OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OSVersion 5.1.0

User's Guide

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OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OSVersion 5.1.0

User's Guide

SC27-4379-00

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Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 391.

This edition applies to version 5, release 1, modification 0 of IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS(product number 5698-T05) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in neweditions.

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Contents

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

About this guide . . . . . . . . . . xv

Chapter 1. Overview of TivoliOMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS . . 1About Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS 1Overview of attributes . . . . . . . . . . . 1Overview of product workspaces . . . . . . . 2Creating Take Action commands. . . . . . . . 4New in this release 5.1.0 . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2. Workspaces . . . . . . . . 7Nodes in the Navigator, which are linked toworkspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Accessing workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Standard path and method for navigatingworkspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Historical navigation. . . . . . . . . . . 9

Integration with other products. . . . . . . . 11About dynamic linking to cross-product workspaces 13

Chapter 3. Monitoring applications. . . 15Navigating the workspaces of the ApplicationSummary node . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Application Summary workspace . . . . . . . 15Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Managing application definitions . . . . . . . 19Adding an application definition . . . . . . . 19Editing an application definition . . . . . . . 20Deleting an application definition . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 4. Monitoring channel paths 21Navigating the workspaces of the Channel Pathnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Channel Path workspace . . . . . . . . . . 21Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Chapter 5. Monitoring cache CUperformance . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Navigating the workspaces of the Cache CUPerformance node . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Cache CU Performance workspace . . . . . . 28Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 6. Monitoring cache CU status 39Navigating the workspaces of the Cache CU Statusnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cache CU Status workspace . . . . . . . . . 41Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 7. Monitoring logical controlunits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Navigating the workspaces of the Logical ControlUnit node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Logical Control Unit workspace . . . . . . . 45Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 8. Monitoring tape groups. . . 49Navigating the workspaces of the Tape Group node 49Tape Group workspace . . . . . . . . . . 49Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Chapter 9. Monitoring Virtual TapeSubsystems (VTS) . . . . . . . . . . 51Navigating the workspaces of the Virtual TapeSubsystems node . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Virtual Tape Subsystems workspace . . . . . . 51Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter 10. Monitoring SMS storagegroups performance . . . . . . . . . 57Navigating the workspaces of the SMS StorageGroups Performance node . . . . . . . . . 57SMS Storage Groups Performance workspace . . . 59Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 11. Monitoring SMS storagegroups space . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Navigating the workspaces of the SMS StorageGroups Space node . . . . . . . . . . . . 65SMS Storage Groups Space workspace . . . . . 66Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 12. Monitoring theperformance of user DASD groups . . 71Navigating the workspaces of the User DASDGroups Performance node . . . . . . . . . 71User DASD Groups Performance workspace . . . 73Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Adding a user DASD group . . . . . . . . . 74Editing a user DASD group . . . . . . . . . 75Deleting a user DASD group . . . . . . . . 75Migrating user DASD group definitions . . . . . 75

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Chapter 13. Monitoring the space ofuser DASD groups . . . . . . . . . 77Navigating the workspaces of the User DASDGroups Space node . . . . . . . . . . . . 77User DASD Groups Space workspace. . . . . . 78Issuing Group level Toolkit commands . . . . . 79Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Adding a user DASD group . . . . . . . . . 80Editing a user DASD group . . . . . . . . . 81Deleting a user DASD group . . . . . . . . 81Migrating user DASD group definitions . . . . . 81

Chapter 14. Monitoring DFSMShsmstatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Navigating the workspaces of the DFSMShsm Statusnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83DFSMShsm Status workspace . . . . . . . . 83Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 15. Monitoring DFSMSrmmstatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Navigating the workspaces of the DFSMSrmmStatus node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87DFSMSrmm System Summary workspace . . . . 89Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91DFSMSrmm Dataset Details workspaces . . . . . 95

