Establishing system settings

You can establish Autonomics Director system settings before completing other tasks with the tool.

About this task

These settings for your Autonomics Director specify time format options, when to run policy evaluations, IMS Tools Knowledge Base high-level qualifier, and data set allocations. These values are saved in your ISPF profile and remain in effect across your Autonomics Director sessions.

Procedure

To establish system settings in the client:

  1. From the Autonomics Director Primary Options Menu panel (IAVPRIM), select option 0 Settings, and press Enter.

    The Autonomics Director Settings panel (IAVPSET) is displayed.

  2. Specify the Autonomics Director settings for the following options:
    Time format
    Specify which time format to use:
    1
    The time periods are entered and displayed in the 12-hour clock (00:00 AM to 11:59 PM).
    2
    The time periods are entered and displayed in the 24-hour clock (00:00 to 23:59).
    Evaluate after sensor run
    Specify whether to schedule a policy evaluation run after sensor data collection run.

    This sets the default for databases, partitions, or areas added to the monitor list.

    You can override this value when you add a database to the monitor list.

    Primary CYLS
    Specify the primary number of cylinders used for the allocation of a temporary work data set.

    This setting is used for certain outputs, for example recommendations or command output.

    The default value is 10.

    Secondary CYLS
    Specify the secondary number of cylinders that are used for the allocation of a temporary work data set.

    The default value is 10.

    UNIT
    Specify the device unit where the temporary work data set is allocated.

    The default value is SYSALLDA.

    Volume serial number
    Specify the volume serial number of the device where the work data set is allocated.

    If no volume serial number is specified, the default value is set by the system.