Greater workloads and complex interdependencies among jobs make both monitoring schedules and predicting batch performance difficult. Overwhelming, complex environments require proven solutions to forecast workloads, to verify performance, and to understand scheduling and Job Control Language (JCL). ASG-Workload Optimization Suite, comprised of ASG-Workload Planner, ASG-Workload Analyzer, and ASG-Workload Mapper, addresses these concerns and allows production control, operations management, and other data center staff to better manage critical, batch-processing environments.

ASG-Workload Analyzer is a PC-based analysis tool that provides invaluable insight to an enterprise's batch window processing. It tracks and analyzes processing performance, detects problem areas, and presents an analysis of processing in a graphic format that is easy to understand. ASG-Workload Analyzer is a superb tool for data centers looking to reduce the effort required for time-consuming data analysis.

ASG-Workload Analyzer displays executed jobs, identifies where jobs were abandoned or where time was lost, and enables critical path analysis. It graphically captures job runtime data from the system management facility, thereby expediting analysis of processing trends, resolving bottlenecks, and improving operational productivity in z/OS® environments.

• Provides complete current and post-production analysis of all jobs, both scheduled and unscheduled
• Graphically identifies long- and short-term trends in the production batch window
• Includes an easy-to-use query manager for selecting data required for analysis (e.g., "show all jobs that abended with an SB37 last night")

Resources

• ASG-Workload Analyzer datasheet (PDF)
• ASG-Workload Optimization Suite brochure (PDF)

• ASG-Zeke automated job scheduler
• ASG-Workload Planner for planning mainframe job scheduling