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 [email protected]


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 resource3. Diagnose problems effectively and efficiently4. Take Action to implement adjustments quickly5. 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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IntelligentLinking

Selectable Chart Options

Zoom and Splittercontrols

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 Workloadz/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 RequestOptionally 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 RequestSelect 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 DatabasePowerful 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 backupsMonitor storage configurationMonitor performanceIdentify bottlenecksMonitor 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/spaces/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

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v15r1/index.jsp


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 ApplicationClone for additional appsOne Time Only

Process FlowExecute APPLEND Create Critical File ListFeed Backup Execution Setup Tasks

Automated Tasks

Set up APPLEND and Backup Procedures; clone for all applicationsOne Time Only

Execute BKUPEND

Define ApplicationClone for additional appsOne Time Only

Process FlowExecute APPLEND Create Critical File ListFeed Backup Execution Setup Tasks

Automated Tasks

Set up APPLEND and Backup Procedures; clone for all applicationsOne 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 1SYSA SYSB

Sysplex 2SYSG SYSH

Non-plex 1SYSC SYSD

Non-plex 2SYSE 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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