Dashboard

The VSM GUI Dashboard indicates current VSM system status and provides alerts for key performance metrics.

The Dashboard is initially displayed when you log in to VSM GUI and remains active throughout the VSM GUI session. To re-display the Dashboard during a session, just click the Dashboard tab at the top of the pane.

Dashboard elements include:

• "Status"

• "VTV Counts"

• "Free MVCs"

• "MVCs in Error"

A database update error message is displayed at the top of the Dashboard if there has been an issue with the database refresh process. Click the error message to display the Database Update Log and manage the database refresh process manually.

Status

This data table shows current system status summarized for all VTSSs in each tapeplex or expanded to show each VTSS in a selected tapeplex.

To display, select Status and Dashboard on the navigation tree.

You may need to scroll horizontally or detach the table to view all columns.

Click the Expand button left of the tapeplex name to display the VTSSs for that tapeplex.

The status for each field is summarized with a status indicator:

Icon	Name	Description
	Good	Indicates no threshold violations are detected
	Caution	Indicates warning thresholds have been exceeded
	Critical	Indicates critical thresholds have been exceeded
	Unknown	Indicates status could not be detected

Click a status indicator to display its details:

• Click a VTSS Status or DBU indicator to view the "Display VTSS" panel filtered for the selected tapeplex or VTSS.

• Click a RTDs or vRTDs indicator to view the "Display Drive" panel filtered for that drive type on the selected tapeplex or VTSS.

• Click an IPCLINKs or FICON CLINKs indicator to view the "Display CLINK" panel filtered for the selected tapeplex or VTSS.

• Click a Migrate Queue or Replication Queue indicator to view the "Queued Processes" panel filtered for the selected tapeplex or VTSS.

Table columns and descriptions include:

Column	Description
Tapeplex VTSS	The tapeplex name and the VTSS names in the tapeplex.
VTSS Status	Indicates VTSS status: Good: Indicates the VTSS is Online. Warning: Indicates the VTSS is Online-p, Quiescing, Quiesced, or Started. Critical: Indicates the VTSS is Offline or Offline-p. Unknown: Indicates a value other than Online, Online-p, Offline, Offline-p, Quiescing, Quiesced, or Started.
DBU	Indicates the DBU level: Good: Indicates the DBU is less than the high auto-migrate threshold (HAMT). Warning: Indicates the DBU is greater than or equal to the high auto-migrate threshold (HAMT). Critical: Indicates the DBU is greater than the alert level for this VTSS. Unknown: Indicates the DBU, alert level, or HAMT values are missing.
RTDs	Indicates the RTD status: Good: Less RTDs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More RTDs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More RTDs are offline than the critical number for this VTSS. Unknown: Status of some RTDs is unknown, or critical/warning alert levels are missing.
vRTDs	Indicates the vRTD status: Good: Less vRTDs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More vRTDs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More vRTDs are offline than the critical number for this VTSS Unknown: Status of some vRTDs is unknown, or critical/warning alert levels are missing.
IP CLINKs	Indicates the IP Clinks status: Good: Less IP CLINKs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More IP CLINKs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More IP CLINKs are offline than the critical number for this VTSS. Unknown: Status of some IP CLINKs is unknown, or critical/warning alert levels are missing.
FICON CLINKs	Indicates the FICON CLINKs status: Good: Less FICON CLINKs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More FICON CLINKs are offline than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More FICON CLINKs are offline than the critical number for this VTSS
Migrate Queue	Indicates the migrant queue level status: Good: Less Migration processes in the queue than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More Migration processes in the queue than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More Migration processes in the queue than the critical number for this VTSS. Unknown: Critical/warning alert levels are missing, or Queued Processes data is missing.
Replication Queue	Indicates the replication queue level status: Good: Less Replication processes in the queue than the warning number for this VTSS. Warning: More Replication processes in the queue than the warning number for this VTSS. Critical: More Replication processes in the queue than the critical number for this VTSS. Unknown: Critical/warning alert levels are missing, or Queued Processes data is missing.

Columns Hidden indicates the number of columns in the table that are not being displayed. These are displayed using the View menu.

Columns Frozen is the number of left-hand columns that remain static when the horizontal scroll bar is moved. A blue vertical line separates these columns from the others.