Chapter 16. Monitoring DatasetAttributes System Summary data . . . 97Navigating the workspaces of the Dataset AttributesSystem Summary node . . . . . . . . . . 97Dataset Attributes System Summary workspace . . 98Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 17. Monitoring dataset groupssummary data . . . . . . . . . . . 105Navigating the workspaces of the Dataset GroupSummary node . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Dataset Group Summary workspace. . . . . . 106Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 18. Monitoring SMSconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . 109Navigating the workspaces of the SMSConfiguration node . . . . . . . . . . . 109SMS Configuration workspace. . . . . . . . 109Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Chapter 19. Monitoring Storage Toolkitaction requests . . . . . . . . . . 113Navigating the workspaces of the Storage Toolkitnode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Storage Toolkit Action Requests workspace . . . 113Summary information for the workspaces in thisnode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Chapter 20. Directly monitoringsituations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Direct situation analysis for the ApplicationSummary workspace . . . . . . . . . . . 115Direct situation analysis for the Channel Pathworkspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Direct situation analysis for the Cache CUPerformance workspace . . . . . . . . . . 116Direct situation analysis for the Logical ControlUnit workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Direct situation analysis for the SMS StorageGroups Performance workspace . . . . . . . 120Direct situation analysis for the SMS StorageGroups Space workspace . . . . . . . . . 121Direct situation analysis for the DFSMShsm Statusworkspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 21. Situations . . . . . . . 125Overview of situations . . . . . . . . . . 125Predefined situations descriptions . . . . . . 126

KS3_Applic_Resp_Time_Critical . . . . . . 126KS3_Applic_Resp_Time_Warning . . . . . . 126KS3_Cachecu_Cache_Stat_Critical . . . . . 126KS3_Cachecu_DFW_Retry_Critical . . . . . 126KS3_Cachecu_DFW_Retry_Warning . . . . . 126KS3_Cachecu_Inact_Vols_Critical . . . . . . 126KS3_Cachecu_Inact_Vols_Warning . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_NVS_Stat_Critical . . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Read_HitP_Critical. . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Read_HitP_Warning . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Trk_Dstg_Critical . . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Trk_Dstg_Warning . . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Trk_Stag_Critical . . . . . . 127KS3_Cachecu_Trk_Stag_Warning . . . . . . 128KS3_Cachecu_Write_HitP_Critical . . . . . 128KS3_Cachecu_Write_HitP_Warning . . . . . 128KS3_Channel_Busy_Pct_Critical . . . . . . 128KS3_Channel_Busy_Pct_Warning . . . . . . 128KS3_HSM_Backup_Held_Critical . . . . . . 128KS3_HSM_Backup_Queue_Critical . . . . . 128KS3_HSM_Backup_Queue_Warning . . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Element_Full_Warn . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Entry_Full_Warning . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Critical . . . . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Disconn_Crit . . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Held_Critical . . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Place_Crit . . . . . . 129KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Recall_Crit . . . . . 130KS3_HSM_CRQ_Host_Select_Crit . . . . . 130KS3_HSM_Dump_Held_Critical . . . . . . 130KS3_HSM_Dump_Queue_Critical . . . . . 130KS3_HSM_Dump_Queue_Warning . . . . . 130KS3_HSM_Inactive_Host_Warning . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Migrate_Held_Critical. . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Migrate_Queue_Critical . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Migrate_Queue_Warning. . . . . 131

