframe so only a limited amount of data needs to be transferred to the PC. This reduction in data volume makes it easy to do the interactive data analysis on the PC.
The outputs can be viewed as printed reports, or you can use the Batch Magic Windows application for interactive reporting and graphing on the PC. Reports can be directly loaded into Microsoft Excel by the Windows application.
