OMEGAMON XE for Storage V530 Long client presentation

© 2014 IBM Corporation
OMEGAMON XE For Storage on z/OS
Overview and additional Tivoli Tools
October 2014
Kevin Hosozawa – Tivoli Product Manager
khosozaw@us.ibm.com

IBM Storage Management Software
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Agenda
 Tivoli zSeries Infrastructure Management
 Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)
 Issues in z/OS Storage Management
 IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS
 Additional IBM Tivoli Key z/OS Storage solutions
 Questions & Answers

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Tivoli zSeries Infrastructure Management
Tivoli zSeries Infrastructure Management:
 Tivoli OMEGAMON®
brand
 First MVS monitor introduced in 1976
 Over 35 years experience in managing complex system and
applications
 >3,000 customers @ >5,000 sites
Helps continually adjust the end-to-end zSeries infrastructure
to deliver high performance in a volatile business climate.

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Tivoli zSeries Infrastructure Management
Guiding Principles
1. Sense problems across the end-to-end infrastructure
2. Isolate problems down to a specific resource
3. Diagnose problems effectively and efficiently
4. Take Action to implement adjustments quickly
5. Evaluate effectiveness of adjustment
After working with thousands of customers,
we have distilled 5 principles
to manage world-class data centers:

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Tivoli Enterprise Portal
 Browser-based access to monitoring data
 Ability to create intelligent alerts using conditional logic
 Ability to see an alert and information related to it from the same interface
 Reflex automation capabilities
 Procedural/resolution information can be provided through Expert Advice
 Integration of alerts from other subsystems using OMEGAMON DE
 Built-in TN3270 to quickly navigate to console, TSO
 Built-in Web Browser
 Real-time, near term and long term history
 Consistent interface across all OMEGAMON products

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Intelligent
Linking
Selectable Chart Options
Zoom
and
Splitter
controls
Navigator
IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal Interface
Persistent customized
workspaces
Personalized
Views

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Focus Visibility and Control to key areas – Maximize efficiency
Manage by exception – monitor key applications
and limit visible information to what is needed
When situations “fire” quickly see what caused
the alert, and compare current status of the
situation to the initial condition that caused this
alert
Pre-programmed actions can respond
automatically to situations – or - Take Action by
issuing commands
“Reduce time in manual tasks, e.g. reading
reports, physically monitoring environment”
From monitoring you can issue commands for
HSM, DSS, IDCAMs, ICKDSF, RMM and JCL,
use the Tools to generate automated or manual
batch job responses directly from your monitoring
activity

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Effective Problem Identification reduces cost
A situation is an intelligent alert that can utilize and/or
logic to monitor a condition or set of conditions that you
want to be notified about, which would indicate a
potential problem with an identified workload and/or
resource
•Proactively detect and resolve problems
before end users report impact.
•Minimize time determining root cause
(Alert if stor class=PRILRG and free
space < 10% or largest free space < X
MBs)
•Create alerts based on multiple
conditions ranging from simple to
complex
• Customize for specific conditions and
environment
• Automate problem resolution using
Take Action (reflex automation)
Situation “fires” and you
quickly navigate to what
triggered the alert
Situations: What are they?
Situations: Why use them?

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Fostering teamwork and efficiency – Break down the silos
Storage is a common entity with any z/OS workload,
regardless spanning CICS, DB2, IMS, middleware,
networking and z/OS operating system information
Integration at this level:
•Increases ability to identify and address problems
•Fosters greater communication
•Prevents issues from impacting service levels
•Reduces down time and business impact from issues
Quickly identify the problem, exploit Expert Advice,
and Take action to reduce meantime–to-resolution
and knowledge transfer
Separate teams using common tools and
processes can collaborate easily on problem
determination and resolution, breaking down the
silos
Intelligent tooling and knowledge capture reduces
24x7 reliance on experienced “gurus”.

