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QMGTOOLS: Storage Management Menu

Troubleshooting


Problem

This document describes the functions provided by the Storage Management menu in QMGTOOLS.

Resolving The Problem

Installing and updating QMGTOOLS  -  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/684977

 
To access the Storage Management menu from the Must Gather Data Collector menu:
GO QMGTOOLS/MG  =>  Internals  =>  Storage Management Menu 
 
You can also access the Storage Management menu directly: GO QMGTOOLS/STGMGT
 
 

Storage Management menu: 

 
Temporary Storage Menu
 
 

Directory Dump Menu
 
 
 
Check "The Usual Storage Suspects"
 
 
 
Auxiliary Storage Summary
 
 
 

SYSBASE PERM SM size

 
This option calculates the SYSBASE permanent directory size. An example of how this size is used for is calculating how much memory is needed for an ASP balance:
 
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/637727

Note: This option can be run from a command line  -  CALL QMGTOOLS/GETPERMSM
 
 
Signon user ID/passwordSignon information to IBM i partition
Verify signon user passwordVerify password for signon to IBM i partition
SST user IDSST signon information
SST verify user passwordVerify password for SST signon


If the command is successful, a result such as this is presented to the user:
 
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Check disk Fragmentation
 
 
 
History of Temporary Addresses (from CS data)
 
 
 
 
 

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Document Information

Modified date:
20 April 2026

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