SirAud invocation

SirAud SOUL

As of version 7.5 of Model 204, SirAud can be invoked from a standard Model 204 job, batch or Online, by including a Rocket-provided SOUL procedure. In RKTools version 7.5, the SOUL procedures reside in the SIRIUS file; as of RKTools 7.7, the procedures reside in the M204PROC file. M204PROC is used in the examples below; substitute SIRIUS if using RKTools 7.5.

SIRAUDREPORT is the program that runs SirAud. It accepts report parameters in XML format only, and it operates on a JOURNAL data set that is not the active journal for the job (SirAud cannot analyze the currently active journal).

Invoking SirAud from SOUL

The command for invoking SirAud from SOUL has this form:

[IN [FILE|GROUP] fgname] INCLUDE SIRAUDREPORT - [PARMS= {ddname | procfile:procname} ] - [JOURNAL=ddname] | [JOURNALEXTRACT= {ddname | procfile:procname} ] - [OUTFILE=ddname] [RAWXML|RAWXMLONLY]

Where:

PARMS	Specifies the location of the SirAud report input parameters; either of these: In an external file specified by DD name. In a procedure in a Model 204 procedure file. The input parameters must be in XML format, as described in Specifying report parameters, below.
JOURNAL	The DD name of a journal file to analyze.
JOURNALEXTRACT	A file containing XML data already extracted from a Model 204 journal. The file is specified by its DD name or as a procedure that contains the XML extract. If a procedure, use a colon (`:`) to separate the procedure name from the file in which it resides.
OUTFILE	The DD name of a sequential file to hold the output of this report run. If no outfile is specified, the report goes to standard output, which could be the terminal, a `USE` file, a `USE` procedure, or CCAPRINT.
RAWXML \| RAWXMLONLY	Output destination for the SirAud reports. If `RAWXML` is specified, both the raw XML and the report are saved in the specified file. If `RAWXMLONLY` is specified, only the extracted XML is saved.

Examples

You might run SirAud by executing the following commands in the CCAIN of a batch job or at the command line inside a Model 204 region:
IN FILE M204PROC INCLUDE SIRAUDREPORT PARMS=SIRAUDI JOURNAL=MYJRNL
In this example the XML-formatted parameters are in an external file (or DD Card) named SIRAUDI, and the journal to analyze is allocated to the job as MYJRNL.
A more detailed set of commands might look like this:
FREE EXTJRNL ALLOCATE EXTJRNL WITH OLD SEQUENTIAL SCOPE=SYSTEM DSN=ULSPFDAB.V77.SIRAUD.CCAJRNL VOLUME=SRS100 PUSHUTABLE LVTBL 1000+ LQTBL 4000 R MAXREP31 1024 MAXREP64 4096 OPEN FILE ALANPROC OPEN FILE M204PROC IN M204PROC - INCLUDE SIRAUDREPORT PARMS=PARMPROC:SIRAUD_REPORT_PARMS JOURNAL=EXTJRNL RAWXML
In the above example, a journal file is allocated as EXTJRNL, and report parameters are retrieved from the procedure SIRAUD_REPORT_PARMS in file PARMPROC.

Note: SIRAUDREPORT does no UTABLE or RESET parameter setting.

Specifying report parameters

These are the SIRAUDREPORT program input (SiraudInput) parameters:

allpr \| nopr	Produce either all or no reports.
filerp \| nofilerp	Produce/suppress the file report.
perfrp \| noperfrp	Produce/suppress the performance report.
procrp \| noprocrp	Produce/suppress the procedures report.
subrp \| nosubrp	Produce/suppress the subsystem report.
utblrp \| noutblrp	Produce/suppress the detailed utable report.
utblsm \| noutblsm	Produce/suppress the summary utable report.

The default report selection is allpr, which produces all reports. If all reports are suppressed, the output will consist of the environment report, a summary of the Model 204 parameters from the selected journal, and ???.

from	Starting date/time for journal analysis. Defaults to start of journal. The format is a 13-digit number as output by `$Sir_Date2NM`, like this: %from = $sir_date2nm('09-12-13 00:42:00:11', 'MM-DD-YY HH:MI:SS:XX').
to	Ending date/time for journal analysis. Defaults to end of journal. The format is a 13-digit number as output by `$Sir_Date2NM`, like this: %to = $sir_date2nm('09-12-13 12:42:00:00', 'MM-DD-YY HH:MI:SS:XX').
Maxblk	Maximum number of journal blocks to process. Defaults to all blocks.
Skipblk	Number of initial journal blocks to omit from processing. Defaults to zero. It can be useful to skip some initial journal blocks if the Model 204 job has some initialization processes that you'd like to exclude from the analysis.
top	Number of procedures to analyze in the procedure report. These would be the "top" resource-consuming procedures found in the journal.

Input parameters are formatted as an XML document, like this:

As with all XML documents, the content of the SiraudInput XML document is highly case-sensitive. In general, if a parameter is not found, it is regarded as missing. If the case is incorrect, it will not be found.

Standalone SirAud (SirAud version 1.05)

Prior to RKTools 7.5, SirAud could only be invoked via the standalone SIRAUD program. As of late 2016 this approach is deprecated, but will still work.

Running SirAud under MVS

The following JCL will run SirAud under MVS:

//SIRAUDJ JOB (0),MSGCLASS=A,CLASS=A,NOTIFY=ME //SIRAUD EXEC PGM=SIRAUD,PARM='NFILES=10' //STEPLIB DD DSN=SIRAUD.LOAD,DISP=SHR //JOURNAL DD DSN=M204.CCAJRNL,DISP=SHR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //* Omit following if reports selected by PARM: //PERFREPT DD SYSOUT=A //FILEREPT DD SYSOUT=A //PROCREPT DD SYSOUT=A //SUBREPT DD SYSOUT=A //UTBLREPT DD SYSOUT=A //UTBLSUMM DD SYSOUT=A //

Note: If you use any of the report selection parameters, omit the various report DD statements, excepting SYSPRINT. See ALLPR and NOPR for a discussion of the report selection parameters.

Running SirAud under CMS

A simple SIRAUD EXEC is provided to run SirAud. You must first issue a FILEDEF command for the JOURNAL file. You may want to insert a JOURNAL FILEDEF to identify the Model 204 journal file, or you may want to issue EXEC SIRAUD from a "wrapper" that contains the FILEDEF command for JOURNAL.

SirAud parameters are specified as options to the SIRAUD EXEC or as SYSIN file records (see SYSIN). Unlike the MVS JCL PARM= field, you do not specify an equal sign (=) between a parameter and the value you are specifying. For example:

SIRAUD (NFILES 10 NOSUBREPT

If you do not want to use the SIRAUD EXEC that is distributed with the product, SirAud must be invoked by the Model 204 CMS interface, because it uses the CMS interface's QSAM/BSAM simulation. The program name of SirAud as distributed is SIRAUD.

Note: Because SirAud uses the Model 204 CMS interface, any file can be on an OS format minidisk.