Activating an SMS Configuration from the Operator Console

From the operator console, enter the following command:

SETSMS {ACDS(YOUR.OWN.ACDS)} {SCDS(YOUR.OWN.SCDS)}

YOUR.OWN.ACDS specifies a data set that has been defined as an ACDS. To activate the configuration, information is brought into the SMS address space from the ACDS. To update the current ACDS with the contents of an SCDS, specify the name of the SCDS only. Otherwise, If you want to both specify a new ACDS and update it with the contents of an SCDS, enter the SETSMS command with both the ACDS and SCDS specified.

Tip: The ACTIVATE command, run from the ISMF CDS application, is equivalent to the SETSMS operator command with the SCDS keyword specified. If you use RACF®, you can enable storage administrators to activate SMS configurations from ISMF by defining the facility, STGADMIN.IGD.ACTIVATE.CONFIGURATION, and issuing permit commands for each storage administrator.

Display configuration status information by entering ACTIVE in the CDS NAME field on the CDS Application Selection panel (see Figure 1).

z/OS® operator commands complement your ability to monitor and control SMS operation. You can use the DISPLAY operator command to show information about the active configuration. The following sample command displays the status of the storage group PRIME80 and all the volumes defined in the storage group:

DISPLAY SMS,STORGRP(PRIME80),LISTVOL

Figure 1 shows output from this command.

Figure 1. Storage Group and Volume Status for PRIME80

  00- 20.47.08           D SMS,STORGRP(PRIME80),LISTVOL
      20.47.08           IGD002I 20:47:08 DISPLAY SMS 825           C
      STORGRP  TYPE              SYSTEM= 1
      PRIME80  POOL                      +
      VOLUME   UNIT    SYSTEM= 1               STORGRP NAME
      PRM801                   +                 PRIME80
      PRM802                   +                 PRIME80
      PRM803                   +                 PRIME80
      ***************************** LEGEND *****************************
      . THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS NOT DEFINED TO THE SYSTEM
      + THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS ENABLED
      - THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS DISABLED
      * THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS QUIESCED
      D THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS DISABLED FOR NEW ALLOCATIONS ONLY
      Q THE STORAGE GROUP OR VOLUME IS QUIESCED FOR NEW ALLOCATIONS ONLY
      SYSTEM 1 = SYSTEM1
  IEE612I CN=01       DEVNUM=040  SYS=SYSTEM1