Overview
IOF Release 8B has been enhanced to provide additional
interfaces to recently announced z/OS features. The
restructuring that was implemented in release 8A has been
improved and streamlined to make it easier to install and tailor
the product. 8B preserves the original look, feel, and
functionality of IOF while providing significant new
function for the product.
Release 8A supports all versions of z/OS through V1R8. Additional IOF releases
with even more enhancements will follow very soon.
The IBM Health Checker is a generalized facility for
dynamically analyzing the health and status of both IBM system
components and software systems from other vendors. The Health
Checker allows the customer to prioritize exception events and
provides status alerts for the more serious exceptions.
The new IOF 8B CHK command displays the results from the Health Checker
analysis. Specific system
checks can also be dynamically activated or deactivated from this panel.
System check exception priorities can be set and checks can be assigned
to specific check categories . IOF is the
complete tool for displaying check results and managing the Health Checker.
------------------------- IOF Health Checker Display ---------( 18 )-----------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CURSOR
-------NAME---------------------ACT-OWNER----STATE------------STATUS-----------
_ 1 SDUMP_AUTO_ALLOCATION IBMSDUMP ACTIVE(ENABLED) ABEND
_ 2 SDUMP_AVAILABLE IBMSDUMP ACTIVE(ENABLED) SUCCESSFUL
_ 3 XCF_CDS_SEPARATION IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) EXCEPTION-NONE
_ 4 XCF_CF_CONNECTIVITY IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 5 XCF_CF_STR_EXCLLIST IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) SUCCESSFUL
_ 6 XCF_CF_STR_PREFLIST IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) SUCCESSFUL
_ 7 XCF_CLEANUP_VALUE IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 8 XCF_DEFAULT_MAXMSG IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) EXCEPTION-NONE
_ 9 XCF_FDI IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 10 XCF_MAXMSG_NUMBUF_RATIO IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 11 XCF_SFM_ACTIVE IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 12 XCF_SIG_CONNECTIVITY IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 13 XCF_SIG_PATH_SEPARATION IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 14 XCF_SIG_STR_SIZE IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 15 XCF_SYSPLEX_CDS_CAPACITY IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) SUCCESSFUL
_ 16 XCF_TCLASS_CLASSLEN IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED) EXCEPTION-MEDIUM
_ 17 XCF_TCLASS_CONNECTIVITY IBMXCF ACTIVE(DISABLED) ENV N/A
_ 18 XCF_TCLASS_HAS_UNDESIG IBMXCF DELETED
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Line commands are available to activate, deactivate or refresh
specific system checks. Each check status can be displayed or
modified. Health reports produced by each system check can be
browsed or edited directly from this menu as well.
The specific set of checks displayed on this menu are defined
locally.
Most checks are supplied by IBM as part of various components of the
operating system. Checks can also be provided by other software vendors
for their products.
Depending on your screen size, you may have to
right-scroll multiple times to display all of the available
information. As an alternative to scrolling, you may instead use the
D line command for a check that will display all information in
three separate panels, shown below.
-------------- IOF Health Check Detail Display --(Screen 1 of 3)--------------
COMMAND ===>
S - Browse R - Run DEL - Delete DL - Disp Long
SB - ISPF Browse A - Activate REF - Refresh DS - Disp Status
ED - ISPF Edit DEACT - Deactivate U - Clr Ctg DP - Disp Policy
SN - Snap DPO - Disp Old
NAME-----------------------------OWNER------------STATE--------------RESULT----
XCF_CDS_SEPARATION IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED)
Run interval ===> 1:00 Debug State ===> OFF
Severity ===> NONE WTO Type ===> HARDCOPY
User Date ===> 20050130
Category 1 ===> Category 9 ===>
Category 2 ===> Category 10 ===>
Category 3 ===> Category 11 ===>
Category 4 ===> Category 12 ===>
Category 5 ===> Category 13 ===>
Category 6 ===> Category 14 ===>
Category 7 ===> Category 15 ===>
Category 8 ===> Category 16 ===>
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---------------- IOF Health Check Detail Display --(Screen 2 of 3)-------------
COMMAND ===>
S - Browse R - Run DEL - Delete DL - Disp Long
SB - ISPF Browse A - Activate REF - Refresh DS - Disp Status
ED - ISPF Edit DEACT - Deactivate U - Clr Ctg DP - Disp Policy
SN - Snap DPO - Disp Old
NAME-----------------------------OWNER------------STATE--------------RESULT----
XCF_CDS_SEPARATION IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED)
Status : EXCEPTION-NONE
Runs : 1101 Module : IXCHCCHK Global : NO Proc : HZSPROC
Fails : Creator : IXCHCADC Globsys : StcId: HZSPROC
Excepts: 2 Messages: IXCHCMST Severity: 255 WTO #: 2
Last Run : 08/24/2006 08:40:16 Logger Output: N/A
Next Run : 08/24/2006 09:40:16 Check Deleted: N/A
Until Next: 0:12:49
Diagnostic: 0000000000000000 Diag Source :
Dflt Date : 20050130
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--------------- IOF Health Check Detail Display --(Screen 3 of 3)-------------
COMMAND ===>
S - Browse R - Run DEL - Delete DL - Disp Long
SB - ISPF Browse A - Activate REF - Refresh DS - Disp Status
ED - ISPF Edit DEACT - Deactivate U - Clr Ctg DP - Disp Policy
SN - Snap DPO - Disp Old
NAME-----------------------------OWNER------------STATE--------------RESULT----
XCF_CDS_SEPARATION IBMXCF ACTIVE(ENABLED)
Modified by: MODIFY COMMAND
Check parms:
Policy Err :
System Lev : z/OS 01.04.00 HBB7707
Reason : Ensure that CDS separation has been maintained.
