FDREPORT Health Check

FDREPORT health check jobs

BMC has developed a series of job streams, based largely on FDREPORT, that can be used to report on the general status of your DASD installation, and it reports on various “problem” conditions, such as uncataloged data sets, and volumes running out of free space or room in the VTOC. The job streams are also good examples of both simple and sophisticated use of FDREPORT. A breakdown of each of these reports as well as sample output is available in the “Using the FDREPORT Health Check Jobs” document.

These job streams are found in the FDR JCL library in members:

HCHECKI

Index to the other members, similar to this list

HCHECK0

FDREPORT Internal Parameter Check

HCHECK1

DASD with Potential Problems:

Volumes that are more than 80% full

VTOCs that are more than 80% full

VVDSs that are more than 80% full

VVDSs that are multi-extent

Fragmentation index

VTOC Indexes more than 80% full

Volume Mount, Use, SMS, and VTOCIX status

VVDS data sets with logical errors

FDRCPK – Check all online volumes for logical VTOC errors

HCHECK2

Reports for SMS Administrator:

All storage groups with ONLINE / OFFLINE volumes

High and low SMS threshold per storage group

High and low SMS threshold per volume per storage group

SMS-managed volumes with disabled VTOC indexes

Data sets summarized by storage class

Report data sets from a storage class

Wrongly or uncataloged data sets on SMS-managed volumes

Data sets on SMS-managed volumes that are not SMS-managed

Non-SMS data sets that are not eligible for conversion

HCHECK3

Reports for Performance Analyst:

Multi-extent, VSAM data sets

Multi-extent, non-VSAM data sets

Data sets likely to get Sx37 abends

PS extended format (striped) data sets

Extended attribute data sets (from NVR)

Extended format clusters

Multi-Volume data sets

Multi-Volume data sets summarized by data set

HCHECK4

Reports for Capacity Analyst:

Total online space available, space allocated, and space unused

Online units by manufacturer

Online units by controller serial number

Space utilization by control unit subsystem identifier

Space utilization by volume for SSID

Space utilization by device type

Space utilization by storage group

List all volume serial numbers/units, showing online/offline status

Volumes with more than 45% free space

VTOCs with more than 45% free space

VVDSs with more than 45% free space

Data sets past their expiry date

Data sets not referenced in 60 days

Data sets with inefficient block sizes

Small data sets with inefficient block sizes

FDRQUERY archive simulation all volumes in 15 day increments

FDRQUERY backup simulation all volumes

HCHECK5

Reports for VSAM Tuning Analyst:

Multi-volume VSAM data sets

Multi-volume VSAM data sets summarized by cluster

Multi-extent clusters

Badly split clusters

VSAM clusters with possible excess CA or free space

Over allocated VSAM clusters

Clusters that use obsolete options

Space occupied by largest VSAM files

Space occupied by busiest VSAM files

Clusters with high inserts

Space occupied by largest KSDS files

Space occupied by busiest KSDS files

KSDS clusters with high inserts

Space occupied by largest ESDS files

Space occupied by busiest ESDS files

Space occupied by largest RRDS files

Clusters that have Alternate Indexes (AIXs)

Extended attribute clusters

Striped clusters

Space occupied by zFS files

Space occupied by HFS files

HCHECK6

Reports Showing PDS Efficiency:

Basic stats on PDS data sets

Multi-extent PDS data sets

PDS data sets with limited free space

PDS data sets with limited free directory blocks

PDS data sets with excess free space

Basic stats on PDSE data sets

PDSE and HFS data sets on SMS-managed volumes

PDFE and HFS data sets on non-SMS volumes

FDRREORG space reclaimable by PDS compression

HCHECK7

Report Data Sets that May Offend Standards:

Uncataloged or wrongly cataloged data sets

Data sets with Undefined DSORG

Data sets with discrete RACF profile

Empty PS, PO, ICF-VSAM data sets

Unmovable data sets

Data sets only in the catalog (not on volume)

HCHECK8

Project or DASD Management Reports:

Summary of data set types

Catalog usage report

Summary of IAM files

Space occupied by an application

Space occupied by CNTL or JCL files

Space occupied by LIST and OUTLIST files

Space occupied by SYS1. and SYS2. data sets

Space occupied by all data sets, summarized by index

Space occupied by all data sets, summarized by 3rd level index

DASD utilization by storage group name

DASD utilization by device type

DASD utilization of a specified volume group

ONLINE and OFFLINE DASD - All

ONLINE DASD – Volume summary, NOBREAK Total

OFFLINE DASD – Volume summary, NOBREAK Total

ONLINE DASD – Volume summary, DEVTYPE

OFFLINE DASD – Volume summary, DEVTYPE

ONLINE DASD – Volume summary, STORGRP

OFFLINE DASD – Volume summary, STORGRP

ONLINE DASD Grouped by # cylinders

ONLINE volumes with more than 10,000 cylinders

OFFLINE volumes with more than 10,000 cylinders

HCHECK9

Reports for ABR Users:

Data sets cataloged for Auto-recall but Not in the Archive Control File

Data sets in the Archive Control File with no corresponding catalog entry

Summary of all archived data sets

Number of archived data sets marked as “Restored”

Number of archived data sets marked as “Deleted”

Number of archived data sets beyond their expiry date

Archive files that are best candidates for FDRTSEL SELECT ARCEDIT

Audit list of all archive tape volumes

Non-SMS managed volumes and their ABR threshold status

Volumes with pending INSTANT backup

Volumes with no ABR model

Volume backup report

HCHECKA

Reports for FDRPAS Users:

Print FDRPAS license information

All addresses summarized by ONLINE / OFFLINE volumes

Volumes flagged as SYSRES volumes

List PAGE and SWAP data sets

List all VVDS data sets, check for logical errors

Check source volumes for structural errors

HCHECKB

Reports for IAM Users:

List and summary of all IAM files

IAM files that are not enhanced format

IAM file statistics sorted by overflow used

HCHECKC

Reports for CA 1 Users:

All tapes grouped by volume status

All tapes grouped by location

Tapes from a specified location

Tape volumes closed by abend

Tapes marked as “BAD”

Tapes with permanent read and/or write errors

Tapes with permanent and/or catalog retention

Tapes with permanent retention

Tape data sets closed by abend

Oldest old tape data sets

Tape data sets created by a specified program

Data sets on tape held by retention value

Data sets on tape volumes expiring within a month

HCHECKD

Reports for IBM DFSMSrmm Users:

All tapes grouped by volume status

Tapes grouped by location

Tapes from a specified location

All tapes grouped by pending action

Tapes with permanent read and/or write errors

Tapes closed by abend

Data sets on tape held by retention value

Data sets on tape created by a specified program

Data sets with VRS name of abend

Data sets on tape volumes expiring within a month

HCHECKE

Reports for FDRMOVE Users:

Total ONLINE space available, space allocated, space unused

Total OFFLINE space available, space allocated, space unused

ONLINE space utilization by device type

OFFLINE space utilization by device type

Volumes best consolidated by FDRPAS

Volumes without a VTOC index or VTOC index disabled

Volumes flagged as SYSRES volumes

Wrongly or uncataloged data sets on SMS volumes

Report VVDS data sets with logical errors

Unmovable or undefined data sets

Incomplete multi-volume data sets or clusters

Multi-volume data sets or clusters

List IODF and LINKLST data sets

PAGE and SWAP data sets

Catalogs from storage groups