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Issues in z/OS Storage Management
 Space – What’s available at the Group, Volume and Dataset levels?
 Performance – Where are the slowdowns?
 Cache - Is it being utilized effectively?
 Shared DASD – Who is impacting this volume’s response time?
 Applications – Are throughput problems related to DASD?
 I/O Subsystem – Can balancing be improved?
 Tape devices – How many slots are in use in the ATL?
 DFHSM – Which user is generating recalls?
 RAID - Which logical volumes share physical disk media?
 Productivity - How can routine storage tasks be automated?
 What are yours?

IBM Tivoli
OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS

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IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON for Storage on z/OS
 z/OS Storage monitor
– Alerts, Reports, Actions
 Tivoli Management Portal UI
 Views of z/OS Storage subsystem configuration, performance and
space
 Daily storage administration functions via Toolkit
 Real-time, trend and point-in-time views
 Monitored aspects of storage subsystem include:
– z/OS Storage Resource availability, Performance & configuration
– DASD and Tape logical and physical device monitoring
– Application I/O monitoring
– Storage Controller performance, availability & Cache metrics
– zSeries Channels (incl. FICON), LCUs
– DFHSM real-time activity & control
– DFSMS constructs
– Dataset and volume reporting and daily management functions
– RAID device Logical ↔ Physical volume mapping

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When using Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for Storage
 Alerts provide enhanced capability in problem determination,
reducing mean-time to resolution
 Just some of the alerts you can create to monitor (situations):
• Storage Group and volume space conditions
• Response times for critical volumes
• Response times for datasets of critical applications
• Disabled Volume VTOC indexes
• DFSMShsm Queues
• Long tape mounts
• Many more
 Build custom work spaces, specifically addressing problems and the
environment
 Utilize take action to reduce problem resolution time
 Integration of your alerts for faster recognition of critical applications
experiencing slow downs or problems
 Leverage integration and interoperability

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OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS
 Storage toolkit for HSM, DFDSS, ICKDSF, IDCAMS and RMM storage
administration functions provide capability to quickly create commands
or schedule actions.
 Dataset attribute database allows versatile and granular reporting
capabilities that you can administer via the storage toolkit function.
 Dynamic Workspace Linking (DWL) and integration with:
– To all Tvioli z/OS Storage Advanced tools
– To other OMEGAMON XE’s
– Launch of TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC)
 Problem solving workspaces adding to your problem determination
capabilities – Intelligent situation analysis
 Top 10 reports
 Navigation from Cross System Volume workspace to Dataset Summary
on another z/OS image

Space / Availability Management
Capabilities

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Storage Group Space - Availability

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Storage Group Volume Space - Availability

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Dataset Summary - Wide Range of space/availability mgmt

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Take Action – Daily Storage Administration functions

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Take Action – Toolkit function (productivity and efficiency)

Performance Management
Capabilities

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Storage Group Volume - Performance

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Pre-Built Navigation Paths – Ease of use

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Volume Performance Trend

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Powerful Dataset Performance Views

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Cache Statistics from Subsystem down to Dataset Level

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Cross System Information for Shared DASD Environments

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Finding Logical Volumes on a Physical Disk - Mapping

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Channel Performance Trend

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IBM, EMC and Hitachi DASD physical hardware reporting
IBM Totalstorage hardware metrics
Hitachi hardware metrics
EMC Symetrics hardware metrics

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Example: For TotalStorage Array Problem Detection
 Allows users to know when a raid rank is not performing due to a
problem with an array so that they may take corrective action
 Allows users to be alerted via situations when an array has been
identified as being in any of the following conditions:
Raid Degraded. One or more array members need rebuilding
DDM Throttling. A Near-line DDM in the array is throttling
performance due to temperature or
workload.
RPM Exception. A DDM with an slower RPM than the normal
array DDMs is a member of the array as a
result of a sparing action.

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TotalStorage Configuration

Managing by Workload
z/OS Storage Application Capability

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Application Monitoring quickly identifies impacted data sets
In this example, the application being monitoring is XCF (Cross System
Coupling Facility). The data set with the high response time is the couple
data set, which is an important data set in any zSeries environment.