Update Info:
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For more information on developing and installing checks, see the
book SA22-7994, IBM Health Checker for z/OS User's Guide.
Scheduling Environments are part of Workload Manager's
Resource Affinity Scheduling facility. A Scheduling Environment
is named list of abstract resource names along with the required
state (On or Off) of each resource in the list. A resource can
be in one of three states; On/Off as mentioned previously, and
Reset (the initial or unset state). A scheduling environment is
considered "available" on a particular system when each of the
named resources in the list is in the required state on that
system.
The S option of the WLM command causes the IOF Scheduling Environment Display
to be displayed. This panel lists all defined environments.
--------------------- IOF Scheduling Environment Display --------( 10 )-------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CURSOR
Systems: MAS
-------NAME----------ACT-DESCRIPTION--------------SYSTEMS--------------------
_ 1 CICS_NIGHT Night shift CICS
_ 2 CICS_PRIME Prime shift CICS SYSA SYSC
_ 3 DB2_NIGHT Night shift DB2
_ 4 DB2_PRIME Prime shift DB2 SYSA
_ 5 NO_CICS CICS Down
_ 6 NO_DB2 DB2 Down
_ 7 SCHENVA Scheduling environment A SYSC
_ 8 SCHENVB Scheduling environment B
_ 9 SCHENV1 Scheduling environment 1 SYSA SYSC
_ 10 SCHENV2 Scheduling environment 2
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An environment can be selected to display more detailed information.
The JOBS command displays all input jobs queued for the
scheduling environment.
------------------ IOF Scheduling Environment Detail Display ------------------
COMMAND ===>
Jobs - Jobs for Sched Env Res - Resources for Sched Env
Name : CICS_PRIME
Description: Prime shift CICS
Available on these systems:
SYSA SYSC |
The RES command displays all required resources for
the environment, and the resource state on each system.
The resource state can be set to ON or OFF by overtyping on this
panel.
---------------- IOF Scheduling Environment Resources Display ( 3 )-----------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CURSOR
Systems: MAS Scheduling Environment: CICS_PRIME
-------NAME----ACT-REQUIRED SYSA SYSC -COMMENTS-----------------------
_ 1 CICSA ON ON ON
_ 2 DAYTIME ON ON ON
_ 3 SYSTEM ON ON ON
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The new R option of the WLM command displays all defined WLM resources without
regard for scheduling environments to which they may be assigned.
Resource state can be changed or reset from this panel.
---------------- IOF Scheduling Environment Resources Display ( 15 )--------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CURSOR
Systems: MAS
-------NAME----------ACT SYSA SYSC -COMMENTS------------------------
_ 1 CICSA ON ON
_ 2 DAYTIME ON ON
_ 3 DB2A ON ON
_ 4 NIGHT RESET
_ 5 NOPER OFF OFF
_ 6 RESA RESET RESET
_ 7 RESB RESET RESET
_ 8 RESC RESET RESET
_ 9 RESD RESET RESET
_ 10 RESOURCE_1 ON OFF
_ 11 RESOURCE_2 ON OFF
_ 12 RESOURCE_3 OFF ON
_ 13 RESOURCE_4 OFF OFF
_ 14 SYSTEM ON OFF
_ 15 UNREF1 RESET RESET
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The 8B dynamic option menu has been improved to more accurately display
options that each user has the authority to use. User experience
installing release 8A was instrumental in the design and implementation
of these changes.
The CMDS help has been expanded significantly to document
dozens of commands that were previously documented only in the User's
Guide or in the Installation Guide. This feature makes
it easier for users to find and learn how to use some of the powerful
but obscure IOF commands.
IOF Release 8B
was officially made available on October 25, 2006..
It is anticipated that Release 8C with additional
new features will available in the first quarter of 2007. A beta version of 8B will be available in August 2006.
The beta version will run in parallel with your production
release 8A or release 7 version of IOF. It uses the same
SVC/ESR as the production IOF.
The beta program for release 8B has been closed.
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