SMS Storage global view

The SMS Storage global view shows a number of important CICS® Storage Manager global statistics values for the Dynamic Storage Area (DSA), the Extended Dynamic Storage Area (EDSA), and the Grande Dynamic Storage Area (GDSA) for the selected interval. You can use it to analyze storage and storage statistics.

You can access this view in the following ways:
  • Start from the CICS Storage manager statistical data in the sheet views, or the storage alerts in the Statistics Alerts view. For details, see Visualizing storage.
  • In the SMS Storage DSA, EDSA, or GDSA view, click the APPLID hyperlink.
  • In a statistics visualization view, for example, the DSG Dispatcher global view, click the Show alternative statistic visualizations Show alternative statistic visualizations icon icon on the toolbar of the view, then click SMS Storage global.

The information line shows the APPLID and time interval of the records.

You can use the following icon in the toolbar of the view:
  • Show alternative statistic visualizations Show alternative statistic visualizations icon icon. Access the following options to display an alternative global statistics visualization view:
    • DSG Dispatcher global
    • LDG Loader global
    • MNG Monitoring global
    • XMG Transaction global
The view has the following areas:
Chart area
The chart provides a graphical representation of the current DSA, EDSA, and GDSA total, the peak DSA, EDSA, and GDSA total, and the current DSA, EDSA, and GDSA used over a number of intervals. If enough intervals are available, the chart shows a maximum of 12 intervals: six before and five after the selected interval. Each interval is shown as a separate column in the chart, and shows the time, interval number, current active user transactions, peak active user transactions, and number of times at MAXTASK. The column for the currently selected interval is shaded. The bars and points on the chart provide an indication of the value, not an actual value. To see the actual values for an interval, hover over an area in the column to display a tooltip that shows actual values.
Data area
The data area shows specific statistical information about the DSAs during the selected interval. You can click the columns to change the interval selection. A number of values in the data area are color-coded to match the colors of values on the chart. To change the colors, click the Configure chart colors hyperlink, and select Interval traces in the Chart Colors pane in the Preferences window.

You can click the DSA, EDSA, or GDSA hyperlink to display the SMS Storage DSA, EDSA, or GDSA view and view dynamic storage areas statistics for the selected DSA.

To see the settings of CICS system initialization parameters related to the Storage Manager, select the CICS Storage manager settings check box.

If you have an active CICS SM connection to the region, you can click the Open CICS Region Editor for region_name hyperlink to edit CICS resources directly. For more information, see Using resource editors in the CICS Explorer User Guide.

SMS Storage global view