Title

Handling Exceeded SMF Thresholds

Name

IEE361I

Table

SMF

Message

Any of the following messages:

• IEE361I SMF DATA LOST - NO DATASETS AVAILABLE, DATA BEING BUFFERED TIME=hh.mm.ss
• IEE362A SMF ENTER DUMP FOR SYS1.MANx ON volser
• IEE363I SMF ser NOT DIRECT ACCESS
• IEE364I SMF {LOGICAL | PHYSICAL} I/O ERROR ON SYS1.MANx {FEEDBACK CODE = fc | error text}
• IEE365I SMF SYS1.{MANx | PARMLIB} NOT OPENED
• IEE366I NO SMF DATASETS AVAILABLE - DATA BEING BUFFERED TIME=hh.mm.ss

Message Description

Descriptions for messages handled by this rule are found in the other rule descriptions belonging to SolveWare subject SMF.

Basic Scheduling Parameters

Always schedule this rule.

Runtime Scheduling Parameters

No special considerations

Global Variables

None.

Rule Logic

To avoid message overload situations, this rule deactivates SMF rules whose messages have exceeded a pre-determined number of appearances in a period of time.

These threshold values are defined for every message included in this rule in the threshold parameters APPEARED ### TIMES IN #### MINUTES.

To synchronize threshold handling correctly, this rule is assigned a higher PRIORITY value than the message rules that it monitors, and has a CONTINUE SEARCH value of Y (Yes).

Deactivation of an SMF rule is achieved by adding the appropriate (inverse) IN prerequisite condition for the rule.

To reactivate a deactivated rule, the threshold conditions must be deleted. This can be done either manually or automatically by Control-O (see the following section).

Threshold conditions must be specified in the IGNORE list of the Control-M CONTDAY procedure (see SolveWare Implementation Considerations).

Rule Actions

• Notifies user U-SYSADMIN that the message that exceeded its threshold is no longer handled by Control-O.
• Sets the appropriate IN condition to deactivate the rule. The format of this condition is CTO-msgid-THRESH, where msgid is the message ID of the specific message.

Activating the Rule

Once scheduled, the rule is triggered whenever one of the above messages exceeds its threshold.

Recommended Mode or Category

During the testing period, the rule must be activated in LOG mode. Once you are satisfied with the results of the rule, change the mode to PROD to avoid log messages for this rule.

The SolveWare category for this rule is 2—some customization is required before implementation.

Customization

Review each SMF message monitored by this rule and determine appropriate threshold values.

For each message included in this rule, adapt to site requirements APPEARED ### TIMES IN #### MINUTES values, which specify a number of appearances in a time period.

Title

Resetting SMF Rule Threshold Conditions

Name

RESSMF

Table

SMF

Event

RESSMF

Event Description

This Event rule deletes all threshold conditions for all SMF rules.

Basic Scheduling Parameters

Always schedule this rule.

Runtime Scheduling Parameters

No special considerations

Global Variables

None.

Rule Logic

Using the INTERVAL parameter, this rule periodically deletes the threshold conditions of all SMF rules in order to reactivate SMF rules that exceeded their thresholds. (For further information regarding the resetting of threshold conditions, see Customization in this table.)

Rule Actions

• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE361I-THRESH STAT
• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE362A-THRESH STAT
• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE363I-THRESH STAT
• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE364I-THRESH STAT
• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE365I-THRESH STAT
• Deletes condition or date CTO-IEE366I-THRESH STAT

Activating the Rule

Once scheduled, the rule is triggered periodically according to the INTERVAL parameter specification.

Recommended Mode or Category

During the testing period, the rule must be activated in LOG mode. Once you are satisfied with the results of the rule, change the mode to PROD to avoid log messages for this rule.

The SolveWare category for this rule is 2—some customization is required before implementation.

Customization

Adapt the INTERVAL parameter to site requirements:

If you use the INTERVAL parameter without the TIME FROM parameter, the threshold conditions are deleted when the rule is ordered.

Note: Threshold conditions must also be deleted at time of IPL. For more information, see SolveWare Initialization.

Threshold conditions must be specified in the IGNORE list of the Control-M CONTDAY procedure. For details, see SolveWare Implementation Considerations.