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Time Series Facility Database

The Time Series Facility (TSF) provides a single point for collection, storage, management, and organization of product data. The TSF database stores data collected and provided by the following products:

• CA Detector for DB2 for z/OS supplies data for CA Chorus for DB2 Database Management.
• CA SYSVIEW and CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP supply data for CA Chorus Infrastructure Management for Networks and Systems.
• CA ACF2 for z/OS or CA Top Secret for z/OS supplies data for CA Chorus for Security and Compliance Management.
• CA Vantage SRM supplies data for CA Chorus for Storage Management.

When you request a Time Series chart in the Investigator, CA Chorus displays the data stored in the TSF database. The Investigator helps you view and analyze information stored in role-specific data repositories by providing multiple work areas (panes) to help you manage your data.

The space requirements for the Time Series Facility (TSF) database are a function of the selected TSF parameters. Additionally, the space requirements are a function of the amount of activity on the systems being monitored. The TSF database consists of the following areas:

Note: All but G014003 use the JCL parm DSNTYPE=LARGE, which lets a data set be over 65,535 tracks.

G01

Contains the product registration information.

G02

Contains the entity key values for the data points stored in G03.

G03

Contains the actual data points.

G04

Contains the actual data points.

IXX

Contains the CA Datacom/AD key information for all data areas in the TSF database.

The IXX area has Auto Dynamic Extend enabled by default. Areas G01/2/3/4 have Auto Dynamic Extend enabled by default.

Note: Multivolume INITs: You can initialize these areas across multiple extents on multiple volumes. For a description about how the operating system handles secondary allocations, see your operating system JCL manual.