Mike, I feel your pain, as I went through this with the MXI 4.3 SGRP command (which relies on the information returned by SMS to report on space usage). Quite a few users reported the inconsistancy - so in MXI G2, the SGRP command now uses the latest cached LSPACE data gathered by the MXI server for all volumes in the storage group.
You could use DCOLLECT and then combine the SMS report reports and those that report on DASD volumes to produce accurate reports. This is easier if you have SAS - but can be done with REXX with a little bit of effort. Unfortunately the SSI calls to SMS to get the SGRPs and volumes in a SGRP are not a GUPI - so it is not simple to roll-yer-own assembler program to do this all for you. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael B Smith Sent: 21 January 2008 14:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Monitoring DASD Capacity/Usage According to IBM, (see APARS OA05936 and OA21002 and marketing request MR0508025651) there are several ways that ISMF can report conflicting and/or incorrect storate usage numbers at the Storage Group level as compared to the volume level. We have on OA21002 but still see conflicting numbers. If ISMF is not totally reliable as to reporting space usage, what is the current best way to report on DASD usage/capacity, say in a single DB8300 from a DFSMS perspective? IE Total space allocated to the SG, used by the SG, free space in the SG, etc. Regards, Mike Smith 706-275-3435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************** Privileged and/or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or are not responsible for delivery of this message to that person) , you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. If you or your employer do not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind, please advise the sender. Shaw Industries does not provide or endorse any opinions, conclusions or other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the company or its subsidiaries. ********************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
