Visualizing storage

You can use the SMS Storage global, SMS Storage DSA, SMS Storage EDSA, SMS Storage GDSA, and SMT Task subpools views to visualize storage and analyze storage statistics.

About this task

You can access these statistical analysis views from CICS® Storage manager statistical data in the sheet views and from specific statistics alerts. You can use hyperlinks in one statistical analysis view to open another related statistical analysis view. Each view shows the statistic details for the APPLID at the interval time of the record or alert, and a few intervals before and after, if the records are available.

For information about using these statistics to tune the CICS Storage Manager and Transaction Manager, see the related links to the CICS information.

Procedure

Use one of the following methods to open the statistical analysis view and visualize storage:
  • From the Statistics Alerts view, either double-click a storage alert, or right-click the alert then click Open.
  • From the appropriate CICS Storage manager record in the sheet view, right-click a record and click Open.
    • To display the SMS Storage global view, start from a Storage Overview record.
    • To display the SMS Storage DSA view, start from a DSAs record for a CDSA, UDSA, SDSA, or RDSA.
    • To display the SMS Storage EDSA view, start from a DSAs record for an ECDSA, EUDSA, ESDSA, ERDSA, or ETDSA.
    • To display the SMS Storage GDSA view, start from a DSAs record for a GCDSA, GUDSA, or GSDSA.
    • To display the SMT Task subpools view, start from a Task Subpools record.
  • Use the hyperlinks in the statistical analysis views.
    • To display the SMS Storage global view, click the APPLID hyperlink in the SMS Storage DSA, SMS Storage EDSA, SMS Storage GDSA, or SMT Task subpools view.
    • To display the SMS Storage DSA view, click the DSA hyperlink in the SMS Storage global view, or the CDSA or UDSA hyperlink in the SMT Task subpools view.
    • To display the SMS Storage EDSA view, click the EDSA hyperlink in the SMS Storage global view, or the ECDSA or EUDSA hyperlink in the SMT Task subpools view.
    • To display the SMS Storage GDSA view, click the GDSA hyperlink in the SMS Storage global view, or the GCDSA or GUDSA hyperlink in the SMT Task subpools view.
    • To display the SMT Task subpools view, click the appropriate user DSA or current subpools value hyperlink in the SMS Storage DSA, SMS Storage EDSA, SMS Storage GDSA, LDG Storage DSA, or LDG Storage EDSA view.
  • Use the toolbar menu in another global statistics visualization view, for example, the DSG Dispatcher global view.
    • To display the SMS Storage 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.