SMS Implementation and Control

Course:   SMSIC
Duration:   3 Days
Level:   II
On our website at:   http://www.verhoef-training.com/courses/SMSIC.html
 
Topics Covered In This Course

Review of SMS

The Background to IBM's Storage Management Subsystem

• The GUIDE Requirements

• Benefits

• Customer Acceptance

DFSMS/MVS

• The DFSMS/MVS Product

• Storage Management

SMS Methodology

SMS Solution Areas

• Space Management

• Performance Management

• Availability Management

• Device Installation Management

Logical Structure

• Management and Pooling

• SMS Automatic Class Selection

SMS Constructs

• Data Class

• Storage Class

• Management Class

• Storage Group

POOL Storage Group

DUMMY Storage Group

VIO Storage Group

• Automatic Class Selection (ACS) Routines

Execution Sequence

Support and Management with ISMF

Considerations for SMS

• SMS Supported Data Sets

• JCL Considerations

Parameter Changes

VSAM definition in JCL

Temporary VSAM

TSO/ISPF Changes

The SMS Environment

• An SMS Complex

• The Control Data sets

• SYS1.PARMLIB Members

• Planning and Preparation

SMS Implementation

Preparing the System

• Creating the SMS Control Data Sets

• Parmlib Members

• IGDDFPKG

• IEFSSNx

Changing ISMF Status

Creating the Constructs

• Base Configuration

System Defaults

SMS Use of Cache Structures

• Cache Structure Names

Systems and System Groups

• Data Class

• Storage Class

Millisecond Response Time and Data Set Allocation

• Management Class

Management Class Usage

Creating Storage Groups

• DASD

Defining the Storage Group

Storage Group Status

Adding Volumes

• VIO

• DUMMY

Other ISMF Operations

• LIST

• ISMF Line operators

COPY

LISTSYS

LISTVOL

SETCACHE

CONVERTV

COPY or DUMP

INITIALIZE

Automatic Class Selection

• Changes to the Allocation Process

• Flow of Control in A

ACS Routine Creation

• Coding

The ACS Language

• Variables

Read-Write Variables

Read-Only Variables

• Literals

• Numerics

• Masks

Simple Masks

Data Set Masks

• Comparison Operators

• Statements

General Rules

PROC, END, SET, IF, DO, EXIT, SELECT, FILTLIST, WRITE

Practical Statement Examples

Completing the ACS Routines

• Translation

• Validation

• Testing the ACS Routines

• ACS Object Information

• Deleting an ACS Object

ACS Exits

Starting SMS

Manually for the First Time

• Validating the Entire SCDS

• Activating the Configuration

Automatically Changing Configuration

• Considerations

Controlling SMS

SET SMS

• Examples

VARY SMS

Displaying SMS Information

• DISPLAY SMS

• Major Parameters

D SMS,ACTIVE/A

D SMS,CACHE

• DEVSERV SMS

Enhanced Function Support

Concurrent Copy

• Existing Backup/Copy Methodologies

• Requirements

• Operation

• Terminology

• Scope

• SMS Definitions

• Implementation and Usage

• COPY and DUMP Considerations

• DFSMSdss use of Utilities

• Mutually Exclusive Parameters

• Operational Impact

• DFSMShsm

• ABARS Support

• CDS Support

• Security

• Summary

Sequential Data Striping

• Methodology

• Features

• Requirements

• Implementation

Extended Sequential Data Set

Storage Class

• Considerations

Dynamic Cache Management Enhancement

• Dynamic Cache Management

• DCME Function

Aggregate Backup and Recovery

Introduction

Defining an Aggregate Group

• Setting Up

• Defining the Aggregate

• Selection Lists

• The Output

• Recovery

• Multiple tape copies

What You Can Expect

This course will enable the participant to take full control of an SMS implementation project within their installation, and/ or be able to maintain a running SMS installation to best effect. It concentrates on the system management of data stored on DASD.

On completion of this course the delegate will be able to:

• List the areas in which DFSMS/MVS benefits the installation.

• Explain the overall concept of system-managed storage.

• List the control data sets required for DFSMS/MVS

• List the SMS constructs and their purpose

• List the members of SYS1.PARMLIB related to system-managed storage.

• Create an Implementation Planning document for DFSMS/MVS.

• Create the control data sets and populate the Source Control Data Set with: Data Classes, Storage Classes, Management Classes, Storage Groups.

• Plan and code automatic class selection routines to implement the installation's data management policies.

• Bring about the initialisation of SMS both manually and automatically.

• Control the SMS address space and working environment by means of system commands.

• Explain the benefits of:

Concurrent Copy, Sequential Data Striping, Dynamic Cache Management Enhanced.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is intended for all those who may be concerned with planning for, implementing, or managing system-managed storage in an installation. As such it is suitable for System Programmers, Storage Administrators and all those who share with them the management of the installation's data.

Recommended Prerequisites

Delegates should already have attended our z/OS Concepts and Storage Management Fundamentals courses or have a similar level of knowledge or experience.

Related Courses
Code Course Title Duration Level
ZOSI
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ZOSM
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