As a quick introduction I'm Hugo, the Product Owner for DCI. In this post I want to catch up with a number of enhancements we have added to DCI recently.
UI Enhancements: With LU12275 we have provided additional time filtering options. You can specify the time period(s) you want to see and remove the surrounding clutter to focus on the period you want to analyze. For example you can filter for every Monday in the month so you can much easier do a comparison of the consumption of just those days.
USS Data Automated Cleanup: From LU10423 we have included an automated clean up facility so you no longer need to worry about if you have enough storage allocated to the USS. Tell DCI how many months of CSV data you want to retain and every month DCI will remove older data, therefore the storage required remains almost constant.
Algorithm enhancements: WithLU12558 we have made improvements to the DCI algorithm to refine the management of IBM Capacity Group limits.
TCP/IP Improvements: We have improved the way that DCI deals with any TCP/IP availability issues in LU13073. We have introduced an Agent Heartbeat signal to generate an audit trail in the event of a communication issue between agent and controller and new messages in the controller log for clearer understanding and quick resolution if a comms drop occurs.
DCI is available for deployment with a zOSMF Portable Software Instance (PSWI) and we have recently updated the configuration workflow supplied.
DCI Alerting Integrates with WatchTower Alert Insights. LU12433 now makes DCI Alerts available in WatchTower Alert Insights and Alert Central.
More details on all the individual PTFs are available at support.broadcom.com
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Hugo Banks
Product Owner
Mainframe Application Tuner | Dynamic Capacity Intelligence
hugo.banks@broadcom.com | broadcom.com
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