What you are expected to do
- Installing DFSMShsm and its required data sets in the system
- Specifying to DFSMShsm the automatic and command activities that it must perform
- Monitoring and tuning the operations of DFSMShsm
- Partitioning the DFSMShsm activities between systems (z/OS® images) that share storage which must be managed. Establishing one or more DFSMShsm address spaces (hosts) for each of those z/OS images
The first of these sets of tasks is described in the z/OS DFSMShsm Implementation and Customization Guide. DFSMShsm provides a starter set of DFSMShsm commands used at each DFSMShsm startup in SYS1.SAMPLIB to help you get started using DFSMShsm.
This guide describes the second, third, and fourth sets of tasks. That is, it describes how to use DFSMShsm to manage your storage, how to monitor and tune DFSMShsm operations, and how to partition DFSMShsm activities between all of the DFSMShsm hosts. Because this document is designed as a textbook, you can learn about DFSMShsm tasks by reading this document from beginning to end. However, because this document is organized by tasks, once you understand which tasks you want to perform, you can go to specific topics to learn all of the necessary activities for that specific task.
Related reading
- For more information about the starter set, see z/OS DFSMShsm Implementation and Customization Guide.
- For more information about whether and how you need to partition DFSMShsm activities, see Operating procedures for DFSMShsm.