Wednesday, May 26, 2010

BMC Utilities using the zIIP too

Lately, I haven't been following very closely which ISVs are exploiting the zIIP engine. But if I remember correctly BMC was one of the companies that did not start using the zIIP right from the beginning. They have been catching up for some time now with BMC Mainview products. Last Monday there was a new press release announcing : 'BMC Software Significantly Reduces Mainframe Costs, Helps Position Customers for Economic Growth'.

This time the focus is on the DB2 utilities. Here's some more information from a BMC document :
"BMC Software has enhanced several BMC products for DB2 on z/OS to exploit zIIP engines. Internal tests have shown up to 18% offload of MIPS to the zIIP from the use of these products. Depending on your environment, you could see even more savings. For products that you run often, the savings can be substantial. A set of PTFs released on April 30, 2010 enable zIIP support using enclave SRBs for the following BMC products and solutions:
  • BMC COPY PLUS for DB2
  • BMC DASD MANAGER PLUS for DB2
  • BMC EXTENDED BUFFER MANAGER for DB2
  • BMC LOADPLUS for DB2
  • BMC Log Master for DB2
  • BMC PACLOG for DB2
  • BMC RECOVER PLUS for DB2
  • BMC RECOVERY MANAGER for DB2
  • BMC REORG PLUS for DB2
  • BMC SNAPSHOT UPGRADE FEATURE for DB2
  • BMC UNLOAD PLUS for DB2
  • BMC Database Administration for DB2
  • BMC Database Performance for DB2
  • BMC Recovery Management for DB2"
Posted by Marc Wambeke at 9:20 AM

1 comment:

Dan said...

Hi Marc,

Just came across your post here from 2010 on zIPP engines. I am fairly new with BMC but couldnt help but notice the change over 5 years. In the Reuters article you cited, it claimed that Mainview offloaded 30%, today it actually offloads 50-70%...

Thanks for the information!

Daniel

December 28, 2015 at 3:34:00 PM GMT+1

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