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Ability to see all datasets of the workload being impacted
Drilling down, you can see all the data sets exceeding the specified application
thresholds, and therefore impacting critical business application performance.

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Expert Advise for specific problems and knowledge transfer

Tape, VTS /VTL and
Management Capabilities

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IBM VTS Information

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STK Tape Group with Mount Time Pending

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 Monitor exceptions
– 13 workspaces for users
– Summarization of RMM environment at various levels
– Display of RMM Volume & Dataset attributes
– Monitor critical RMM attributes and exceptions
– 10 product provided situations that can be used as a template for
building your own
 Control DFSMSrmm
– Issue RMM commands from TEP
– 10 commands via Storage Toolkit
OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS - DFSMSrmm Monitoring,
Reporting and Control

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DFSMSrmm Status

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DFSMSrmm Location Summary

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Display all attributes for the tape volume

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DFSMSrmm Product Provided Situations

DFSMShsm and DFSMS
Reporting Capabilities

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DFHSM Activity – Real-time Queue Monitoring and Actions

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HSMplex CRQplex Details

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DFSMS Configuration – Additional construct info available

Toolkit function for Efficiency and daily
Storage management productivity

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Storage Toolkit capabilities
 HSM, DFDSS, ICKDSF, IDCAMS and RMM requests
– Available on dataset reports and charts
– Available on volume reports and charts
 Requests can be scheduled
– Execute immediately
– Execute at some time in the future
– Execute on a time interval
 Manage your requests
– Cancel execution
– Delete output
– Resubmit
 View request status and output from workspaces
– Product provided solutions to flag requests with return code 4 and higher
 Automatically Take Actions from the Toolkit when triggered by a
Situation

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Create a Dataset Request…
Right ‘click’ on a report row or a bar in chart and select ‘Dataset Actions’

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Create a Dataset Request…
Select a request type and choose options

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Create a Dataset Request
Optionally schedule the request, if immediate execution is not wanted Click OK

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Create a Volume Request…
Right click a report row or a bar in the chart and select ‘Volume Actions’

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Create a Volume Request
Select a request and choose options

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Manipulate Existing Requests

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 JCL Tailoring and submission via GUI interface (Flexibility)
 Edit JCL job
 Submit user JCL (with variable substitution)
 GUI dialogs for IDCAMS requests
 GUI dialogs for DFSMSrmm requests
 Modify GUI created requests
 Rerun requests with new resources or previous execution
 Security validation based on ID used to sign on to TEP
Batch JCL Toolkit functions

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Storage Toolkit - JCL example:
Any JCL can be generated with
the ability for variable substitution
Provides additional flexibility for
leveraging any tool that has a
batch capability to fix a storage
problem
Batch JCL Toolkit function

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 Select the "Storage Action" radio button
 Notice that we now have a new "Storage Action" pane that includes a "Storage Toolkit" button:
 Increase your capability to automatically correct problems
Toolkit Take Action triggered via a situation

Data Set Attribute Database
Powerful granular management at the
data set level

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Dataset Attributes Database
 Attribute and catalog information on potentially all datasets on DASD
 Collection controlled via GUI interface
– Schedule time of collection (off hours suggested)
• Start time
• End time
– Schedule frequency
– Determine if catalog information desired
– Exclude volumes or storage groups
• JES spool volumes
• Paging packs
– Determine size of product provided reports
 Product provided workspaces with largest or worst cases
 Custom SQL to select your own set of datasets for a report
 Create situations to monitor a single dataset or a group of datasets
 View space in units of tracks, megabytes, or gigabytes
 Leverage Toolkit functions against reports!

