IBM z/OS DFSMShsm Primer

An IBM Redbooks publication

Published 09 September 2015, updated 21 June 2017

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ISBN-10: 0738440841
ISBN-13: 9780738440842
IBM Form #: SG24-5272-03
(500 pages)

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Authors: Keith Winnard, Jose Gilberto Biondo, Gert Laumann, Norbert Sclumberger, Jeanne Vangsness, Chao Xing Ma

Abstract

DFSMShsm provides storage management to help you optimize resources, improve efficiency, direct access storage device (DASD) space, and systems availability. It works with Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMS) closely to manage your data through data set migration and recall, and data set backup and recovery. With DFSMShsm, you can automate your storage management tasks, improving productivity by effectively managing the storage devices.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides technical storage specialists and storage administrators with basic DFSMShsm knowledge for implementing and customizing DFSMShsm at the IBM z/OS® V2R21 level. Hints and tips about the daily operation, monitoring, and tuning are included. Sysplex environment considerations are also included.

If you are implementing DFSMShsm for the first time, you can obtain valuable information about how to use the DFSMShsm functions. If you are experienced, you can use this publication as an update to the latest DFSMShsm functions. This book shows how to use those functions in an existing DFSMShsm installation.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. DFSMShsm overview
Chapter 2. Planning and reviewing your environment
Chapter 3. Getting started
Chapter 4. SMS and its interactions with DFSMShsm
Chapter 5. Implementing DFSMShsm security
Chapter 6. Data set format support, record-level sharing, and extended address volumes
Chapter 7. Tape considerations
Chapter 8. HSMplexes, GRSplexes, and sysplexes
Chapter 9. Space management
Chapter 10. Availability management means backup
Chapter 11. Maintaining your DFSMShsm environment
Chapter 12. Control data set considerations
Chapter 13. Monitoring and reporting
Chapter 14. Problem determination
Chapter 15. IBM Health Checker update
Chapter 16. Common DFSMShsm functions
Chapter 17. Hints, tips, and suggested practices
Appendix A. Sample ACS routines

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