Tandem Capacity Model (TCM) Manual

T
TACL, 29
TCM
Expert option, 68
file structure, 65
getting started, 64
Initial Menu, 66
passwords, 69
security, 68
status, 64
user levels, 64
TCM description, 18
TCM Expert
Cache Miss Factor field, 134
Check History Over Last field, 134
CPU Pathlength Threshold field, 135
data splitting, 132
functions, 179
generating an Apportionment Weights Table for CSV
files, 249
getting started, 180
overriding calculations, 185
viewing and changing parameters, 187
viewing parameters, 252
Workload Apportionment Weights table, 132
TCM files
Excel 2003, 188
Excel 2007, 189
TCM Initial Menu, 86
TCM Parameters screen, 101, 106, 115, 137, 147
TCM procedures
common, 230
TCM User Customization screen, 137, 159
template
control file, 33
throughput trending
calculating, 232
Time Increment field, 145
Timeline Chart
generating, 93
printing, 95
timeline chart
generating, 238
TITLE statements, 58
category type, 58
TMF
process category type, 59
TMF Audit Trails field, 139
TMF process, 108
Total CPU Secs field, 154, 156
Total Online TPS field, 146
TPS (or TPH, TPD, or TPM) field, 140
TPS (TPM or TPH) field, 146
transaction
adding, 231
batch, 21
OLTP, 21
query, 21
transaction count
file format, 74
file naming conventions, 74
Transaction Count file
compute number of transactions, 120
file format, 120
naming conventions, 120
Transaction Count Table, 106
Transaction Count table, 85, 118, 120
modifying, 243
transaction count table
described, 74
example, 72
modifying, 77
Transaction field, 117
transactions
batch, 96, 98
deleting, 95
Trend chart, 125
creating, 236
tunability
CPU, 102
Tunable CPU field, 117, 119, 122, 155, 157
tuning your system, 22
TXN entries
control file, 59
Txn Name field, 109, 111, 113, 140, 143, 147
Txn per Sec (or Hour, Day, or Month) field, 143
Txn Type field, 154, 156
Txns per Task field, 143
Type field, 108, 116, 117, 118, 140, 155, 156
U
Unlabeled Column field, 140
unspecified data, 58
Update Capacity History with Selected CSV Files option,
185
Update Timeline Trend, 92
User-Supplied Transaction Names field, 117
users
TCM, 20
V
version
finding, 238
version of TCM
converting, 235
versions
finding with VPROC.XLAM, 27
softdoc for recent, 25
VPROC.XLAM, 27
W
WA model
reasonable check, 32
wild cards
process category (PCAT) statements, 56
workload apportionment, 18
see also apportionment
Workload Apportionment (WA) model
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