With this topic, we demonstrate the possibilities for workspace customization.
The following list details key product touch-point examples that demonstrate why you would use each component for your discipline. CA Chorus offers an intuitive user interface; however, as you review this list and look at the user-interface, if you are unsure how to proceed, see the CA Chorus Product Guide. Additionally, you can also click the question mark icon from within a module for procedures and concept help topics.
Note: You can also simply apply a dashboard that a peer has shared; however, for the purposes of this example, we build new ones.
Create three dashboards with the following names:
You can use this dashboard to contain the Investigator and Alerts modules.
Add the Investigator to your Performance dashboard.
The Investigator lets you customize details such that you can quickly see site-specific details.
In the Storage object tree, select the object Storage Groups. This object is located in the Volumes & Utilization, Storage Groups, and Space and Other Attributes directory of the Storage object tree. Select the Totals row by clicking anywhere in the row besides the selection box. When you do so, the Details pane opens at the bottom of the field with several default tabs.
Your focus is mainly on the % Alloc, % Free, Volume Count, Capacity Bytes, Allocated Bytes, and Free Bytes fields. Create a new tab and insert these fields into this tab. Doing so lets you customize the view and find your key information quickly.
Storage Group name TOTAL – Lets you see the field data that is shown in this detail tab and is the total for all your online Storage Groups.
% Alloc – Lets you see the total percent amount of allocated space in all your online storage groups.
% Free – Lets you see the total percent amount of free space in all your online storage groups.
Volume Count – Lets you get a quick overview of the total number of volumes in all your online storage groups.
Capacity Bytes – Lets you see the total bytes in all your online storage groups.
Allocated Bytes – Lets you see the total bytes allocated in all your online storage groups.
Free Bytes – Lets you see the total free bytes in all your online storage groups.
Save your new tab using the Save View icon in the Detail pane and give the view a name, for example Online SG Totals. The next time you open the Storage Groups object and select the TOTAL row, you can select this tab and get a quick overview of your total online storage groups.
Add the Alerts module to your Performance dashboard. Follow the wizard to add the Alerts module. Use the label option in the wizard to name it. For example, give it the label Storage Alerts.
Note: Storage alerts can appear in the Alerts module if you have created CA Chorus Policy Light alerts or storage engine alerts and the criteria in the alerts is met.
You can use this dashboard to contain metrics graphs from the Metrics panel.
After you configure the Metrics module, you can add storage metrics to the Metrics dashboard. Dashboards can have one or many metrics added to them, or you can have more than one Metrics dashboard.
Add the following Storage metrics to the Metrics panel and then add them to your Metrics dashboard. Doing so lets you see at a glance the status of these three metrics.
Use the TextBox module to add labels and more detail above each metric. For example, above the Catalogs metric graph, you could add a TextBox stating your site policy of how much free space on the volumes you should allow.
As a storage administrator, you want quick access to tools that can help you manage your storage resources. Add the Quick Links module to your Tools dashboard. Doing so gives you quick access to the Storage Management interface.
As a storage administrator you can use the Storage Management interface to create storage engine Joined Objects and schedule periodic output reports to servers and send them as attachments to emails. For more information about the Storage Management interface, see its online help.
Open the Knowledge Center, and click Advanced Search. Under Show Results From, select MVS/Quick Ref, User Documentation, CA Chorus Documentation, CA Vantage Documentation on CA Support, and Always search only these sources. Doing so improves search result relevance as you search only the data sources related to your discipline.
Add an existing policy to this module and add it to your Performance dashboard. The example policy provided in this guide indicates when you have more than 10 data sets online that have been idle for more than 365 days. Consider moving online data sets that are unused for a long period of time to cheaper storage media.
Now that you have built dashboards by function within your discipline, share these dashboards with your peers to help them start working quickly. To do so, simply right-click the dashboard and follow the prompts.
This sample shows you one of the many ways you can customize your workspace according to your CA Chorus discipline. This customization can improve productivity and response time for customer issues. Use this sample as a starting point to explore how you can customize the workspace for your user- and site-specific needs.
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