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Dataset Attributes product provided but you can roll your own
 Largest datasets by allocated space
 Largest datasets by unused space
 Datasets with most extents
 Datasets with most ca/ci splits
 Largest datasets by DSORG
 Largest datasets with inefficient blocksize
 Datasets by creation date
 Datasets by reference date
 Largest datasets by SMS construct
 Largest unreferenced datasets
 Largest datasets unreferenced in more than 366 days
 Largest datasets created within the last day
 Largest datasets by catalog
 Largest uncataloged datasets by volume

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Dataset Attributes Collection Options

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Dataset Attributes System Summary

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Dataset Space Summary

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Dataset Attribute Details

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Uncataloged Dataset Summary

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Largest Uncataloged Datasets on Volume

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Custom Query to Generate a Report

Making Problem Identification Easier

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Direct Situation Analysis
 Direct navigation from a situation event workspace to applicable
information for that situation
 Not for every situation, only where it will be useful
– Cache destaging rate is high – navigate to volume destaging or
cache control unit trend for that control unit
– Volume response time is high – navigate to dataset response or
volume performance trend for that volume
 Provide the information needed to resolve situations without
navigating through the standard workspaces

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Volume Free Space Situation

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New Dataset Event Workspace
Datasets sorted in descending order by unused space

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Cache CU Staging Situation

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New Cache CU Volume Staging Workspace

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Problem Volume Workspaces
 Workspaces shows volumes with the worst values for a number of metrics
– Worst 15 volumes included in the reports
– Views sorted so that worst volumes are at top of report
 Cache metrics shown for the z/OS image and by SSID
– Lowest volume read hit percent
– Lowest volume write hit percent
– Lowest volume DFW hit percent
– Highest volume destaging rate
– Highest volume staging rate
 Performance metrics shown for the z/OS image by channel, LCU, storage group,
and user DASD group
– Highest volume response time
– Highest volume MPL
– Highest volume I/O rate
– Highest volume busy percent
– Lowest volume connect percent
 Space metrics shown for storage group and user DASD group
– Lowest volume freespace
– Lowest volume freespace percent
– Highest volume fragmentation index

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Highest Volume Fragmentation Index

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Storage Group Lowest Volume Freespace

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Reporting Flexibility - Space Statistics Metrics

New in version 5.3.0

ENHANCED 3270
EMBEDDED DATA
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E3270 Embedded Data
 The Enhanced 3270 UI embedded data feature brings relevant data from other
products into the hosting product's workspace in a seamless manner. This
seamless integration of relevant data and navigational ability speeds up
problem determination and the users understanding of the data.
 Storage data is embedded in OM XE for Messaging and OM XE for CICS.
 Available as a PTF for v520.
 Embedded data scenario with OM XE for z/OS is planned for a future release.

E3270 Embedded Data - CICS
 CICS scenario: User sees that transactions using VSAM RLS datasets are
experiencing performance problems. In order to gain a fuller view of the dataset
statistics for these datasets the user wants to see dataset statistics from the
Storage product within the CICS workspaces.
 Key fields include average response time, CA/CI splits, DIWA lock requests.
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Example of E3270 Embedded Data - CICS
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• CICS RLS File Details w/s has VSAM RLS statistics from the
Storage product.

ENHANCED 3270
NEAR TERM HISTORY
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E3270 Near Term History
 Provides access to TEPS/TEMS “short term history” data stored in PDS
(persistent data store) files.
 “h” action key is now reserved for accessing history screens. Previous h actions
have been changed.
 Part of HKOB730 (OMNIMON base v7.3)
 PARMGEN change: the default allocation for the RKS3DSA1 group has been
increased to allow for 3 days retention. Your allocation value will most likely
require tuning.
 History configuration can be edited in either E3270 or TEP.
 Configuration gotcha: enabling TEPS-only features (e.g. data warehouse options)
will prevent you from modifying the configuration in E3270. Data will be available
regardless.
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E3270 Near Term History
 Attribute groups which are NTH-enabled
–Cache CU and Devices
–Channel Path
–Volume Group Summary
–DASD Volume Space and Performance
–Dataset Attributes System Summary
–Logical Control Unit
–RLS Lock Structure, Buffer LSU, Perf, Storage Class
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E3270 NTH Scenario
 Drill down to volume performance
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E3270 NTH Scenario
 Examine history via “h” action key for the volume.
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E3270 NTH Scenario
 The poor response time has just started.
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DATASET ATTRIBUTES
GROUP EXTRACTOR
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Dataset Attributes Group - Review
 The Storage product collects dataset attribute data based on user defined groups.
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(Summary view on the Dataset Attributes Group Summary w/s)

