3. CUSTOMIZING CA MICS StorageMate › 3.3 Executing an Inquiry
3.3 Executing an Inquiry
This section is designed to guide you through your first use
of CA MICS StorageMate. It should be followed by every new
user of the product. It will lead you through one of the
less complex reports provided by the product, so that you can
start to get acquainted with the look and feel of the CA MICS
StorageMate panels and facilities. For maximum benefit, you
should follow the steps in this section while at your
terminal.
All StorageMate reports include online tutorial panels
that can optionally be displayed as you are requesting a
report. Full details about the reports themselves are
contained in this guide.
The StorageMate product uses the CA MICS Workstation Facility
(MWF) to provide online capabilities for specifying
operational parameters and selecting reports. If you are a
first time user of MWF, refer to the Planning, Installation,
Operation, and Maintenance Guide (PIOM), Section 3.3.6
(Setting Up the CA MICS ISPF Environment) and Section 4.14
(CA MICS Workstation Facility (MWF)).
The procedure for executing a sample inquiry:
1) Make sure the CA MICS StorageMate product has been
installed successfully on your system. If you are unsure
about this or if you get any unexpected errors or error
messages during this procedure, contact your system
administrator.
2) Select the Management Support Applications option from
the MWF primary panel (shown in Figure 3-1) by typing the
appropriate number in the Option area of the panel and
then press the ENTER key. Contact your system
administrator if you are unsure how to display this
panel.
-------------------- CA MICS Workstation Facility (MWF) ---------------------
Option ===>
1 - Documentation Access (DOC)
Browse, print, and/or cross reference CA MICS documentation.
2 - CA MICS Information Center Facility (MICF)
Compose and/or replay CA MICS database inquiries.
3 - SAS With CA MICS Libraries (MSAS)
Use interactive SAS with CA MICS libraries and macros.
4 - Management Support Applications (APPL)
Accounting and Chargeback, Capacity Planner,
MVS Performance Manager, StorageMate, Network Service Reporter,
and MVS Model Generator.
5 - CA MICS Administrator Facility (MAF)
Operational status and tracking, installation, modification,
maintenance, and authorization.
T - Tutorial
X - Exit
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Figure 3-1. CA MICS Workstation Facility Menu
3) A panel should now appear with the title "Management
Support Applications" on the first line. Select
"StorageMate" from this panel (shown in Figure 3-2) by
typing the appropriate number in the Option area of the
panel. Then press the ENTER key.
---------------------- Management Support Applications ---------------------
Option ===>
2 - Accounting and Chargeback
Modify parameters, execute operational jobs, access Enterprise
IS Financial reporting, and enter application files data.
3 - Capacity Planner
Define and update capacity planning database files and perform
forecasting analysis.
4 - MVS Performance Manager
Analyze performance of MVS systems.
5 - StorageMate
Report and analyze storage resources.
6 - Network Service Reporter Administration
Maintain Network Service Reporter options and outage schedule
7 - MVS Model Generator
Create analytic queuing models for OptiModel.
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Figure 3-2. Management Support Application Menu
4) The primary StorageMate panel should now appear. This
panel has the title "StorageMate" on the first line and
is the first panel you will see when you enter the
StorageMate product. From this panel, select option 0 to
build your Work Data Set as discussed in Section 3.1.
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
|--------------------- StorageMate -------------------------|
| Command ===> |
| Please use Option 0 to define your Work Data Set |
| before continuing |
| 0 - StorageMate and MICF Options |
| Review/Modify StorageMate and MICF Options |
| and Defaults. |
| ===> 1 - Storage Administration |
| Manage Problems, Data Sets, Volume Pools, |
| and Space Availability. |
| 2 - Performance Management |
| Monitor Storage Performance. |
| 3 - Capacity Management |
| Analyze Storage Resource Usage. |
| 4 - SMS Migration and Tracking |
| Plan, Implement, and Monitor System Managed |
| Storage. |
| 5 - Reports and Graphics |
| Review Reports and Graphics Saved Previously. |
| T - Tutorial |
| X - Exit |
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 3-3. StorageMate Primary Panel
5) The next step is to select the report area you want to
use. For this example, enter the number 1 in the
Command area of the StorageMate Primary Panel and press
ENTER. This tells CA MICS StorageMate that you want to
select Storage Administration functions.
6) A panel should now appear with the title "Storage
Administration" as the first title line. This is the
main panel from which all functions related to Storage
Administration can be selected. For this example, enter
the number 1 in the Command area and press ENTER. This
tells CA MICS StorageMate that you want to select Problem
Management. If you have not defined your Work Data Set,
the panel will display a message telling you to use
Option 0 to do so before continuing.
7) A panel should now appear with the title "Problem
Management" as the first title line. For this example,
enter the number 2 in the Command area and press ENTER.
This tells CA MICS StorageMate that you want to select
Volume Problems.
8) Depending on how your options have been set, you may see
a panel at this point with the title "MICF Execution."
This represents the options that MICF will use to execute
the Volume Problems report you have just selected.
Section 3.6 explains how to bypass this panel once you
have set the options to meet your specifications. If
this panel is displayed, the most important item to
complete is the Inquiry Execution Mode section. Move
the cursor to this area and enter FOREGROUND (or just the
letter F). Then press ENTER.
