Online Interface to SCDS

This chapter describes the CA SMF Director Online, an ISPF interface to the CA SMF Director Control Data Set. This online interface lets you view most of the information in the SCDS.

Note: You can only use the online interface if the SCDS format is at CA SMF Director r12 or later.

You can use this online interface instead of batch commands, like LISTC and LISTH. You can browse the history file index (primary or alternate) for any configuration (select MAN File History Files) or logstream/substream. You can see details about the history file, including specific record types contained in that file. You can browse the lists or jump to a specific point in time by entering a date in the Locate Start Date Field when you get to the History File panel.

You can use the other panels to see the following:

• Configuration-specific options (as specified by the DUMPOPTIONS command)
• Stream-specific options (as specified by the STREAMOPTIONS command)
• Site-specific options (as specified by the OPTIONS command)
• SCDS statistics (such as the date and time of the last dump)
• Current tape pool (similar to the LISTH VOLUMES command)
• Free space in the SCDS

To start the online interface, run the SMFDOL EXEC under ISPF. (For information on how to set up the SMFDOL EXEC, see the step that sets up the online interface in the Installation Guide.)

When the online interface is started, an introductory panel prompts you to select the SCDS you want to view. When the SCDS is opened, the main menu appears, and you can use its options to navigate through the interface. Every panel in the online interface has a help panel with complete information.

Note the following about using the online interface:

• The SCDS is opened with shared ENQ, so that dumps to it and extracts from it are not blocked when you are viewing it online.
• Utility functions such as BACKUP, RESTORE, ADDX, DELETEX, and UPDTX are blocked, since they require exclusive access to the SCDS.
• Only one SCDS can be opened at a time, but multiple instances of the online interface can be opened with the same SCDS.