XINFO

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XINFO

The IT Information System
XINFO and UC4
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 0www.horizont-it.com
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What is XINFO?
XINFO is an IT information system. It enables you
to cross reference data from various systems.

• XINFO analyzes your UC4 definitions
• XINFO analyzes z/OS, UNIX and Windows dataJCL,
  volumes, files, hardware, software, services,
  daemons, job and program run times
• XINFO analyzes SAP Systems
• XINFO loads the result into a database
• XINFO has dialogs to query and visualize the data

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Technical Overview
Unix, Windows
UNIX, Windows
z/OS, Unix, Windows
UC4
SAP
Inventory
File-system
Jobs
UC4Scanner
Inventory Scanner
Space Scanner
Process-Scanner
SAP Scanner
zOS, UNIX, Windows
XINFO Datenbase(DB2, ORACLE or MS-SQL)
PC-Client
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Typical Questions
A major part of daily work consists of gathering
up information. XINFO enables you to access that
information. Some typical questions environments
are

• Which successors has a Job?
• Which jobs run on which executors?
• What is the average runtime of a job?
• How many CPU minutes does job ABC take?
• Which software is installed on SERVER1?
• How much free space do we have on SERVER2?
• On which server are files of project xy located?
• Which programs and processes were active between
  1400 and 1500 on SERVER4 and SERVER5?
• ...

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Who needs XINFO?
Everyone, who is involved in batch production,
especially

• Production Planning
• System Administrators
• Application Programming
• Project Groups (Merger, Migration,
  Implementation)
• ...

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XINFO UC4 Architecture
Unix/Windows
Windows
UC4 DBI (Database Interface)
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XINFO and UC4
XINFO is a useful UC4 add-on and offers

• Universal job netplans (flowcharts), through all
  JobPlans. You can analyze all dependencies at job
  level.
• Fast and powerful search function. You can
  combine all properties of all objects. Helps to
• Do some evaluations like which jobs run on
  server xy? (even if the host name is set by a
  variable)
• Automatic check your naming standards and rules
• unlimited job run time information, to
  discharge the UC4-Database
• Easy to use Enables everybody to get UC4
  information

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XINFO and UC4
The XINFO UC4 Interface analyzes following Data

• Object definitions JobPlan, jobs, file transfer,
  events, etc. for all platforms
• Pre-Script, script, post-script including
  script-functions and variables (at z/OS optional
  output of the JCL as it will run)
• Schedules
• Sync usage
• SAP Variants in UC4 Jobs
• Statistic, job run times
• Forecast
• Activities
• Revision reports

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UC4 Selection
The PC-Client gives you easy access to the data
Cross-Reference of UC4 data
Job-History and Forecast
Graphical Netplan and Barchart
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UC4 Job Definitions
Search for all UNIX JOBS with Archive Key TSM
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UC4 Job Definitions
The Jobs
HOST and LOGIN are also determined from
pre-script and script
Archive keys of the jobs
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UC4 Filetransfers
Which files came from Server XY
... and delete the source file
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UC4 Filetransfers
From-File
To-File
All properties of the Filetransfer-Object can be
used for searching
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UC4 Calendar
Which objects are using this calendar keyword
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UC4 Calendar
... this objects (JOBS, JOBP etc.) are using...
...this calendar key
In this JobPlans ...
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XINFO Line Commands
On all result displays you can use right mouse
click to jump directly to other XINFO data
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XINFO Line Commands
e.g. from Job definition to run time, or to
SAP, or to JCL,
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UC4 Runtime (Job History)
When did in January the backup jobs run?
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UC4 Runtime (Job History)
UC4 Objects (Jobs, JobPlans, Filetransfer etc.)
Start / End
Status, Duration, CPU-Time
You can keep this run time information in XINFO
for a very long time
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UC4 Runtime Barchart (Job History)
Time axis
Yellow Activation Green run time Red Error
UC4 Objects (Jobs, JobPlans, Filetransfer etc.)
Number active
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XINFO Export
Use File save as to export XINFO-Data
Choose file type txt, csv, htm, wmf, bmp, jpg,
u.v.w.
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UC4 (Auto) Forecast
Look in the future When will the backups run?
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UC4 Forecast
UC4 Objects (Jobs, JobPlans, Filetransfer etc.)
Planned Duration
Planned Start / End
The calculation will be done by the UC4 forecast
function. The time span is set in
UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS and AUTO_FORECAST_DAYS
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UC4 JobPlan Netplan, the Objects
Cluster, here JobPlan
SYNC
Start
End
EVNT
JobPlan Object
CALL
SCRI
JOBS
JOBFiletransfer
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UC4 JobPlan Netplan
Detail information by double click. These fields
can be added to all Symbols (e.g. Host)
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UC4 JobPlan Netplan
You can optional change the color, shape, fields
etc. of all symbols
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UC4 JOB Netplan
Enter the JobPlan name, from which all
subordinate jobs/objects you want to see
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UC4 JOB Netplan
Jobnetplan with all objects of the master plan
plus all objects of its JobPlans
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UC4 JOB Netplan
Option Cluster by JobPlan
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UC4 JOB Netplan
JobPlan-B
Master-Plan
JobPlan-A
JobPlan-C
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UC4 JOB Netplan, Pred/Succ-Level
Right mouse, Predecessor/Successor Netplan
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UC4 JOB Netplan
One level predecessor and all Successor
Plan comprehensive UC4 flowcharts can only be
found in XINFO
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UC4 JOB Netplan Printing
XINFO print preview for Netplans
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UC4 Analyzed Script Functions