Dataset Attributes Group - Review
 A group definition is a set of conditions evaluated over the properties and
attributes of a collection of datasets
– Properties are dataset properties such as DSN, catalog, SMS class, VOLSER.
– Attributes are attribute group values which have been collected for the dataset.
Examples: allocated space, EXCPs, percent used, days since creation, etc.
 Property conditions are OR’ed
 Attribute conditions are AND’ed
 Example group: all datasets with HLQ=TDSMS.** and management class=PROD
where percent used > x or days since creation > 30 days
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Dataset Attributes Group Extractor
 Will be available in v520 via PTF.
 Built on top of the Storage Toolkit as a new action.
 The same authentication/permission requirements apply as with any toolkit
action.
 Runs as low priority batch job.
 Extracts data collected by the dataset attributes group collector.
 Output dataset is FB LRECL=1700. Data is formatted in CSV, with the first record
being a header record.
 Concurrent operation of the collector and extractor is not possible. Schedule
accordingly.
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Dataset Attributes Group Extractor – How To
 Create a dataset attributes group definition
 Run collection
 Navigate to the Dataset Attributes Group Summary workspace
 Select the group or groups you want to extract, right click and choose Extract
Attributes
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 View the results of execution on the Storage Toolkit workspace
 The data is now available for further processing via REXX, Java, etc or as input
into other workloads.
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 Or download the member to your PC, change file extension to .csv and load it into
your favorite spreadsheet program.
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PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENTS
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• Ability to turn off collection
• Enhanced space collection
• Cache collection improvement

Performance: Option to turn off collection
 Available as PTF for v520
 Disable the collection of performance data in RKANPARU(KDFDEVIN)
– RESPINTV(0)
• Volume performance statistics
• Channel data
– CACHINTV(0)
• Control Unit statistics
• Volume caching information
• Storage Facility hardware information
 In association with existing controls (collection frequency, application definitions,
etc.) provides ability to eliminate virtually all collection of performance data and
reduce associated overhead if the user chooses to do so.
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Efficient Space Processing
 Eliminates redundant issuing of LSPACE
 Dynamically invoked when applicable
 Requires z/OS 1.13 and above
 DASD farm must be in a Sysplex or Monoplex
 Storage agent must be active on every member of the Sysplex
 Recommendation to collect space data on only one system remains valid
 Exclude list (KDFDEVSU member of RKANPARU) is still honored
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Efficient Space Processing - Modes
 Three processing modes
– ON
• Default mode
• Efficient Space Processing controlled dynamically based upon status of sysplex members in XCF
group
– OFF
• Set manually
• Efficient Space Processing disabled on this z/OS image AND on all other z/OS images in the
sysplex unless overridden
– Force
• Set manually
• Efficient Space Processing enabled for this z/OS image regardless of the status of other z/OS
images in the sysplex
 Manually setting Efficient Space Processing mode
– ESPMODE(xxx) where xxx is ON, OFF, or FORCE in KDFDEVIN member of
RKANPARU dataset
– /F tems-name,DFESP MODE,xxx with xxx is ON, OFF, or FORCE
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Cache Collection
 Rewrite of original cache collector
 Engineered for the ‘large’ environment
 Does not support 3880 control units
 Parameter values unchanged in KDFDEVIN member of RKANPARU
– RESET – Interval for setting the base line measurements
– REFRESH – Interval for collecting measurements
 New attributes to support zHPF
– 2 new attributes in S3_Channel_Path attribute group
– 8 new attributes in S3_Cache_Devices attribute group
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New Attributes
– S3_Channel_Path attribute group
• zHPF Requests per Second
• zHPF Requests Deferred per Second
– S3_Cache_Devices attribute group
• zHPF Read I/O Requests
• zHPF Write I/O Requests
• zHPF Prefetch Requests
• zHPF Prefetch Hits
• zHPF Read I/O per Second
• zHPF Write I/O per Second
• zHPF Prefetch Hit Percent
• zHPF Request Percent
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Channel Path Report
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New
Attributes

