GPA Manual for G-series RVUs

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structured data files differs from that used to collect the system data. In that
case, you must obtain the correct version of the MEASFH file (see Step 5) and
specify it in the command as indicated. measfh is a fully qualified filename that
includes the volume and subvolume.
In the LIST command lines, xx:xx is the time at the beginning of the system
busy period determined in Step 4b and yy:yy is the time at the end of that
period. There should be only one list statement per entity (CPU, PROCESS,
and DISC).
c. When the program has finished creating the structured data files, exit Measure
by entering:
+ EXIT
7. If you want to make changes in the text statements of the GPA output report (see
GPA Analysis Statements in Section 3: Description of GPA Reports) or delete
them entirely, you must do so at this point. If you do not want to make any
changes, skip this step.
To delete the text statements, remove all but the first statement from the file
TUNEDATA. Use EDIT, TEDIT, or SEEDIT to modify the TUNEDATA file.
8. At this point, if you want to run the GPA Optional Report, you can establish
PARAMS to tell GPA to do so. (See the GPA Optional Report in Section 3:
Description of GPA Reports, for more information.) You can set the parameters
at the TACL prompt, or create an OBEY file with the appropriate commands in
them. The format for these commands is:
7> PARAM classname section-type
classname specifies the process class the optional report is run for. The
classnames are:
SYSTEM
SUBSYSTEM
PATHWAY
SERVER
TRANSIENT
OTHER
You can select more than one section for the optional report by setting one
PARAM for each class.
section-type specifies the type of output GPA should produce. The options are:
SUMMARY
DETAIL
An optional section is run for each of the PARAMs declared. Setting a PARAM to
any other type than SUMMARY or DETAIL results in the section for that
classname not being produced. When you select DETAIL, the summary section is