Starting Your Product › How to Configure the SCDS with CA MSM › Allocate the SCDS › Step 1 - Build the Configuration for the SCDS

Step 1 - Build the Configuration for the SCDS

Before allocating the SCDS, you must build its configuration.

To build the configuration for the SCDS

1. Display the configurable deployments on the CA MSM Deployments page.
2. Select the CA SMF Director deployment that is being configured.
3. Click Actions.

   The Actions Menu is displayed.

4. Click Create Configuration.

   The Configuration Wizard opens. The first panel is displayed.

5. Name your configuration or generate a name.
6. (Optional) Describe the operation you are going to perform.
7. Select the system where you are going to build the configuration.
8. Click Next at the bottom.
9. Click Next to go past panel two.
10. Click Next to go past panel three.

    Panel four, Target Settings, is displayed. This is where all the configuration options are specified for CA SMF Director.

11. Do the following on the Target Settings panel:
    • Expand the Global Variables tree.
    • Enter the data set name selected in the GL-SCDS Name field.
    • Expand the SCDS Attributes tree branch.
    • Enter the number of tracks or cylinders required to store the SCDS in the GL-SCDS Space Primary field.

      Setting this value initializes the SCDS allocation process.

    • Indicate whether the space indicated is for tracks or cylinders in the GL-SCDS Space Type field.
    • If an SMS allocation is desired, enter the SMS storage class to use in the GL-SCDS STORCLAS field.
    • If SMS is not being used or if you want to be more precise in the SCDS allocation, enter a unit esoteric in the GL-SCDS Unit field.
    • If a specific DASD volume is needed, enter the volume serial number in the GL-SCDS Vol Ser field.
12. Click Next at the bottom of the panel when all the options are filled in.

    Panel five is displayed.

13. Click Next to move on.

    Panel six displays the information about the configuration you have entered.

14. Click Build to build the configuration.