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KS3_HSM_Recall_Held_Critical . . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Recall_Queue_Critical . . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Recall_Queue_Warning . . . . . 131KS3_HSM_Recovery_Held_Critical . . . . . 132KS3_HSM_Recovery_Queue_Critical. . . . . 132KS3_HSM_Recovery_Queue_Warning . . . . 132KS3_HSM_Status_Inactive_Crit . . . . . . 132KS3_LCU_Av_Delay_Q_Critical . . . . . . 132KS3_LCU_Av_Delay_Q_Warning . . . . . . 132KS3_LCU_Cont_Rate_Critical . . . . . . . 133KS3_LCU_Cont_Rate_Warning . . . . . . 133KS3_LCU_IO_Rate_Sec_Critical . . . . . . 133KS3_LCU_IO_Rate_Sec_Warning . . . . . . 133KS3_RMM_CDS_Backup_Critical . . . . . . 133KS3_RMM_CDS_Backup_Warning . . . . . 133KS3_RMM_CDS_Space_Critical . . . . . . 133KS3_RMM_CDS_Space_Warning . . . . . . 133KS3_RMM_Exit_Status_Critical . . . . . . 134KS3_RMM_Journal_Status_Critical . . . . . 134KS3_RMM_Operating_Mode_Warning . . . . 134KS3_RMM_Scratch_Tape_Critical . . . . . . 134KS3_RMM_Scratch_Tape_Warning . . . . . 134KS3_RMM_Inactive_Critical . . . . . . . 134KS3_Stg_Toolkit_Result_Critical . . . . . . 134KS3_Stg_Toolkit_Result_Warning . . . . . . 135KS3_Storage_Gr_Pct_Free_Crit. . . . . . . 135KS3_Storage_Gr_Pct_Free_Warning . . . . . 135KS3_TDS_Array_Degraded_Crit . . . . . . 135KS3_TDS_Array_Prob_Crit . . . . . . . . 135KS3_TDS_Array_RPM_Crit . . . . . . . . 135KS3_TDS_Array_Throttled_Crit . . . . . . 135KS3_TDS_ExtPool_Array_Prob_Crit . . . . . 136KS3_TDS_Rank_Array_Prob_Crit . . . . . . 136KS3_Vol_Cache_DFW_Retry_Critical. . . . . 136KS3_Vol_Cache_DFW_Retry_Warning . . . . 136KS3_Vol_Cache_Read_HitP_Critical . . . . . 136KS3_Vol_Cache_Read_HitP_Warning . . . . 137KS3_Vol_Cache_Writ_HitP_Critical . . . . . 137KS3_Vol_Cache_Writ_HitP_Warning . . . . . 137KS3_Vol_Disabled_VTOC_Critical . . . . . 137KS3_Vol_EAV_Fragment_Index_Crit . . . . . 137KS3_Vol_EAV_Fragment_Index_Warn . . . . 137KS3_Vol_EAV_Free_Space_Pct_Crit . . . . . 137KS3_Vol_EAV_Free_Space_Pct_Warn. . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Fragment_Index_Critical . . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Fragment_Index_Warning . . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Free_Space_Pct_Critical . . . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Free_Space_Pct_Warning . . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Perf_Resp_Time_Critical . . . . . 138KS3_Vol_Perf_Resp_Time_Warning . . . . . 138KS3_VTS_Disconnect_Time_Crit . . . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Host_GB_Warning . . . . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Pct_Copy_Throt_Warn . . . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Pct_Wr_Over_Throt_Warn. . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Recall_Pct_Warning . . . . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Virt_MtPend_Av_Warning. . . . . 139KS3_VTS_Virt_MtPend_Mx_Warning . . . . 139

Chapter 22. Attributes . . . . . . . . 141List of attribute groups and attributes . . . . . 141Application Dataset Details. . . . . . . . . 143

Application Dataset Monitor . . . . . . . . 144Application Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . 145Application Volume Performance . . . . . . . 146Application Volume Space . . . . . . . . . 148Cache Control Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 149Cache Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Cache Raid Rank . . . . . . . . . . . . 154Channel Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Cross System Volume Summary . . . . . . . 157Cross System Volumes . . . . . . . . . . 158DASD Group Vol Perform . . . . . . . . . 158DASD Group Vol Space . . . . . . . . . . 161DASD Physical Group . . . . . . . . . . 162DASD Volume Performance . . . . . . . . 165DASD Volume Space . . . . . . . . . . . 168Dataset Attributes Blocksize Summary . . . . . 169Dataset Attributes CA Split Summary . . . . . 170Dataset Attributes Catalog Summary . . . . . 171Dataset Attributes CI Split Summary . . . . . 172Dataset Attributes Creation Date Summary . . . 173Dataset Attributes Defs . . . . . . . . . . 173Dataset Attributes Dataset Detail . . . . . . . 174Dataset Attributes DSORG Detail . . . . . . . 179Dataset Attributes DSORG Summary . . . . . 180Dataset Attributes Extent Summary . . . . . . 181Dataset Attributes Inefficient Blocksize Summary 181Dataset Attributes Mature Dataset Summary . . . 182Dataset Attributes Never Referenced DatasetSummary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Dataset Attributes Newborn Dataset Summary . . 184Dataset Attributes Reference Date Summary . . . 185Dataset Attributes SMS Class Detail . . . . . . 186Dataset Attributes SMS Class Summary . . . . 186Dataset Attributes Space Allocated Summary . . . 187Dataset Attributes Space Unused Summary . . . 188Dataset Attributes System Summary. . . . . . 189Dataset Attributes Uncataloged Detail . . . . . 191Dataset Attributes Uncataloged Summary . . . . 191DSN Attr Group Detail . . . . . . . . . . 192DSN Attr Group Summary . . . . . . . . . 196Dataset Group Defs . . . . . . . . . . . 197Dataset Group Details . . . . . . . . . . 197Dataset Group Detail Attrs . . . . . . . . . 201Dataset Group Details Volume. . . . . . . . 202Dataset Group Summary . . . . . . . . . 204Dataset Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 205Dataset SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Dataset Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Dataset Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209HSM CDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209HSM Common Storage . . . . . . . . . . 210HSM Cross System CRQ Hosts . . . . . . . 211HSM Cross System CRQplex . . . . . . . . 212HSM CRQ Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . 213HSM CRQ Requests . . . . . . . . . . . 214HSM CRQplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215HSM Dataset Recover Version . . . . . . . . 216HSM Function Details . . . . . . . . . . 216HSM Function Statistics . . . . . . . . . . 217HSM Function Summary . . . . . . . . . 218HSM Host Function Status . . . . . . . . . 219

