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1.2.1.3 Information Area (Database Level 2)

The Information Area level is the second level within the
database structure and is organized within each of the
timespans.  It serves to categorize the data stored within a
timespan according to the CA MICS-defined Information Areas
such as TSO, Batch, Hardware Utilization, and SCP.

The Information Areas maintained in the CA MICS Database are
a function of the CA MICS products installed. The following
describes a sample of Information Areas and the CA MICS
products to which they belong.

ADMINISTRATION:  The Administrative Information Area
maintains exception data extracted from data stored in the
other Information Areas.  This Information Area is provided
with the CA MICS Platform or Base Component.

TSO:  The TSO Information Area maintains system and user
measurement data quantifying the service, availability, load,
and user activity of the Time-Sharing Option (TSO).  The
primary data source is CA TSO/MON PM (another CA product).
This Information Area is provided with the CA MICS Analyzer
for TSO.

HARDWARE UTILIZATION:  The Hardware Utilization Information
Area quantifies the usage of the hardware configuration,
considering CPUs, PR/SM LPARs and Logical Processors,
channels, control units, devices, storage groups, coupling
facility, and caching subsystems, etc.  The data source is
the IBM Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) and is supported
by the CA MICS RMF Component.

SCP:  The SCP Information Area quantifies the use of the
numerous z/OS system control program facilities, considering
paging, performance groups, performance periods, domains,
logical channels, logical control units, page/swap data sets,
I/O queue configurations, and resource enqueues, etc.  The
data source is the IBM Resource Measurement Facility (RMF)
and is supported by the CA MICS RMF Component.

BATCH:  The Batch Information Area maintains system and user
measurement data quantifying the service, availability, load,
and user activity of batch, TSO, started task, APPC
transaction program, UNIX System Services, and System Address
Space workloads.  The primary data source is the IBM System
Management Facility (SMF) and is supported by the CA MICS
Batch and Operations Analyzer.

OPERATIONS:  The Operations Information Area maintains
system and user data about availability, major operational
actions, configuration changes, and user defined changes.
The primary data source is the IBM System Management Facility
(SMF) and is supported by the CA MICS Batch and Operations
Analyzer.

Refer to the individual product guides for descriptions of
the CA MICS information areas they support.

    Figure 1-5 shows the database structure through level 2:


                           DATABASE
                               |
             +--------+--------+---------+--------+
             |        |        |         |        |
Level 1:   DETAIL   DAYS     WEEKS    MONTHS   YEARS
                      |
        +-----+-------+---------+-------+-----+
Level 2:|     |       |         |       |     |    ...etc.
      ADMIN  TSO   HARDWARE  MVS SCP  BATCH  IMS
                  UTILIZATION

Figure 1-5. Information Area Level Structure