HP XP P9000 Smart Manager for Mainframe User Guide (TB589-96001, July 2013)
Figure 17 Relationship between files and commands used in Smart Manager for Mainframe operation
1. Execute the KTSCAN command.
Disk configuration information is acquired from the storage system and then stored in a REXX
variable structure such as a host-discovered array structure.
2. Execute the KTSTORE command.
The disk configuration information stored in the REXX variable structure is saved, and a disk
configuration definition file is created.
3. Create a tiering policy information CSV file.
In a CSV file, the user specifies the volumes or SMS storage groups to be defined as a tiering
policy group.
4. Execute the KTIMPORT command.
Information about the disk configuration definition file and tiering policy information CSV file is
loaded, and a tiering policy group definition file is created.
5. Execute the KTLOAD command.
Information about the defined configuration files is stored in a REXX variable structure such as
the tiering policy group structure.
6. Execute the KTACTTPG command.
Information stored in the REXX variable structure is applied to the storage system.
Configuration example of tiering policy groups
The following shows an example of configuring tiering policy groups.
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