Manage General Configuration
To ensure Strobe operates effectively and securely within the organization, Strobe administrators must configure these settings.
Modify the configuration settings as needed and click Apply.
You can configure the following settings:
- SMF manager
- Profiles
- BMC Mainview explorer
- Profile email
Accessing
On the CES landing page, click Administration > Strobe administration. The Strobe general settings page is displayed.
To configure SMF manager settings
SMF Manager Settings enables SMF data collection. For this functionality to work, you must enable SMF data collection in Strobe by selecting the Enable SMF data collection using port Click Apply to save and apply these settings.
You can change the SMF Data collection port number in CES. Associated fields in the Strobe Parameter dataset must also be configured, and the SMF Port number must match that specified in Strobe.
- GM_MONITOR: Specifies whether to enable Global Monitoring. Must = YES for SMF processing.
- GM_SMFDATA: Specifies that SMF Data is to be collected and sent to Strobe. Must = YES for SMF processing.
- GM_SMFHOST or GM_SMFIP: GM_SMFHOST indicates the Strobe SMF server name. GM_SMFIP indicates the Strobe SMF server IP address. Specify either GM_SMFHOST or GM_SMFIP. If both are specified, GM_SMFHOST is used.
- GM_SMFPORT: Specifies the Strobe SMF server port number. Must equal the SMF port number applied in Strobe.
- GM_TCPNAME: Specifies the TCP/IP job name of the IP Stack on the LPAR that Global Monitoring SMF is to use.
- MNASPROCNAME: Specifies the Global Monitoring Address Space (MNAS) startup procedure name. This job comes up with Strobe and must be executing.
To configure report profiles settings
The Report profiles configuration option identifies when, how, and where to save and store profiles.
Configure the settings as follows:
| Field | Description |
| Reporter Processing Use TSO ID for JobName | This setting is used when the mainframe security does not allow for a common batch job name. The TSO ID will be substituted in the job card before submission of the batch profile report. |
| Validate profile in Strobe | Selecting this check box will validate the format of the XML files for those profiles being downloaded to Strobe. By default, this box is unchecked. |
| Synchronize profile directory/repository on startup | Selecting this check box will synchronize the profiles. When checked, additional overhead of processing will occur. |
| Location | Identifies the full path chosen for storing profiles in the file system. This could be a folder in the local file system. It could also be a network file system which is accessible by Strobe. To change it, enter the full path name of the directory where you want to store profiles after validation. Clicking Synchronize ensures that all profiles in this location are synchronized with those profiles in the database. When synchronization is in progress, the Synchronize button changes to Unlock and remains that way until synchronization is complete. |
| Quarantine directory | Profiles which encounter an error during processing will be sent to this directory to allow further review. Review the location and the path name in the Quarantine directory field and change it if necessary. The field is pre-populated with the \Quarantine directory in the installation directory. To change it, enter the full path name of the directory where you want invalid profiles moved after validation. |
| Allow profiles to be processed asynchronously | Selecting this check box will allow for the simultaneous processing of profiles.
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| Report only most significant Db2 Performance | Selecting this check box will enable the creation of the Top Db2 SQL reports for new profiles loaded into Strobe. The valid range for Maximum entries is 10 through 25. This new report will be available for Db2 profiles. |
To configure usage data settings
To collect Strobe usage data in the Usage Data Report, enable the usage data collection option. When you disable this option, data stops being collected in the report.
In the Delete data older than field, select the number of weeks of data to collect before deleting data.
To configure BMC Mainview Explorer settings
The BMC Mainview Explorer option allows BMC Mainview users the ability to configure access to the BMC Mainview server from within Strobe. Once configured, BMC Mainview Explorer functionality is available from the myStrobe screen. For more information, refer to Integration with BMC.
Host and Port fields – Enter the Host and Port values for the BMC Mainview server.
To configure profile email settings
Use the Profiles email section to customize the email notifications received when either a measurement completes, and a profile is created or when sending profile links by email. These settings are populated by default but can be customized.
- Subject: Adding or modifying the text in the Subject field defines the subject in the email that is sent.
- Body: Modifying the text in this field defines the body content in the email. Modify the text either before or after each tag. If you eliminate a tag, you will not get a link for that tag in the email that is sent. The tags include:
- %PROFILE NAME% – Provides the name of the profile.
- %ADVISOR% – Provides a link to the Strobe Advisor report.
- %MSD% – Provides a link to the Strobe MSD report.
- %GRPPRF% – Provides links used to navigate to specific group profiles.
- Clicking Restore defaults allows you to return to the default text and tags.