Total Storage CU Volumes
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New
Attributes

Integration – Leveraging Resources and
Efficiencies

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Cross Product Navigation
 Product provided navigation from Application Summary workspace to six
OMEGAMON on z/OS application detail workspaces
– OMEGAMON on z/OS must be executing on the same z/OS image as
OMEGAMON XE for Storage
 Users can build their own navigation between workspaces owned by
different products

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Cross-product Navigation
•Navigation to six OMEGAMON XE for z/OS workspaces to obtain non-storage
information about a monitored application

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Navigation to Address Space Storage for Job

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 DWL to Multiple IBM Tivoli Storage Tools
– Ease of use – Leverage specialty tools for powerful deep dive capabilities:
• IBM Tivoli Advanced DFSMShsm Reporter (AHR)
• IBM Tivoli Advanced DFSMShsm Audit (AHA)
• IBM Tivoli Advanced Catalog Management (ACM)
• IBM Tivoli Allocation Optimizer (AO)
• IBM Tivoli Tape Optimizer (TO)
• IBM Tivoli Advanced Tape Allocation Manager (ATAM)
• IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery (ABNR)
– Seamless navigation through common UI and Dynamic Workspace Linking
(DWL)
– Faster mean time to correction of problems
– z/OS Storage Management Initiative
OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS – Integration key to
the z/OS Storage Management Initiative

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Dynamic Workspace Linking in zStorage Management
Basic Catalog Structure
Workspace
Link to Other Catalog
Workspaces
Link to OMEGAMON XE
for Storage Workspace
Cross product linking, product provided
and you can build your own

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Create views of storage information spanning System z, Distributed and Cloud
with integration across enterprise wide management functionality
Increasingly, storage administrators are being tasked with managing enterprise
storage
 Examples:
Monitor cross platform backups
Monitor storage configuration
Monitor performance
Identify bottlenecks
Monitor Storage space availability
Enterprise wide Storage – z/OS and Distributed storage for End-To-End management
Sample View shows information
extracted from OMEGAMON XE
for Storage, TSM, Adv. Backup &
Recovery, and TPC
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/systemz/whitepapers/TivoliEntepriseStorageMonitoring-v2.pdf

Miscellaneous OMEGAMON XE for
Storage on z/OS Items

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 Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) provides:
– Installable package
– Import / export of reports
– Report management and categorization
– Report snapshot generation
– Search functionality
– Data source modification
 Interaction with TCR can occur via browser
using the web application or through the
command line interface (CLI)
OMEGAMON - Tivoli Common Reporting /Cognos
Tivoli Common
Reporting Web Site
On IBM
DeveloperWorks
http://www.ibm.com/
developerworks/spa
ces/tcr

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 ICAT – Enables customer to configure and customize OMEGAMON XE
for Storage with just the features they need.
• Reversioning – Facilitates quick version identification of each
monitoring agent in a multiple-version environment.
• Common configuration improvements for easier customization
• Simulated editor - specify special (diagnostic, exception, or
performance) product parameters before these parameters are
officially externalized in the product configuration
Benefit: Manual configuration updates outside the z/OS
Configuration tool will be avoided and thus, the overlaying of
manual updates made outside ICAT’s control will also be
resolved.
 Message standardization and Install/Customization enhancements
OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS -
Install / Configuration / Consumability enhancements

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For the OMEGAMON XE product releases:
 Addition of a common Quick Start Guide:
2 sheets hardcopy, summarizing the basic steps of getting the product up
and running, and pointing to more extensive documentation for each step.
 Addition of a Common Planning and Configuration Guide: will decrease
repetition and drastically reduce the length of the individual monitoring
agent configuration guides.
 Addition of a common Upgrade Guide.
 Addition of integration scenarios.
Where will it be?
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v15r1
Documentation for OMEGAMON XE releases

