Tuesday, March 21, 2017

System, Partition, and Processor pool information all in one place

qlzarcapi for system, partition, server pool information

I am the first admit I do not know everything about IBM i as, in my opinion, there is just too much to know. Therefore, I am always grateful when people send me things they have found as there are many times they are new to me too. I have Laurent Gomes to thank for bringing to my attention the API QLZARCAPI.

I find it interesting that I cannot find any mention of it IBM's KnowledgeCenter, and only a passing reference in the documentation for the QMGTOOLS. What this API does is to display the system, partition, and processor pool information for the current IBM i partition.

I have found the best place to display this information is in the QCMD screen.

  CALL QCMD

At the QCMD screen I type:

  CALL QSYS/QLZARCAPI

And the following information is displayed:

                              Command Entry                         MY_SYS

 Previous commands and messages:
  > call qsys/qlzarcapi
  SYSTEM INFO -> SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER: XX-XXXXX  . SYSTEM TYPE-MODEL: 8406-
    70Y. PROCESSOR FEATURE CODE: 52CA. PROCESSOR GROUP:  P05. MAX PHYSICAL
    PROCS IN SYSTEM: 4. CONFIGURABLE PROCS IN SYSTEM: 4.
  PARTITION INFO -> NETWORK NAME: MY_SYS  . PARTITION NAME: MY_SYS,
    PARTITION ID: 2. SHARING TYPE: SHARED. SHARING MODE: CAPPED. MIN
    PROCESSING CAPACITY: 0.10. DESIRED PROCESSING UNITS: 0.40. MAX
    PROCESSING CAPACITY: 2.00. ENTITLED PROCESSING CAPACITY: 0.40. MIN
    VIRTUAL PROCESSORS: 1. DESIRED VIRTUAL PROCESSORS: 1. MAX VIRTUAL
    PROCESSORS: 4. ONLINE VIRTUAL PROCESSORS: 1
  PROCESSOR POOL INFO -> NUMBER OF VIRTUAL PROCESSOR POOLS CONFIGURED: 1.
    CURRENT PROCESSOR POOL ID: 0. MAXIMUM PROCESSING UNITS FOR PROCESSOR
    POOL 0: 4.
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Type command, press Enter.
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Note:  I have changed some information for security reasons.

Lots of interesting stuff which will prove invaluable to have in one place if you need to provide system information to a helpdesk or something similar.

I just want to say "Merci" to Laurent. I just love that there is so much stuff in IBM i, and there is always something new to discover.

 

This article was written for IBM i 7.3, and should work for earlier releases too.

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9 comments:

  1. cei_blogMarch 21, 2017 at 9:58 AM

    WOW, thanks for sharing Simon

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  2. AnonymousMarch 21, 2017 at 10:22 AM

    Good tip. That's a whole lot more information than trying to piece things together using GO SERVICE option 6, and DSPDTAARA QSS1MRI)
    - Serial Number: (DSPSYSVAL QSRLNBR)
    - Model Number: (DSPSYSVAL QMODEL)
    - Processor Feature Code: (DSPSYSVAL QPRCFEAT)

    Paul

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  3. AnonymousMarch 21, 2017 at 9:19 PM

    I think a post on what is actually a partition/pool/and rest would be an insight on this topic for developers like me when we display this API.

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  4. Gérard DucarrozMarch 21, 2017 at 11:40 PM

    Toujours excellent

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  5. Miguel HurtarteMarch 25, 2017 at 9:06 AM

    A good point.. we don't know all about the system.. is great to found tips like this

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  6. AnonymousApril 15, 2022 at 9:09 AM

    Awesome!.. Thank you Laurent Gomes and Simon for sharing with the rest of the iSeries - AS/400 World!

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  7. AnonymousMay 28, 2023 at 9:28 AM

    Nice post thank you Jessica

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  8. AnonymousJune 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM

    How do I get this information to an outfile and just not the screen?

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