Sysplex Management task

The Sysplex Management task lets you view sysplex resources.

You can view sysplexes as well as systems in a sysplex. You can view physical configurations, such as coupling facilities and LPARs, as well as logical resources, such as couple data sets and coupling facility structures. Graphical views help you to visualize the topology of your sysplex. From the graphical view, you can drill down to see details.

Preparing to use the Sysplex Management task

You must first define systems with the Systems task in the z/OSMF Settings.

  • Add a z/OSMF instance for each sysplex to manage by current z/OSMF instance.
  • Enable single-sign (SSO) for each secondary z/OSMF instance. To do this, you use the Enable Single Sign-on action in the Systems table.
  • To prepare for using the physical view for the local sysplex, either use the Discover action in the Systems table to automatically create system definitions for those systems, or use the Add CPC action to manually add all CPC information for the local z/OSMF instance.
  • To prepare for using the physical view for a remote sysplex, either use the Discover action in the Systems table to automatically create system definitions for those systems, or use the Add CPC action to manually add all CPC information for the remote z/OSMF instance in that sysplex.

Using the Sysplex Management task

Expand the Sysplex category in the navigation area, then select Sysplex Management.

Many of the pages in the Sysplex Management task include both a graphic view and a table view. You can drag the divider that separates the views to expand or reduce each section.

The graphic view is located in the upper portion of the window. Sysplex objects, such as CPCs and coupling facilities, are shown in graphic form. Click the right mouse button on a link inside an object (typically the name of the object) to display a menu of actions for the object.

Filters that you set in the table can affect the graphic view.

Toolbar: The graphic view includes a tool bar with several handy functions:

  • Use Legend to define colors for the objects that are displayed in that view.
    1. Click Legend to display a list of items that you can highlight.
    2. Click in front of an item to display a color menu.
    3. Click a color to use for that item.

  • Use Zoom Level to zoom in on or out of the graphic. Select a value from a list.

  • Use Export to save the graphic view as a scalable vector graphics (svg) file. Icons in the graphic view, typically appearing before an object to indicate its type, such as CF icon for coupling facility, are not included in the svg file. The exported svg file may not be well formatted when the length of the text is too long.

The table view lets you select specific resources for further action, such as viewing properties. You can customize the tables with filtering and by configuring the columns.