The document discusses how BMC and Compuware are partnering to integrate their mainframe optimization solutions to help customers reduce mainframe costs. It describes two key use cases: 1) Identifying MLC cost-saving tuning opportunities by directly launching Compuware's iStrobe performance analysis tool from BMC's Cost Analyzer to pinpoint where to focus tuning efforts, and 2) Automating problem identification and analysis by triggering iStrobe analysis when BMC's MainView detects abnormal application activity or when users initiate analysis from MainView. The integration is aimed at helping customers quantify and justify tuning efforts to lower MLC expenses through focused application optimization.

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G Jay Lipovich, BMC ZSolutions Optimization
Neil Blagrave, BMC ZSolutions Optimization
Spencer Hallman, Compuware Corporation
May 14, 2015
BMC and Compuware:
Integrating to Improve
Mainframe Economics

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Agenda
• Mainframe Challenges of Digital Business
• Mainframe Cost Drivers
• BMC and Compuware Integration for Cost
Optimization
• Integration Use Cases
• Summary

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Mobility
AutomationInternet of Things
Platform
Components
Analytics

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Mainframe: The Foundation for
Digital Business
91%

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The Disruptive ForcesDigital Business Impact on Mainframe IT
Cost Data Infrastructure

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Key Mainframe Metrics 2005 - 2014
Cost/MIPS
MF % of IT Spend
HW % of spend
Personnel % of Spend
MF % of IT FTEs
SW % of spend
The Disruptive ForcesImpact on Mainframe IT: Cost
“Do more with less” => “Do everything, cheaper”

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The Disruptive ForcesImpact on Mainframe IT: Data
• 24x7 – zero outage
• Explosion of data
• New data types
• Capitalize for faster time to
market and market share
“This isn’t yesterday’s DB2”

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The Disruptive ForcesImpact on Mainframe IT: Infrastructure
• New access patterns
• Unpredictable activity and
volumes
• Increased performance and
availability expectations
• Spot, triage, fix - proactively
“We no longer know what we used to know”

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Top IT Priorities
70%
52%
48%
47%
44%
34%
34%
27%
26%
16%
3%
IT Cost Reduction/ Optimization
Application Availability
Application Modernization
Data Privacy
Business/IT Alignment
Cloud Implementation
Data Recovery
Mobility
Big Data
Outsourcing
Other
IT cost reduction/optimization
is the #1 priority with 70% of
the respondents indicating so
Application Availability (52%)
and Application Modernization
(48%) take the 2nd and 3rd spots
Source: BMC 2014 Mainframe Survey
Reducing resource during peak processing
intervals was cited as the most important
priority for reducing mainframe costs

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What Drives Mainframe Costs?
IBM MLC cost
Hardware/software

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Attendee Poll
 Which of these solutions are
you currently using?
 Cost Analyzer (CAzE)
 MainView
 Strobe
 Not sure
 None of them

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BMC and Compuware Partnership
Marketing and technology partnership of two leading
ISV’s
- Vested interest in mainframe’s present and future
- Dedicated to innovation for customer value and ROI
Combined portfolios provide synergistic connection
points without overlapping
Standardizing on each other’s products for application
development and operations

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Partnership Basis
Integration of intelligent
workload (BMC) and
performance
management and tuning
(Compuware) enables
customers to discover
and exploit
opportunities for
greater cost savings
Tuning workloads
running during
peak 4HRA is a
top activity for
reducing MSUs

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Solutions
+
Compuware Strobe
• Pinpoints application
inefficiencies causing
excessive CPU
consumption
• Reduces hardware and
software costs while
increasing customer
satisfaction
BMC Cost Analyzer
for zEnterprise (CAzE)
• Provides transparency and insight
into MLC costs with what-if
capabilities to determine impact of
MLC reduction activities
BMC MainView
• Provides proactive monitoring,
automated problem solving and
storage solutions