Additional IBM Tivoli
Key z/OS Storage solutions

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Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm
 TEP Interface makes it much easier to
detect and diagnose problems – even
linking to other products, and
supports key take-action commands
issued from the TEP
 Easy-to-Use ISPF User Interface
 Provides Detailed HSM Reporting Capability
– Daily Health Reports
• Provides reports for:
 DFSMS Mounted Volumes
 DFSMShsm Managed Volumes
 DFSMShsm Space Management
 DFSMShsm Automatic Backup
 DFSMShsm Autodump Activities
• Automatic Spreadsheet Charting
– Ability to see the actual cost of HSM workloads and
adjust migration policies to optimize
– Ad-hoc reports
• Fast and highly interactive
• Easily find areas of concern
 Drive the view to the area of concern
 Look around, Act on what you see
– Perform “what-if” analysis
• Migration thresholds
• Recycle percent valid
– “Plans” Feature makes new reports simple to create and
save
• Provides filtering logic so you can drill down
– Automated command generation
• Allows wrapping action commands around listed data sets
• Go from “Now I know what to do” to “I’ve already done it”
• Add your own customized commands to the command library

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IBM Tivoli Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm
 Audits, repairs, and ensures integrity of the
DFSMShsm environment, including tape.
 Automates data collection and corrective actions
 Proactive notification and alerts to critical problems
which can be expertly resolved before a system
outage occurs
 Finds and can correct 100% of DFSMShsm errors
 Prove integrity of DFSMShsm environment
 Operates many times faster than native DFSMShsm
commands, without performance impact on
DFSMShsm
 Ease-of-Use and performance permits regular rather
than periodic audits
 Maintaining healthy, efficient DFSMShsm
environment reduces CPU cost
 TEP Interface makes it much easier to detect, drill
down, and diagnose problems – even linking to other
products, and allowing key actions to be initiated
from the TEP in response to situations
 Enhanced reporting on estimate of HSM errors,
Rebuild HSM managed tape data to recover from
error or disaster, New HSM auditing reports
Regular HSM audits help Maintain the
complex data structure of the
DFSMShsm Control Datasets (CDS) to
prevent outages and improve efficiency

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Advanced Catalog Management for z/OS
 Provides powerful, safe, reliable, and easy ICF
catalog and VSAM backup and fast forward
recovery
 Protects a catalog’s complex structural integrity,
alerts for potential errors, and reduces recovery
time
 Helps meet Service Levels: reduces application
down-time by permitting catalog maintenance while
open
 Merge-while-open capability is key for Customers
who are undergoing merger activity or datacenter
consolidation, and is competitive advantage!
 Allows “what-if” simulation to preview effects of
actions
 Easy-to-use interface improves staff productivity
 TEP Integration and Take-Action capability makes
it easier to detect, drill down, diagnose, and correct
problems involving catalogs – even linking
seamlessly to other products like OMEGAMON XE
for Storage.

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Advanced Allocation Management for z/OS
Formerly Tivoli Allocation Optimizer:
 Enables users to avoid and recover from X37
type abends such as B37, D37, and E37
abends and NOTCAT2 situations
 Provides ability to simulate changes before
implementing
 Handles all DASD data sets, both SMS and
non SMS-managed (VSAM and non-VSAM).
Used with SMS, all unsuccessful DASD
allocations are eligible for recovery
 Maximizes use of the current volume before
attempting to allocate additional volumes -
dynamically adjusting catalog and control
blocks only when an extent is needed
 Limits fragmentation of a data set on a single
volume and across multiple volumes,
preserving valuable catalog space and
memory-based control block storage
 TEP integration and take-action makes it easy
to see issues and intervene
Overall Control of Allocation
•Greater control with SMS and non-SMS
•Non-SMS volume group definition
•Re-direction of unit type
•Allocation based on variety of variables
•Non-SMS placement based on resource
metrics
•Set or override over 50 allocation attributes
•Make DATACLAS, override JCL

