The region provides basic SNA resource management using the SNA network model and the SNA resource models. The network model monitors the status of the SNA resources in a VTAM domain. The resource model stores the operations methods for a resource.
Your first level of visibility of the managed resources is through the SNA network summary display. The display provides a summary of the status of the resources by SNA resource types and actual states.
From the summary display, you can list the resources that are in a particular state. If a resource encounters operational problems, you can issue commands to access other products that can help you determine the cause of the problems.
You can use SNA resource filters to select which resources are displayed in the list. In a multisystem environment, you can select the VTAM domains you want to monitor.
The behavior of the monitored resources depends on a set of default resource models. You can change the behavior of a resource by associating it with a different model.
Basic resource management does not require you to create definitions in the knowledge base; however, it does not give you a business view of the services you are providing. To carry network management further, you need to group resources into the services they provide by creating SNA group and service definitions.