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HSM Host Request Summary . . . . . . . . 220HSM Host Status . . . . . . . . . . . . 221HSM Private Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 222HSM Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223HSM Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224Logical Control Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 226Logical Control Unit Channel Paths . . . . . . 227LCU Control Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 228RMM Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 229RMM Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232RMM Control Data Set . . . . . . . . . . 232RMM Dataset Details . . . . . . . . . . . 233RMM Location Details . . . . . . . . . . 235RMM Owner Details . . . . . . . . . . . 236RMM Pending Actions . . . . . . . . . . 236RMM System Summary . . . . . . . . . . 237RMM Volume Details. . . . . . . . . . . 240RMM VRS Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 246SMS Cache Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . 247SMS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 247SMS Data Class . . . . . . . . . . . . 248SMS Management Class . . . . . . . . . . 249SMS Storage Class. . . . . . . . . . . . 251SMS Storage Group . . . . . . . . . . . 252SMS Storage Group Status . . . . . . . . . 254SMS Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254SMSplex Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 254Storage Toolkit Requests. . . . . . . . . . 256Storage Toolkit Result Summary . . . . . . . 257Storage Toolkit Result Detail . . . . . . . . 258Storage Toolkit Result Resources . . . . . . . 259Symmetrix Configuration . . . . . . . . . 259Symmetrix Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 260Symmetrix Director Summary . . . . . . . . 261Symmetrix Directors . . . . . . . . . . . 261Symmetrix SSIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 263System Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Tape Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Tape Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266TotalStorageDS Array Configuration. . . . . . 267TotalStorageDS Configuration . . . . . . . . 268TotalStorageDS Extent Pool . . . . . . . . . 269TotalStorageDS Rank . . . . . . . . . . . 270TotalStorageDS SSIDs. . . . . . . . . . . 271UDG Cache Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 271Volume Group Summary . . . . . . . . . 274Volume Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Volume Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279VTS Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279VTS Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280VTS Composite Library . . . . . . . . . . 282VTS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283VTS Physical Devices. . . . . . . . . . . 284VTS TS7700-series Cache Container . . . . . . 285VTS TS7700-series Cache Partition Container . . . 286VTS TS7700-series Cache Preference Group . . . 287VTS TS7700-series Cluster . . . . . . . . . 288VTS Virtual Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 289VTS Virtual Devices Summary. . . . . . . . 291VTSS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 291VTSS RTD Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

VTSS RTD Status . . . . . . . . . . . . 293VTSS Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294VTSS Virtual Volumes . . . . . . . . . . 294

Chapter 23. Storage Toolkit . . . . . 297Storage Toolkit menus and dialog boxes . . . . 297How the Storage Toolkit processes action requests 299Using the Storage Toolkit . . . . . . . . . 300Standard tabs in the dialog boxes of the StorageToolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Options tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304General tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305Scheduling tab . . . . . . . . . . . . 305JCL tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Command tab . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Authentication and authorization for runningStorage Toolkit commands . . . . . . . . 307Data View dialog box . . . . . . . . . 307Using substitution variables in the StorageToolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Custom actions in the Storage Toolkit . . . . . 311Create Batch Job dialog box . . . . . . . 312Issue Command dialog box. . . . . . . . 315Submit Command or Job dialog box. . . . . 316

Volume actions in the Storage Toolkit . . . . . 316Volume Backup dialog box . . . . . . . . 317Volume Conversion dialog box . . . . . . 317Volume Migration dialog box . . . . . . . 317Volume Space Release dialog box. . . . . . 317Compress dialog box . . . . . . . . . . 318Defrag dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Data set actions in the Storage Toolkit . . . . . 319Dataset Backup dialog box . . . . . . . . 319Dataset Migration dialog box . . . . . . . 320Dataset Copy and Move dialog box . . . . . 320Dataset Recall dialog box . . . . . . . . 320Dataset Recover dialog box. . . . . . . . 320Dataset Space Release dialog box . . . . . . 321Dataset Compress dialog box . . . . . . . 321Dataset Allocate dialog box. . . . . . . . 321Dataset Alter dialog box . . . . . . . . . 323Dataset Define Cluster dialog box . . . . . 323Dataset Catalog dialog box . . . . . . . . 327Dataset Delete dialog box . . . . . . . . 328Dataset Listcat dialog box . . . . . . . . 328Print dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . 330Dataset Rename dialog box. . . . . . . . 331Dataset Repro dialog box . . . . . . . . 331Dataset Uncatalog dialog box . . . . . . . 333Dataset Verify dialog box . . . . . . . . 333

