Messages overview
The OMEGAMON for Storage and IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring
Agent components generate various error messages to inform the user about any errors.
Most messages require user action to rectify the error. You must know how to locate
and read these messages for troubleshooting.
Locations of message logs
The IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent generates log files that contain messages and trace information. These files contain information about the events and processing being performed. Log files provide a complete record of system activity, not just of problems. The log files are created when you start the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components.
Generating and viewing log files
The log files for the OMEGAMON for Storage monitoring agent are created as defined in the started procedure when you start the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent . You can view the log files with any text editor.
Message format
Messages not requiring user action
Some information messages do not require any user action. These are sometimes useful for diagnostic purposes but you can ignore them.
KDF and KDFA Messages
You can use the following OMEGAMON for Storage messages with prefixes ranging from KDF to KDFA to understand and troubleshoot these issues.
KDFC Messages
You can use the following Tivoli® OMEGAMON® for storage on z/OS® messages with the KDFC prefix to understand and troubleshoot these issues.
KDFD Messages
You can use the following OMEGAMON for Storage messages with the KDFD prefix to understand and troubleshoot these issues.
KDFH and KDFL Messages
You can use the following OMEGAMON for Storage messages with prefixes that range from KDFH to KDFL to understand and troubleshoot these issues.
KDFS and KDFV Messages
You can use the following OMEGAMON for Storage messages with prefixes that range from KDFS to KDFV to understand and troubleshoot these issues.
KS3 Messages
The messages with KS3 prefixes in OMEGAMON for Storage are associated with the product components. The messages also includes the Storage Toolkit , Dataset Attributes Database , and IBM® TotalStorage™ Productivity Center features.