9) A panel now appears with the title "Volume Problems."
This is the StorageMate panel used to indicate the
options that should be in effect for this particular
execution of the report. Each report produced by CA MICS
StorageMate has a panel similar to this one. Running the
same report with different execution options will often
give you many different views of your data and can be
used to solve many different types of problems.
10) Type the word HELP in the Command area of the panel and
press ENTER (or press the HELP Program Function Key).
This displays a series of tutorial panels that explain
the function of this report and explain the rules for
completing the execution options panel. Each CA MICS
StorageMate report comes complete with a set of tutorial
panels similar to these to assist you in running the
report and understanding its function. After using the
tutorial feature, press the END Program Function Key (or
type END in the Command area and press ENTER) until you
are back at the Volume Problems execution options panel.
11) The next step is to specify the options that should be
used for producing the Volume Problems report. These
options are specified on the execution options panel
currently being displayed. Each StorageMate report has
an execution options panel similar to this one. The
ability to change the options before executing the report
allows you to run the same report several times with
CA MICS Input Definition section of the panel identifies
the CA MICS data that should be read as input to the
report. Specify a question mark (?) in the Unit DBID(s)
section of this panel and a numeric value of 01 in the
Cycle section. The Report Options section of the panel
allows changes that affect the output that is produced by
the report and the appearance of that output. This
report has only one option and that is to produce a
jobstream that could be used to correct certain problems
discovered by the reporting program. For this particular
example, leave all the selection areas in the Report
Options section blank.
12) In this example, you placed a question mark (?) in the
Unit DBID(s) area because you did not know the units that
are valid for your installation. If only one unit is
valid, the one-character DBID value will be placed in the
Unit DBID(s) area and the Volume Problems execution panel
will be displayed again. You must then use the END key
again to start report execution. If more than one unit
has been defined, a panel with the title "Data Base
Selection" will be displayed. All of the units that are
valid for your installation will be displayed on the
panel. Move the cursor down the left side of the panel
and place a S next to the unit containing the VCA data
you want to use as input to this report. Then press the
ENTER key.
13) Notice the key legend that appears as the last line of
the panel. It lists and briefly describes the functions
of the keys that are valid for this panel. Notice that
the DOWN key is valid for a function called Filter. This
function allows you to filter, or subset, the input data
that will be used for the report. For example, you may
want to exclude data for volumes with a serial number
prefixed with "SYS", or include data sets created within
the last 30 days. Use the DOWN key to display the
StorageMate Data Filtering panel. This panel is common
to all reports, although the type of filtering varies for
each report. Notice that the panel has three columns;
all will accept up to 18 rows of filtering statements.
Each statement consists of an Element to be tested, the
comparison Operation to be done, and the Values against
which the element will be tested. No actual data will be
filtered for this example, but you may want to use the
HELP function to learn more about the filtering options
available. When you are finished with the filtering
panel, follow the key legend at the bottom of the panel,
and use the UP key to return to the main report panel.
14) When you have completed the execution options panel, you
can either press ENTER or the END Program Function Key.
If you press ENTER, the values you entered will be
validated but report execution will not begin. If you
use the END key, the values you entered will be
validated, and then report execution will begin if all
values are valid. You may want to use ENTER to make sure
the values you entered are correct, followed by END to
start the report. Or you may just want to press END
directly. For this example, press the END Program
Function Key.
15) When report execution begins, the Volume Problems panel
will disappear and several status panels will be
displayed. These panels contain a large comment block in
the middle of the screen describing what is being done.
A message in the upper right-hand corner of the panel
also gives additional information.
16) When you select FOREGROUND execution, there is a slight
delay while allocations are performed, SAS is invoked,
and the report is produced. After a short time, the
report should appear at your terminal. You can use the
ISPF UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT keys (or commands) to
browse through the report. When you have finished
examining the report, you should keep pressing the END
key to get you back one level, until you are all the way
back to the Workstation Facility (MWF) main panel.
You have just completed your first StorageMate report. You
can now expand on the knowledge just learned to request other
reports and try other options. If questions occur during
this process, remember to use the tutorial facility or the
report descriptions in this guide. If you had problems
generating your report, or it did not operate as expected,
contact your system administrator. You may have specified an
option incorrectly or your MICF options may not be set
correctly. Your system administrator should be able to help
you with either of these problems.
Accessing StorageMate Reports through MICF
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The CA MICS StorageMate product is designed to guide you
through normal storage administration functions with a group
of selection menus organized by storage function. This
provides a results-oriented approach for those who may be new
to the StorageMate product, or to storage administration in
general. If you are a more experienced StorageMate user, or
if you know the specific StorageMate report you want to run,
an alternate method of accessing reports is provided through
MICF. In order to do this, you must select the MICF option
from the MWF (CA MICS Workstation Facility) menu. After you
enter the MICF facility, select the Data Base Inquiries
option. Display the inquiries in the STORAGE Catalog Group
of the Shared catalog. All the StorageMate reports should
now be listed, and you may select and execute the report or
reports you desire. If you have questions about using this
procedure, contact your system administrator.