• XINFO is analyzing UC4 script functions (also in
  Includes)
• INCLUDE
• ACTIVATE_UC_OBJECT
• SET
• SYS_ACT_ME_NAME
• STR_SUB, STR_CAT, STR_FIND, SUBSTR
• GET_VAR
• Prep Process Var
• get_process_line
• Get Var
• Terminate
• IF ELSE ENDIF

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UC4 Analyzed Script Functions

• XINFO is analyzing UC4 script functions
• PUT_ATT für Jobs, Events und Filetransfers
• HOST
• LOGIN
• Für File Transfers
• FT_SRC_HOST
• FT_SRC_LOGIN
• FT_SRC_CODE
• FT_SRC_FILE
• FT_SRC_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
• FT_DST_HOST
• FT_DST_LOGIN
• FT_DST_CODE
• FT_DST_FILE
• FT_DST_FILE_ATTRIBUTES

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XINFO - Batch Interface
XINFO.EXE /CMDBATCH.BIF
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/ /
/ /
Logon-Parameter für automatische Batchsteuerung
/ /

/ /
/ CLOSEALL LOGON'C\PROGR
AMME\XINFO\LOGON_USER_MAX.LGN' /

/ /
/ / Ein- Ausgabedateien
/ /

/ /
/ LOAD_PRED
99 LOAD_SUCC99 /
/ SELECTION_F
ILE'C\PROGRAMME\XINFO\AUSWAHL_UC4.TXT' CREATE_JP
G_FILE'C\TEMP\GRAFIK_1.JPG' /

/ EXIT / Exit XINFO /
encrypted logon-Data
A saved selection
Output file name and type
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XINFO - Batch Interface
BIF Statements like ARRANGE, IF, SCAN and GOTO
are available. Using this and the
XINFO-Linecommands, you can create complex
reports and documentations.
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XINFO - Batch Interface
That HTML Document was created by the PC Client
and its BIF Statements. It includes continuous
information of jobs, including graphical
flowcharts.
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New since XINFO 3.2 (Feb. 2006)

• Script functions of includes und pre-script will
  be interpreted
• PUT_ATT for HOST, LOGIN
• SET Variable
• ACTIVATE_UC_OBJECT
• Job run times (Job History) / Barchart
• One common table for table and graphic view
• Colored display of the difference between
  activation and start
• Sample to keep job run time data longer than in
  UC4
• Forecast, based on UC4-Auto-Forecast
• New display of JobPlanJobs list (all Objects)

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New since XINFO 3.2

• Improvements to the Netplans
• Extra Symbols for each Object type JOBF, SCRI,
  EVNT, CALL, SYNC (not only JOBS and JOBP)
• New Fields Runtime, System Type (Windows, Unix,
  ...), System Jobname (MVS, SAP), PUT ATTR for
  HOST, LOGIN
• New Field original JobPlan in Job Netplan
• External dependencies (since UC4 3.02D has
  external dependencies)
• SYNC dependencies
• ACTVATE Object dependencies
• Active / Inactive flag (not activated objects are
  displayed white)

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New since XINFO-UC4 3.3

• Script-Functions in includes und scripts
• PUT_ATT for Jobs, Events und Filetransfers
• SET Variable (SYS_ACT_ME_NAME, STR_SUB,GET_VAR)
• Prep Process Var
• get_process_line
• Get Var
• Terminate
• IF ELSE ENDIF
• Extra Tables for
• Filetransfers
• Events (File und Zeit Events)
• Console Events
• Calendar
• Scripte (inkl. Pre und Post)
• Analyzing der JobPlan-Properties

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New since XINFO-UC4 3.3

• Improvements to the job netplan
• New Field High-Level-Plan The JobPlan on the
  highest level
• New selection field TOP LEVEL PLAN Y/N
• Additional, simplified, Netplan-Variant, without
  SYNC-Objects and without ACTIVATE_UC_OBJECTs
• Extra table for dependencies
• internal and external dependencies
• Revision-Report
• Who has when which object changed, started,
  cancelled etc.
• z/OS JCL-Export to connect the XINFO-JCL-Scanner
  und SmartJCL
• UC4 Variable will be substituted
• IF Statements are taken into account (e.g. for
  includes)
• Incremental detect and update of job run times
• Optional setting of retention period

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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
UC4 Docu Objekts
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
Show the UC4-Docu of some Jobs
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
You can search easily for text strings in all
docu parts of all UC4 objects
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
New graphic
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
The new graphic Object Hierarchy shows, which
objects contain which objects (Plan in Plan)
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
JOBP MASTER contain EXPL_MASTER and TEST_MASTER
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New since XINFO-UC4 3.4
JOBP EXPL_C is member of EXPL_MASTER and contains
some JOBS etc.
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XINFO

The IT Information System
Thank you very much for your attention
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 0www.horizont-it.com