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Use Case Overview
# Focus Use Case Integration
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Proactive Cost
Management
Identify MLC cost-saving tuning
opportunities
Launch iStrobe directly
from CAzE
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MTTR and
Cost
Reduction
a) Automated, alarm-based deep
dive performance analysis on
abnormal app activity
MainView for z/OS triggers
Strobe Analysis
b) Quickly request deep dive
performance analysis on poorly
performing job or app
Launch Strobe analysis
directly from MainView
from view JCPU

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Identify MLC Cost-saving Tuning Opportunities
 Problem
- Pinpoint specific
performance tuning
opportunities
yielding greatest
reduction in IBM
MLC charges
USE CASE 1

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Identify MLC Cost-saving Tuning Opportunities
 Solution
- CAzE determines biggest MLC-
impacting R4HA periods
- Directly launch iStrobe during
CAzE R4HA drill down for deeper
analysis into specific components
contributing to CPU consumption
- iStrobe analysis combined with
CAzE information reveals potential
financial impact of tuning efforts
USE CASE 1

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Identify MLC Cost-saving Tuning Opportunities
Value
• Integration enables customers to
quickly identify and assess
potential benefits of performance
tuning efforts
• Thereby, reducing MLC expenses
USE CASE 1

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Understand MLC cost
base and investigate
cost drivers

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See primary LPARs
contributing to peak and
investigate workloads
driving MLC costs

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Focus in on the 4HRA
peak for the month

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Strobe Request DB2A
DB2B
SJSC
SJSE
SYSN
Launch Strobe
in CAzE
Workload View
for detailed
analysis

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Strobe measurements captured during 4RHA

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Strobe Advisor
provides possible
solution to
address issue

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Model cost savings
of optimizing code
with Strobe

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Workload contribution
is reduced and z/OS
peak 4 hour average is
reduced by 180 MSUs

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Savings = $32K/month
($384K/year)

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Automated Problem Identification and Analysis
USE CASE 2a
 Problem
– Quickly identify and resolve
abnormal application
performance activity

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Automated Problem Identification and Analysis
USE CASE 2a
 Solution
– In MainView, set alarm to check for
suspected loop criteria
– Issue Alarm and WTO when initial
criteria is met
– Strobe analysis is automatically launched
from MainView Alarm Manager

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Automated Problem Identification and Analysis
USE CASE 2a
Value
– Significantly reduce MTTR
required for determining
root cause of abnormal
performance condition
– Automation ensures
timeliness and eliminates
resource restrictions

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 Problem
- Customer defines criteria
in MainView where job may be
looping
- Once criteria is met (e.g. CPU
95% and no I/O etc.),
schedule more in-depth
analysis on suspected job
Quickly Initiate Deep Dive Analysis
USE CASE 2b

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 Solution
– Use JCPU view in
MainView for z/OS
• Right-click row with suspected
looping job
• Select iStrobe hyperlink to
initiate Strobe analysis
Quickly Initiate Deep Dive Analysis
USE CASE 2b

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Quickly Initiate Deep Dive Analysis
USE CASE 2b
Value
– Initiate Strobe’s deeper
analysis with a simple
point and click in
MainView to determine
where issue is looping
in program code

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Jobname SPHSCH0X
is using a lot of CPU
Right-click on Job Tot
CPU Time to launch
Strobe measurement

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Job name is
included on
iStrobe
measurement
screen

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Attendee Poll
 What solutions discussed
today are of interest to you?
 Cost Analyzer (CAzE)
 MainView
 Strobe
 None at this time

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What to Expect
 Initial product integration
planned for July delivery
- CAzE to Strobe
- MainView to Strobe
 Long-term partnership
- Other use cases in development

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Summary
 Focus application tuning on areas that
will yield greatest cost savings
 Quantify benefits and justify tuning
efforts
 Dynamically spot “hot” code tuning
opportunities
 Simplify code monitoring process to
reduce effort and speed results
 Leverage
existing
investments
 Expand
capabilities

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Q&A
To learn more:
Cost Analyzer and MainView
www.bmc.com/mco
Strobe
Compuware.com/contact
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Thank You
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