Monitoring SMS configuration
This topic describes the workspaces that monitor the status of SMS configuration. You access these workspaces through the SMS Configuration node in the Tivoli® Enterprise Portal.
- Predefined workspaces and a list of all nodes that are included in the IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Storage product. Each node corresponds to a specific area of storage resource monitoring. And each node includes links to a unique set of storage resource workspaces.
- Navigating among workspaces.
- Linking to the workspaces of other IBM® Tivoli Monitoring products.
Navigating the workspaces of the SMS Configuration node
This section summarizes the workspace links that are available through the Navigator node. Depending on your monitoring goal, you follow a specific series of links to get detailed information about storage resources.
You start in the SMS Configuration node to navigate to the workspaces that you see in Table 1. You can access the workspaces in this table using the standard path and method for navigating workspaces.
SMS Configuration
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SMS Configuration workspace
This topic describes the main components of the principal workspace for this node.
The following sections describe various components of this workspace.
- Views
- This workspace provides the following views. For a description
of the attributes used as column headings in the workspace table view,
review the attribute group definitions for this workspace in the online
help, including in the hover help.
- SMS base configuration table view
- The tabular report at the
top of this workspace contains a single row of data describing SMS
status in the reporting LPAR. Listed are:
- The SMS status and level
- The MVS level
- The TSO ID of the last user to update the SMS configuration
- The date and time of the last update
- The default management class
- The default number of tracks per cylinder, track size and unit type
This tabular report links to SMS Configuration Details workspace.
- Storage groups table view
- This tabular report contains one row for each storage group defined
in the reporting LPAR. Each row lists:
- The storage group name and type
- The TSO ID of the last user to update the group
- The date and time of that update
- A description of the group
This tabular report links to SMS Storage Group Details and SMS Tape Storage Group Details workspaces.
- Data classes table view
- This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS data
class. Each row lists:
- The name of the data class
- The ID of the user who last updated the data class definition
- The date and time when the data class definition was updated
- A description of the data class
This tabular report links to SMS Data Class Details workspace.
- Management classes table view
- This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS management
class. Each row lists:
- The management class name
- The user ID that last updated this management class
- The date and time when this management class was last updated
- The storage administrator supplied description of the management class
This tabular report links to SMS Management Class Details workspace.
- Storage classes table view
- This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS storage
class. Each row lists:
- The name of the storage class
- The last user ID to update this storage class definition
- The date and time when the storage class definition was last updated
- The storage administrator supplied description of the storage class
This tabular report links to Storage Class Details workspace.
- Workspaces that are linked to this workspace
- See Navigating the workspaces of the SMS Configuration node.
Learn how to navigate to workspaces here: Workspaces.
See Workspaces for a list of all nodes provided in IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Storage.
Summary information for the workspaces in this node
This section lists the views and related attribute groups for the workspaces of the SMS Configuration node.
- Predefined workspaces and a list of all nodes that are included in the IBM Z OMEGAMON AI for Storage product. Each node corresponds to a specific area of storage resource monitoring. And each node includes links to a unique set of storage resource workspaces.
- Navigating among workspaces.
- Linking to the workspaces of other IBM Tivoli Monitoring products.
See SMS Configuration workspace for more information on the primary workspace for this node.
View | View type | Attribute group |
SMS Base Configuration | TABLE | SMS Configuration |
Data Classes | TABLE | SMS Data Class |
Management Classes | TABLE | SMS Management Class |
Storage Classes | TABLE | SMS Storage Class |
Storage Groups | TABLE | SMS Storage Group |
View | View type | Attribute group |
Storage Group Details Report | TABLE | SMS Storage Group |
Storage Group Details Report | TABLE | SMS Storage Group |
Storage Group Status | TABLE | SMS Storage Group Status |
View | View type | Attribute group |
Storage Group Status | TABLE | SMS Storage Group Status |
Tape Storage Group Details Report | TABLE | SMS Storage Group |
Tape Storage Group Libraries | TABLE | SMS Storage Group |
View | View type | Attribute group |
SMS Configuration Members | TABLE | SMS Systems |
Cache Sets | TABLE | SMS Cache Sets |
Base Configuration | TABLE | SMS Configuration |
View | View type | Attribute group |
Data Class Allocation | TABLE | SMS Data Class |
Data Class VSAM Attributes | TABLE | SMS Data Class |
Data Class Details | TABLE | SMS Data Class |
View | View type | Attribute group |
Management Class Details | TABLE | SMS Management Class |
Management Class Details | TABLE | SMS Management Class |
Management Class Details | TABLE | SMS Management Class |
View | View type | Attribute group |
Storage Class Details | TABLE | SMS Storage Class |
Millisecond Response Time | BAR | SMS Storage Class |