This UIC contains some files for processing SPM data: one set of files collects the minimum System metrics data, the other collects and presents everything. SYSMET.* is a collection of files for collecting system metrics only (disk usage, cpu usage, pool space, etc.) without any task specific data. It is good as a general measure of system usage, and for pool monitoring, without generating giant data files due to saving statistics on every QIO on the system. To use it, use SYSMET.CMD as a saved answer file for SMPGEN.CMD: when you are ready to collect data start SPM with the command COL SYSMET=SYSMET and you will collect system metrics only. After collection is stopped, convert the data to a file which is readable with CLF: CLF SYSMET.FCS/FCS=SYSMET This file will have system metrics and startup records. It can be processed now, but I prefer to process some more with Sort: SRT SYSMET.DAT=SYSMET.FCS,SYSMET/SF This uses SYSMET.SRT as a specification file for Sort V3. (It can also be done on Sort V2, but I seem to have lost the .SRT file for V2). The resulting file can be reported using Datatrieve (the file SPM.DTR contains appropriate record definitions, etc.), but I prefer to transport it to a PRO-350, and present the data in graphic form using the program SPMGRA. A command file GRAPHIC.CMD which will build this program on a PRO should be elsewhere in this UIC. This program uses Core Graphics, so it might work on other systems. SPMREAD is a Fortran program which will read an FCS file (the output file of CLF as shown above) and convert all of the records into english. It is most useful when you want the finest detail of activity on the system, as it will, for example, show all of the directives issued by all of the tasks on the system in the order the executive processes them. To use it, start SPM as you would normally, with it collecting the desired data. (If you use SYSMET.CMD, you won't see much, as it is adjusted to collect the minimum amount of data. You might try ALL.CMD, which collects everything.) When the data is collected, convert it to an FCS file with CLF, and then run SPMREAD. The file SPM.TXT shows a sample of the output from this program. B. Z. Lederman Bankers Trust Co. One Bankers Trust Plaza New York, N.Y. 10015