DFSMShsm actions in the Storage Toolkit . . . . 333Cancel HSM Request dialog box . . . . . . 333

DFSMSrmm actions in the Storage Toolkit . . . . 335Add Dataset dialog box . . . . . . . . . 335Change Dataset dialog box . . . . . . . . 335Delete Dataset dialog box . . . . . . . . 336Add Owner dialog box . . . . . . . . . 336Change Owner dialog box . . . . . . . . 336Delete Owner dialog box . . . . . . . . 336Add Volume dialog box . . . . . . . . . 337Change Volume dialog box . . . . . . . . 337

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Confirm Actions for All Volumes dialog box . . 337Delete Volume dialog box . . . . . . . . 337Add VRS dialog box . . . . . . . . . . 338Change VRS dialog box . . . . . . . . . 338Delete VRS dialog box . . . . . . . . . 338

Overview of common action commands . . . . 338Managing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Associating Storage Toolkit commands withsituations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Storage Toolkit limitations and hints. . . . . . 340

Chapter 24. Dataset Group feature 347The Dataset Group feature versus the DatasetAttributes feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 347Working with data set groups . . . . . . . . 347

Dataset Group Properties dialog box . . . . 347Dataset Group Data Collection dialog box . . . 348Adding a data set group . . . . . . . . 348Editing and deleting data set groups . . . . 348Setting the collection interval . . . . . . . 348Data set group masking rules . . . . . . . 349

Using data set groups . . . . . . . . . . 350Obtaining an overview of space usage . . . . 350Identifying data sets with excess space . . . . 351Create an alert when response time exceedsspecific thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . 352Identify VSAM data sets with excessive CA/CIsplits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354Cataloged and not-allocated data sets . . . . 356Notify the Production Scheduling group when acritical data set exceeds a specified number ofextents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Automatically migrate infrequently used datasets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Chapter 25. Dataset AttributesDatabase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Attribute derivation and definition . . . . . . 362Use cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363Configuring the Dataset Attribute Database feature 363Optimizing data collection for the DatasetAttributes Database feature. . . . . . . . . 365Command-line option . . . . . . . . . . 365Custom queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 366Working with dataset attribute groups . . . . . 366

Adding a dataset attribute group . . . . . . 366Editing a dataset attribute group . . . . . . 367Deleting a dataset attribute group . . . . . 368Additional dataset attribute groupconsiderations . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Chapter 26. Launching of IBMTotalStorage Productivity Center . . . 371

About the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center 371About the launch feature in Tivoli OMEGAMONXE for Storage on z/OS . . . . . . . . . . 371Launching the IBM TotalStorage ProductivityCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371Workspaces that provide the launch feature . . . 372Configuring the launch feature . . . . . . . 372

Chapter 27. Reports available for IBMTivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage onz/OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375Using these reports . . . . . . . . . . . 375Typical types of reports available with TivoliCommon Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . 376OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS reports . . 376

Chapter 28. Working with theDFSMSrmm Status feature. . . . . . 377Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Attribute derivation and definition . . . . . . 378Scenarios for using the DFSMSrmm feature . . . 378Optimizing data collection for the DFSMSrmmStatus feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Command-line option . . . . . . . . . . 379Custom queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 380RMM Collection Control dialog box . . . . . . 380

Details regarding the Collection Control dialogbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Appendix A. Documentation library 383Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OSlibrary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383OMEGAMON XE and Tivoli Management Serviceson z/OS common library . . . . . . . . . 383IBM Tivoli Monitoring library . . . . . . . . 384Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . 385Other sources of documentation . . . . . . . 385

Appendix B. Support information . . . 387Using IBM Support Assistant . . . . . . . . 387Obtaining fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387Receiving weekly support updates . . . . . . 388Contacting IBM Software Support . . . . . . 389

Determining the business impact . . . . . . 389Describing problems and gathering information 390Submitting problems . . . . . . . . . . 390

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

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