Ibm systems magazine barry merrill on sas, mxg and his. If you have additional information about the mxg file format or software that uses files with the mxg suffix, please do get in touch we would love hearing from you. Mxg software is an intrinsic part of sasitrm for zos and we provide mxg in sas source. This organization primarily operates in the computer software business industry within the wholesale trade durable goods sector. Herbert w merrill in dallas, tx 214 3511966 company. It is masterfully maintained and distributed still at an incredibly low price by barry merrill, his colleagues, and contributors. Is there any tools or interface which could analyse or. He is the author of mxg software, a system that is installed in more than 6,000 sites worldwide. Barry is an application suite for interfacing with the rim blackberry handheld. This is reg harbeck and im here with barry merrill who is somebody who has worked with. Webgateway, cawebgateway, enterpriseweb, mxg, mics. I changed the subject from the how log for smf to switch to answer the question posed in that thread with regard to mxg and its handling of compressed smf.
His three day class was condensed into two and a half days from saturday morning until monday noon. Category, description, current and previous vendors, previous names, history. Cq contest sony tft lcd monitor sdm m81 blackened by rfi in the cq 160 test this weekend, i discovered that rfi could blacken the screen of my new sony tft lcd color computer display sdm m81. Barry merrill barry merrill is pioneer in the area of performance management.
The information presented is for illustration purposes only and to demonstrate merrill edge marketpro capabilities. Mxg software is a comprehensive sasbased software package that processes the smf data records created by the computer operating systems os390 mvs. This chapter cites and thanks all contributors to mxg software, who are hereby officially awarded the title of chapter 99 codesharks. Mxg software is a comprehensive sasbased software package that processes the smf data records created by the computer operating systems os390 mvsxa, mvsesa, vmsp, vmesa, dosvse, and os400 and raw records created by their subsystems like cics, ims, tso, db2, and appc, as well as raw data records created by unix monitors hps measureware, landmarks tux and ntsmf records. Once the information is imported, mxg can summarize and issue a detailed report. Explore the herbert w merrill business page in dallas, tx. The software processed the same data tapes that our mxg software was processing into a performance database pdb on a nightly basis. Ibm systems magazine barry schrager looks at the state. Previous names, past and present software marketed, companies acquired, location and history information. Lookup mainframe software entry for the mainframe software vendor merrill consultants. Mxg and performance sentry for cost effective windows. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Reg harbeck talks with barry merrill about mxg, the importance of share. According to their website, mxg now supports nearly every raw record on the face of the earth.
Merrill graduated from university of maryland school of medicine in 1995 and has been in practice for 24 years. Oct 28, 2019 scott barry developer and consultant scott has more than 35 years of experience with ibm computing systems, managing clients largescale operations for resource usage billing chargeback, monitoring system application performance and ensuring sufficient computing capacity is available at all times. He is the author of mxg software, a system that is 100% distributed in source code and is installed in more than 6,000 sites worldwide. We spend countless hours researching various file formats and software that can open, convert, create or otherwise work with those files. I have the honor of learning about barrys background both with the mainframe and with share and any other area to do with the mainframe ecosystem, especially with computing security.
Barry merrills first book with sas programs was published 39 years ago and was revolutionary for rmf and smf performance reporting and. Merrills expanded guide to computer performance evaluation. Barry merrill, md is a cardiology specialist in boca raton, fl and has been practicing for 22 years. Barry merrill, phd presidentprogrammer mxg software merrill consultants 10717 cromwell drive dallas, tx 752295112. Introduction to the collection the buttonman collection is presented to each attendee for their personal pleasure and appreciation of the history of computer buttons, in honor of the 50th anniversary of share, the worlds first computer users group by herbert w. Buy merrill s expanded guide to computer performance evaluation using sas systems on. Merrill doubled up and had the class at the conference. Mainframe hall of fame has four new members enterprise. Scottie long zos systems engineer navy federal credit. Twentyfive years and a million lines of sas later h. Barry merrill on mainframe performance and tuning along with the mxg installation materials. I can only find references to jes2 exit 9 where the decision is made for lines exceeded. Barry merrills first book with sas programs was published 39 years ago and was revolutionary for rmf and smf performance reporting and analysis. Mxg software is licensed for use at a single physical site address, or data center.
What will happen to your mics or mxg legacy when you retire. Barry merrills books, now online in the mxg source library, mxg guide 1984 and mxg supplement 1987 are 1497 pages of encyclopedic reference in fortytwo chapters that not only describe mxg itself, but are also general references to the sources and uses of data for computer performance evaluation. Barry merrill posted some notes about a sas clone to itmsl. Barry merrill, president and programmer of merrill consultants and mxg software, may be a direct descendant of those princes. For uptodate information, the mxg source code should be used as a reference, but this book is a great place to start. You are visitor 2191 for automatic notification of updates and to exchange information about mxg software subscribe to mxgl, the mxg listserver. This is reg harbeck and im here with barry merrill who is somebody who has worked with all kinds of interesting data on the mainframe.
Ibms zpcr and lpar design tools, mics system, barry merrill mxg software, freeze frame analysis, rmf. Merrill consultants mxg software 10717 cromwell drive. The smfintrv data in the mxg pdb is valuable for capacity planning and performance management as it provides resource usage by wlm service class. Barry merrills books, now online in the mxg source library, mxg. View roy keipers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
The concept of the pob ultimately resulted in the availability of merrill s mxg and other similar sas based products. Velocity continues to work with other software vendors to ensure smooth interface with or from other products such as vm. There were two printed books which document mxg software and computer performance evaluation, the 1984 mxg guide hardbound, 867 pages and the 1987 supplement pcbinderstyle, 630 pages, but the mxg supplement is now out of print. Barry merrill, 1984, dallas texas, aufgelegt durch. Sample exec to ftp mxg data to zos velocity software. Merrills mxg, and sas programminglanguage software. Merrills expanded guide to computer performance evaluation using sas systems revised edition.
