RMM Collection Control dialog box
You use this dialog box to configure the data collection settings for the DFSMSrmm feature.
- You must delete, reallocate, and initialize the RKS3DSAx persistent data stores. Otherwise, the new DFSMSrmm tables cannot be correctly defined for historical collection.
- You must establish security authorization for the Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server, as defined in the DFSMSrmm product documentation. Otherwise, commands cannot be issued from the monitoring server started task. Several commands, for example LISTCONTROL, require specific levels of security system authority.
See Working with the DFSMSrmm Status feature for additional information.
Details regarding the Collection Control dialog box
| Section/option | Comments |
|---|---|
| Collection Scheduling | |
| Start collection at (hh:mm) | Select this check box to activate most of the
other fields in the dialog box. hh is an integer from 1 to
12, and mm is an integer from 0 to 60. By default, collection is set to run daily. You deselect specific days of the week in the Every area to prevent collection on specific days. Start collection at causes the backend controller to schedule Summary Collection to begin at the specified time on the specified days of the week. If unchecked, Summary collection does not automatically run. |
| Stop collection at (hh:mm) | Use this setting to prevent data collection
from continuing into a time period when critical jobs run that require
significant amounts of system resources. You can also use this setting
to prevent collection when the DFSMSrmm subsystem itself is in heavy
use and requires exclusive access to its CDS. hh is an integer
from 1 to 12, and mm is an integer from 0 to 60. If you specify a stop time and collection is halted because that time is reached, attributes and reports for every volume and data set processed up to the point that collection was halted are available for viewing from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Stop collection at causes the backend controller to halt the RMM Summary Collection process at the indicated time of day. This response can be useful in environments where the RMM CDS is extremely large and the summary process interferes with normal RMM processing, or where a limit should be placed on the amount of elapsed time/resources consumed by the summary collection process. |
| Collection Options | |
| Summarize RMM data set attributes | When you deselect this check box, no DFSMSrmm
information is obtained for any tape data set. You continue to see
a total data set count, however, because this metric is obtained by
accumulating the total number of data sets on each processed volume. Note: By
deselecting this option, you reduce resource consumption and elapsed
time. However, several summary report workspaces are empty when you
do not collect this data, specifically, Job, Program, and VRS summary.
In addition, several attributes that appear on various summaries can
also not be calculated:
|
| Collection Status | |
| Status message: Force Start button or Force Stop button | Status messages include, Collection
not active, Collection in progress, Collection
waiting, Collection failed, Collection
completed, Collection halted due to deadline,
and Collection halted by user or operator. Click Force Start to manually force data collection to start. A Force Stop button is available while data collection is running to manually force data collection to stop. Results are displayed that include all volumes and data sets processed up to the point that collection was halted. And the status shown is Collection completed. If you stop the collection by clicking on Force Stop button, the state in the Collection Status area is Collection halted by user or operator. The status is not Stopped. |
To learn about the standard capabilities of a dialog box, see Standard tabs in the dialog boxes of the Storage Toolkit. The topic includes a link to the Reference guides for commands that are used in the Storage Toolkit.