If you give the file MONITOR a label equation when you run the BARS program, the resulting performance data is written to that file as the data is received from the operating system. You can analyze the resulting captured performance data by using the MONITOR file information that follows.
The MONITOR file has the following format:
Record 1 Record 2 Record 3 Record 1 Record 2 Record 3 . . .
Each record is 180 words long. The record contents are displayed below:
Record Number |
Information |
1 |
Operational information |
2 |
Utilization times and counts information |
3 |
Queue information |
The contents of MONITOR records 1, 2, and 3 are detailed as follows.