This time will also be used to point out important znextgen meeting points and activities throughout the week, as well as recommended technical sessions. Barry merrill, phd presidentprogrammer merrill consultants dallas, texas, usa the author of mxg software provides a historical perspective of how and why the sas system became the pervasive tool for managing and mining of the. A class act july, 2009 by margaret greenberg my introduction to dr. What you need to know about ibms sub capacity pricing. Barry merrill is the author of merrills expanded guide to computer performance evaluation using sas systems 0. Mxg software is a comprehensive sasbased software package that processes the smf data records created by the computer operating systems os390 mvsxa, mvsesa, vmsp, vmesa, dosvse, and os400 and raw records created by their subsystems like cics, ims, tso, db2, and appc, as well as raw data records created. Peter crawford crawford software consultancy limitedoriginal messagefrom. Mxg is a very small company, but the times ive used their support it has been excellent barry merrill has called back within an hour of my reporting an issue. Garrison i computer performance evaluation for mainframes and. Dallas, texas based software development company specializing in the zos performance data processing software mxg.
Post by barry merrill it appears that there is no jcl option for an individual job that can be enabled to cause the job to terminate when jobparm lines10 is used and the job has produced 10,001 lines of output. These products formalized proceedings of mwsug 95 124 the handling of computer usage data and made the. Maintaining and interpreting mxg reports is a disappearing art. Lookup mainframe software entry for the software product mxg. Have any readers on sasl comments about wps from wpc. Jan 06, 2010 this chapter cites and thanks all contributors to mxg software, who are hereby officially awarded the title of chapter 99 codesharks. The foundation the mainframe computer performance evaluation package developed by sas institute is comprised of two main compo nents, barry merrills mxg product and the institutes cpe. Formed in 1984 by judith merrill to market the mxg software developed by her husband barry merrill. The mxg package also includes an authoritative textbook by mxg founder dr. Change your software development standards oif you have something easy start with that application oworking with barry merrill mxg has new code and donated code to help you get started and build the mwrt input csv files for cics, db2, was, ims and mq series each customer builds unique mobile identification logic. Oct 10, 2015 barry is an application suite for interfacing with the rim blackberry handheld. Mxg software has always been able to read vsam smf data directly, and is smart enough to stop at the end of the active data, it does not read all those unused blocks that have not yet been written to. It comes with command line tools for exploring and managing the device, and a gui for making quick backups. View scott barrys business profile as principal consultant at sbbworks inc.
There appears to be much talk but little substance, yet. Vern watts vern watts, often referred to as the godfather of ims, was with ibm for more than 50 years. Feb 20, 2012 once the information is imported, mxg can summarize and issue a detailed report. Barry s merrill, md is a doctor primarily located in boca raton, fl. For this purpose, a data center is defined as a single copy of mxg software stored on a single dasd device that is executed only on processors that are connected to that dasd device. Barry merrill is a pioneer in the area of performance management. I consider mxg one of the first shareware products. Barry merrill on sas, mxg and his button collection ibm systems. Barry merrill, phd presidentprogrammer merrill consultants mxg software 10717 cromwell drive dallas tx 75229 214 351 1966 tel 214 350 3695 fax. This is reg harbeck and im here today with barry schrager, who is the author of acf2 and the founder of the share security project. Barry merrill, md book an appointment boca raton, fl.
Alan scherr told me over dinner years ago that on the final night of testing tso before its first release, they had taken a dinner break at 2am, and when he came back, he logged on and could enter commands, but there was no reply to his terminal, until, many minutes later, a coworker across the room noticed that there were a bunch of replies to his commands on a different terminal. He completed a residency at rush presbyterian st lukes medical center. Due to system andor software limitations, the speed at which trades are executed may be delayed. Cqcontest sony tft lcd monitor sdm m81 blackened by rfi. The remaining project opening time will be reserved for the keynote speaker, dr. Velocity software remains the leader and inovator in the zvm performance. These products formalized proceedings of mwsug 95 124 the handling of. Reg harbeck talks with barry merrill about how he ended up developing mxg, the importance of share and where the inspiration for his button collection came from. Category, description, current and previous vendors, previous names, history, and other similar software.
Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. This projects goal is to create an easy to use desktop experience and fully functional syncing mechanism on linux, bsdmac, and others, based on its portable. Extracting mainframe performance data starts with the right record. Mxg is a suite of statistical analysis system sas programs from the.
Merrilly yours, two children of the 60s, giving away the keys to the kingdom. Herbert w merrill, which also operates under the name merrill consultants, is located in dallas, texas. Merrill consultants mainframe software mxg category. Performance management mxg software is a comprehensive sasbased software package that processes the smf data records created by the computer operating systems os390 mvsxa, mvsesa, vmsp, vmesa, dosvse, and os400 and raw records created by their subsystems like cics, ims, tso, db2. Testing computer software, second edition cem kaner. Barry merrill author of mxg, merrill associates, the famous button man. Merrill, md is a practicing cardiologist heart specialist in boca raton, fl. A historical perspective of sass future rick nicola sps. You are visitor 2191 for automatic notification of updates and to exchange information about mxg software subscribe to mxg l, the mxg listserver. Assist mxg barry merrill in the development of new macros to process daily.
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