Use the View menu to perform the following operations:

View Option	Description
Columns	Show all or selected columns and manage hidden/visible status
Detach	Display the table in a separate window
Expand	Show individual VTSSs in the selected tapeplex
Expand All Below	Expands all tapeplexes below the current selection
Collapse All Below	Collapses all tapeplexes below the current selection
Expand All	Expands all tapeplexes
Collapse All	Collapse all tapeplexes
Scroll to First	Scroll to the top of the list of tapeplexes
Scroll to Last	Scroll to the bottom of the list of tapeplexes
Reorder Columns	Select the column sequence for Visible columns

Use the Page Size menu to specify the number of rows to include on a data table page.

If there are multiple pages, use the Page feature at the bottom of the table to navigate among them. Enter or select a page number or use the arrow buttons to move forward or backward in the list of pages.

Click the icons above the table to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Detach	Display in a separate window
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard

VTV Counts

This graph shows VTV scratch and resident counts for each tapeplex.

To display, select Status and Dashboard on the navigation tree.

Hover the mouse on an object to display summary data for the object.

Hover on a label to highlight related objects on the graph.

Click the icons above the graph to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Vertical bar graph	Display the graph as a vertical bar chart
	Horizontal bar graph	Display the graph as a horizontal bar chart
	Stacked bar graph	Display the graph as a stacked bar chart
	Pie chart	Display the graph as a pie chart
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard

Free MVCs

Free MVCs reports show free MVC status for MVC Pools or media types:

• "Free MVCs: MVC Pools"

• "Free MVCs: Media"

To display, select Status and Dashboard on the navigation tree.

Free MVCs: MVC Pools

The MVC Pools data table indicates Free MVCs current status for each MVC Pool on each tapeplex.

The status for each field is summarized with a status indicator:

Icon	Name	Description
	Good	Indicates no threshold violations are detected
	Caution	Indicates warning thresholds have been exceeded
	Critical	Indicates critical thresholds have been exceeded
	Unknown	Indicates status could not be detected

Click a status indicator to display its details:

MVC Pools are shown to be in a critical state if the number of free MVCs is less than the Minimum Free MVCs value for the pool.

MVC Pools are shown to be in a warning state if the number of free MVCs is equal to than the Minimum Free MVCs value for the pool.

MVC Pools are shown to be in a good state if the number of free MVCs is greater than the Minimum Free MVCs value for the pool.

MVC Pools are shown to be in an unknown state if the Minimum Free MVCs value or the number of free MVCs is not known.

Hover the mouse on an object to display summary data for the object.

Click an MVC Pool in the data table to show the Display MVC Pool panel, filtered for that MVC Pool.

Click the icons above the graph to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard

Free MVCs: Media

The Media graph shows Free MVCs sorted by media type.

Click an object in the graph to show the Display MVC panel, filtered for that media type.

Click the icons above the graph to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Vertical bar graph	Display the graph as a vertical bar chart
	Horizontal bar graph	Display the graph as a horizontal bar chart
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard

MVCs in Error

MVCs in Error reports show MVCs in error sorted by MVC Pool or media type:

• "MVCs in Error: MVC Pools"

• "MVCs in Error: Media"

To display, select Status and Dashboard on the navigation tree.

MVCs in Error: MVC Pools

The MVC Pools graph show MVCs in error, sorted by MVC Pool.

Hover on an object to display summary data for the object.

Click an MVC Pools object to show the Display MVC Pool panel, filtered for that MVC Pool.

Click the icons above the graph to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Vertical bar graph	Display the graph as a vertical bar chart
	Horizontal bar graph	Display the graph as a horizontal bar chart
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard

MVCs in Error: Media

The Media graphs show MVCs in error, sorted by media type.

Hover on an object to display summary data for the object.

Click a media object to show the Display MVC panel, filtered for that media type.

Click the icons above the graph to perform the following operations:

Icon	Name	Description
	Vertical bar graph	Display the graph as a vertical bar chart
	Horizontal bar graph	Display the graph as a horizontal bar chart
	Print	Display as a printable page
	Refresh	Refresh with data from the VSM GUI database
	Help	Display VSM GUI Help
	Run ELS	Refresh data by running the necessary ELS commands to update all of the database tables that are referenced on the page
	Close All Tabs	Close all tabs and display just the Dashboard