Monitoring SMS configuration

This topic describes the workspaces that monitor the status of SMS configuration. You access these workspaces through the SMS Configuration node in the Tivoli® Enterprise Portal.

See Workspaces for general information on predefined workspaces and a list of all nodes that are included in the OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS product. Each node corresponds to a specific area of storage resource monitoring. And each node includes links to a unique set of storage resource workspaces. See Accessing workspaces to learn about navigating among workspaces. And see Integration with other products to learn about linking to the workspaces of other IBM Tivoli Monitoring products.

SMS Configuration workspace

This topic describes the main components of the principal workspace for this node.

The following sections describe various components of this workspace.

Views
This workspace provides the following views. For a description of the attributes used as column headings in the workspace table view, review the attribute group definitions for this workspace in the online help, including in the hover help.
SMS base configuration table view
The tabular report at the top of this workspace contains a single row of data describing SMS status in the reporting LPAR. Listed are:
  • The SMS status and level
  • The MVS™ level
  • The TSO ID of the last user to update the SMS configuration
  • The date and time of the last update
  • The default management class
  • The default number of tracks per cylinder, track size and unit type

This tabular report links to SMS Configuration Details workspace.

Storage groups table view
This tabular report contains one row for each storage group defined in the reporting LPAR. Each row lists:
  • The storage group name and type
  • The TSO ID of the last user to update the group
  • The date and time of that update
  • A description of the group

This tabular report links to SMS Storage Group Details and SMS Tape Storage Group Details workspaces.

Data classes table view
This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS data class. Each row lists:
  • The name of the data class
  • The ID of the user who last updated the data class definition
  • The date and time that the data class definition was updated
  • A description of the data class

This tabular report links to SMS Data Class Details workspace.

Management classes table view
This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS management class. Each row lists:
  • The management class name
  • The user ID that last updated this management class
  • The date and time when this management class was last updated
  • The storage administrator supplied description of the management class

This tabular report links to SMS Management Class Details workspace.

Storage classes table view
This tabular report contains one row for each defined SMS storage class. Each row lists:
  • The name of the storage class
  • The last user ID to update this storage class definition
  • The date and time the storage class definition was last updated
  • The storage administrator supplied description of the storage class

This tabular report links to Storage Class Details workspace.

Workspaces that are linked to this workspace
See Navigating the workspaces of the SMS Configuration node.

Learn how to navigate to workspaces here: Accessing workspaces. Also see Integration with other products.

See Workspaces for a list of all nodes provided in OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS.

Summary information for the workspaces in this node

This section lists the views and related attribute groups for the workspaces of the SMS Configuration node.

See Workspaces for general information on predefined workspaces and a list of all nodes that are included in the OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS product. Each node corresponds to a specific area of storage resource monitoring. And each node includes links to a unique set of storage resource workspaces. See Accessing workspaces to learn about navigating among workspaces. And see Integration with other products to learn about linking to the workspaces of other IBM Tivoli Monitoring products.

See SMS Configuration workspace for more information on the primary workspace for this node.

Table 2. SMS Configuration workspace
View View type Attribute group
SMS Base Configuration TABLE SMS Configuration
Data Classes TABLE SMS Data Class
Management Classes TABLE SMS Management Class
Storage Classes TABLE SMS Storage Class
Storage Groups TABLE SMS Storage Group
Table 3. SMS Storage Group Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
Storage Group Details Report TABLE SMS Storage Group
Storage Group Details Report TABLE SMS Storage Group
Storage Group Status TABLE SMS Storage Group Status
Table 4. SMS Tape Storage Group Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
Storage Group Status TABLE SMS Storage Group Status
Tape Storage Group Details Report TABLE SMS Storage Group
Tape Storage Group Libraries TABLE SMS Storage Group
Table 5. SMS Configuration Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
SMS Configuration Members TABLE SMS Systems
Cache Sets TABLE SMS Cache Sets
Base Configuration TABLE SMS Configuration
Table 6. SMS Data Class Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
Data Class Allocation TABLE SMS Data Class
Data Class VSAM Attributes TABLE SMS Data Class
Data Class Details TABLE SMS Data Class
Table 7. SMS Management Class Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
Management Class Details TABLE SMS Management Class
Management Class Details TABLE SMS Management Class
Management Class Details TABLE SMS Management Class
Table 8. SMS Storage Class Details workspace
View View type Attribute group
Storage Class Details TABLE SMS Storage Class
Millisecond Response Time BAR SMS Storage Class