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Advanced Backup & Recovery for z/OS
 Single Toolset to automatically:
– Identify critical application data
– Track & Validate Backups
• Where they are
• Currency
• Support removable or non-removable media types
– Recover Fast from Disasters or Local Outages
• Either at Local or DR site
• From one central location
• With one simple process
– Eliminates guesswork and manual processes
– Eliminate duplicate backups
– Comply with governance requirements – always be
audit-ready!
– Easy to use TEP interface makes it easy to stay on top
of backup status and spot problems before they cause
outages!
– Supports numerous utilities / subsystems:
• DFSMShsm, ABARS, CA DISK, etc.
– Offers new backup/recovery utility offloading processing
to Storage controller from CPU, can dramatically reduce
backup workload cost!
Define Application
Clone for additional apps
One Time Only
Process FlowExecute APPLEND
Create Critical File List
Feed Backup Execution Setup Tasks
Automated Tasks
Set up APPLEND and Backup
Procedures;
clone for all applications
One Time Only
Execute BKUPEND
Define Application
Clone for additional apps
One Time Only
Process FlowExecute APPLEND
Create Critical File List
Feed Backup Execution Setup Tasks
Automated Tasks
Set up APPLEND and Backup
Procedures;
clone for all applications
One Time Only
Execute BKUPEND

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Automated Tape Allocation Manager for z/OS
 Automated Tape Allocation Manager (ATAM):
 Share tape devices between multiple
images: sysplex, nonplex, multiple
standalone in any combination - even
legacy devices such as 3420
 Improves Operational Efficiency:
 Maximize the use of existing tape devices
 Reduce operational overhead
 Minimize backlogs of job requests
 Improve ROI on tape hardware investments
 Support hardware acquisition decisions
 Single Point of Control without the Single
Point of Failure – no shared control file to
fail
 Responds automatically and directly to
user/job resource requests at “machine
speed” instead of “operator speed”
 Real-time and historical reporting – built-in
 TEP Integration and Take-Action capability
makes it easier to detect, drill down,
diagnose, and correct problems – even
linking seamlessly to other products as
needed
Sysplex 1
SYSA SYSB
Sysplex 2
SYSG SYSH
Non-plex 1
SYSC SYSD
Non-plex 2
SYSE SYSF

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Tivoli Tape Optimizer
 Copy individual tape data sets by name,
expiration date, catalog status, and many other
filter criteria
 Optionally rename tape data sets during copy
operations
 Support for 3592 tape drives and high-capacity
tape media
 Optionally continue copy processing after
certain types of failures or errors, such as tape
I/O errors
 Uses relative generation data group (GDG)
catalog entries to help identify generation data
sets for a copy request
 Edit copy options for requests pending restart
 Run multiple, concurrent copy tasks for a copy
request
 Reporting for stacked tapes
 TEP Integration and Take-Action capability
makes it easier to detect, drill down, diagnose,
and correct problems – even linking seamlessly
to other products as needed
•Use Full Tape Media Capacity –
reduce waste
•Automatically updates DFSMSrmm
•Ensures system catalog accuracy

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Consolidated Offering: “IBM Tivoli Advanced Storage Management Suite for z/OS“
 A new consolidated offering containing 4 Tivoli z/OS Storage Management products:
– Advanced Reporting and Management for DFSMShsm
– Advanced Audit for DFSMShsm
– Advanced Catalog Management
– Advanced Allocation Management
 Addresses reducing costs and maximizing administration and personnel efficiency:
– HSM administration and management capability
– ICF Catalog management and integrity
– z/OS Storage allocations and availability
 Benefits:
– Maximize efficiency of managing HSM, both environment and personnel
– Lower cost of maintaining HSM
– Increase availability of DASD storage, Catalogs, and HSM
– Maximize efficiency of catalog integrity and management
– Can integrate tools for better management capability – synergy and leveraging technology/products
– Links to “OMEGAMON XE for Storage on z/OS” for wide breadth and depth of storage functions
– Single vendor that can provide all your needs for z/OS Storage Management
– Easier to order / pricing benefit
– Expand and integrate at the enterprise and business levels with other IBM Tivoli solutions
– Best capabilities, currency and overall service

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