Workspaces
The predefined workspaces in IBM® OMEGAMON® for Storage on z/OS® are described in this section.
Each workspace contains a table view that provides information you can use to monitor a particular resource in your system. Column headings in the table view correspond to attributes that you can use to create situations. Each of the attributes in a specific table view belongs to a single attribute group.
This document has a section for each of the nodes that you see in the Navigator. These nodes are listed in Nodes in the Navigator, which are linked to workspaces. Each node links to a workspace that has the same name. Each workspace has links to related workspaces. Each link in Nodes in the Navigator, which are linked to workspaces goes to a section that describes the corresponding workspace. The sections also describe all linked workspaces.
Nodes in the Navigator, which are linked to workspaces
- Enterprise
- z/OS Systems
- System_name
- Storage Subsystem
- SYSTEM:SUBSYSTEM:AGENT_NAME
- Application Summary
- Channel Path
- Cache CU Performance
- Cache CU Status
- Logical Control Unit
- Tape Group
- Virtual Tape Subsystems
- SMS Storage Groups Performance
- SMS Storage Groups Space
- User DASD Groups Performance
- User DASD Groups Space
- DFSMShsm Status
- DFSMSrmm Status
- Dataset Attributes System Summary
- Dataset Group Summary
- SMS Configuration
- Storage Toolkit Action Requests
This document does not attempt to describe all details for a workspace. For details regarding the column headings (which correspond to attribute names) in a given table view, see Attributes. For additional details regarding any workspace, go to the workspace itself and inspect the tables, views, and other features.
Accessing workspaces
This topic describes the security features and tells how to access workspaces in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
- Security features for user accounts
- Security features such as the following regulate access to workspaces or access to the
functionality in workspaces:
- The typical user of the Tivoli Enterprise
Portal has a
standard level of privileges to view and modify the portal. For example, the sysadmin default
user can see the views and modify the portal. Be aware that if you use a user account that has the
Workspace administration level of privileges, the views that you see differ, as in these
examples:
- The title and status bars display *ADMIN MODE* after the user name to indicate that the user ID is in workspace administration mode.
- Comprehensive lists of workspace links are displayed in some pop-up menus, instead of the standard menus that are nested within specific workspaces.
- Authentication and authorization for running Storage Toolkit commands describes the authorization that is required for the action requests of the Storage Toolkit.
- The typical user of the Tivoli Enterprise
Portal has a
standard level of privileges to view and modify the portal. For example, the sysadmin default
user can see the views and modify the portal. Be aware that if you use a user account that has the
Workspace administration level of privileges, the views that you see differ, as in these
examples:
- Accessing OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS in the portal
-
Access OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS in the portal through the Navigator, as in the following example.
- Click the plus sign (+) beside the z/OS Systems icon to see available systems.
- Click the plus sign (+) beside the name of the name of the z/OS system for which you want information, for example, SYSG. The available subsystems are displayed.
- Click the plus sign (+) beside the Storage Subsystem icon.
- Click the plus sign (+) beside the STORAGE managed system for which you want information, for example, VTCTH@@L:SYSG:STORAGE. A list of product nodes is displayed.
- Click the node of a workspace, for example, Application Summary. The portal displays the Application Summary workspace.
- Accessing the workspace that corresponds to a node in the Navigator
- To access a workspace that corresponds to a node in the Navigator, click the node. The workspace is displayed in the portal.
- Accessing workspace links from a Navigator node
- Click the node. The node is activated and the corresponding workspace is displayed in the portal.
- Right-click the node to display the pop-up menu.
- Select the workspace you want in the Workspace submenu.
Note: Some workspace links that are mentioned in this document are not always visible. The Tivoli Enterprise Portal displays some workspace links only when the target workspaces are relevant in the monitoring environment. For example, if you do not monitor DS8000® storage facilities, a link is not available for a workspace that tracks attributes of DS8000 storage facilities.- Accessing workspace links from views in a workspace
- You can access related workspaces from table views and bar charts
as follows:
- Table views: Right-click on the link icon () located at the left of a row in a table view.
- Bar charts: Right-click a bar in a bar chart view and select Link To in the menu to access the list of links.
- Select the name of a workspace in the pop-up menu.
- You can access related workspaces from table views and bar charts
as follows:
- Accessing cross-product workspace links
- You access cross-product workspace links like any other workspace link. You use this type of link to go to workspaces in other Tivoli products, as described in Integration with other products.
