Contents

6

Notes on SM2 operation

. . . . 339

6.1

System resource utilization by SM2

. . . . 339

6.1.1

External storage utilization

. . . . 339

6.1.2

CPU utilization

. . . . 340

6.1.3

Main memory utilization

. . . . 342

6.2

Accuracy of the SM2 data

. . . . 343

6.2.1

Causes of inaccuracies

. . . . 343

6.2.2

Notes on particular variables

. . . . 345

6.2.3

Measures for reducing the error sources

. . . . 346

6.3

Special applications

. . . . 347

6.3.1

SM2 together with VM2000

. . . . 347

6.3.2

VOLUME load with installed DRV

. . . . 351

6.3.3

Channel load with BUS peripherals

. . . . 351

6.3.4

SERVICETIME monitoring values with SYMMETRIX control

. . . . 351

6.4

Sample procedures

. . . . 352

7

Variables reports

. . . . 361

7.1

Table of monitored variables

. . . . 361

8

Messages

. . . . 365

9

Installation

. . . . 401

 

Installation procedure

. . . . 402

 

Activating the syntax file

. . . . 402

 

Creating a new DSSM catalog

. . . . 403

 

Loading and unloading the subsystem

. . . . 404

10

Appendix

. . . . 405

10.1

SDF syntax description

. . . . 405

10.2

ISP syntax description

. . . . 422

10.3

Overview of SM2 statements

. . . . 424

 

Overview of statements for the SM2 administrator

. . . . 424

 

Overview of statements for the nonprivileged user

. . . . 437

 

Glossary

. . . . 443

 

List of Figures

. . . . 461

 

List of Tables

. . . . 463

 

Related publications

. . . . 465

 

Index

. . . . 475

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