Integration with other products
IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides the dynamic workspace linking feature to enable you to quickly access workspaces in multiple products. OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS uses that feature to provide predefined links that go to storage-related workspaces in Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS and in HSM Advanced Reporter. For example, the Application Summary workspace provides a predefined link to the Address Space Bottleneck Detail workspace in Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS.
Links to workspaces of related products
Product to which OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS is linked | Workspace where the link is located in OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS | Name of the link in the pop-up menu |
---|---|---|
IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm | DFSMShsm Status | Backup Control Dataset Error Summary |
Migration Control Dataset Error Summary | ||
Offline Control Dataset Error Summary | ||
IBM Tivoli Advanced Reporter for DFSMShsm | DFSMShsm Status | BCDS Volume Summary |
BCDS Details | ||
Daily Space Management Detail | ||
Daily Space Management Summary | ||
DFSMShsm Return Code Summary | ||
Extent Reduction Summary | ||
Log Migration Detail | ||
Log Recall Detail | ||
MCDS Details | ||
MCDS Volume Summary | ||
SMS Configuration | BCDS Details | |
MCDS Details | ||
IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS | Catalog Summary | Catalog Dataset Attributes |
Catalog Details Link | ||
Last Catalog Backup | ||
Dataset Group Details Primary | Catalog Dataset Attributes | |
Catalog Details | ||
Last Catalog Backup | ||
Dataset Group Details VSAM | Catalog Dataset Attributes | |
Catalog Details | ||
Last Catalog Backup | ||
Dataset Group VSAM Attributes | Catalog Dataset Attributes | |
Catalog Details | ||
Last Catalog Backup | ||
IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/OS | Application Summary | Address Space CPU Usage Details |
Address Space CPU Usage Enclaves | ||
Address Space Impact Analysis | ||
Address Space Storage for Job | ||
Owned Enclaves | ||
DFSMShsm Function Details | Address Space Bottleneck Details | |
Address Space CPU Usage Details | ||
Address Space CPU Usage Enclaves | ||
Address Space Impact Analysis | ||
Address Space Storage for Job | ||
Owned Enclaves | ||
DFSMShsm Host Details | Address Space Bottleneck Details | |
Address Space CPU Usage Details | ||
Address Space CPU Usage Enclaves | ||
Address Space Impact Analysis | ||
Address Space Storage for Job | ||
Owned Enclaves | ||
DFSMShsm Status | Address Space Bottleneck Details | |
Address Space CPU Usage Details | ||
Address Space CPU Usage Enclaves | ||
Address Space Impact Analysis | ||
Address Space Storage for Job | ||
Owned Enclaves | ||
DFSMShsm Storage Usage | Address Space Storage |
About dynamic linking to cross-product workspaces
Dynamic workspace linking (sometimes referred to as DWL) permits you to easily navigate between workspaces that are provided by multiple products. This feature aids problem determination and improves integration across the monitoring products, permitting you to quickly determine the root cause of a problem. Predefined cross-product links provided by the OMEGAMON XE products permits you to obtain additional information about systems, subsystems, resources, or network components that are being monitored by other monitoring agents.
When you right-click on a link, the list of links is displayed. This list might contain links to workspaces provided by one or more monitoring products. The product you are linking to must be installed and configured.
Choose a workspace from the list to navigate to that workspace. By linking to the target workspace in context, you receive additional information that is related to the system, subsdsystem, or resource you are currently viewing.
- You are upgrading from OMEGAMON XE version 4.1.0 products to OMEGAMON XE version 4.2.0 products, and you have a combination of version 4.1.0 and version 4.2.0 monitoring agents installed in your environment. For example, you might have a OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS version 4.2.0 monitoring agent and an OMEGAMON XE on z/OS version 4.1.0 monitoring agent running on the same z/OS system during the migration period.
- After this upgrade, the use of dynamic workspace linking to link from an OMEGAMON XE version 4.2.0 workspace to workspaces in an OMEGAMON XE version 4.1.0 product works correctly, as long as the target workspace exists in the version 4.1.0 product. If the target workspace does not exist, you receive the KFWITM081E message.
- However, if a target workspace for version 4.2.0 has been modified (for example to accept link parameters to limit the data displayed) you might notice different behavior during the upgrade.