This guide introduces MON-TS7700, a specialized component of the Storage Control Center (SCC) suite that provides monitoring and reporting capabilities for IBM TS7700 virtual tape environments. Learn how this solution collects and aggregates BVIR data from multiple TS7700 clusters, delivers real-time status information through an ISPF interface, generates daily PDF reports, and stores historical data for trend analysis. Intended for storage administrators, tape librarians, and system programmers responsible for managing IBM TS7700 virtual tape libraries who need comprehensive visibility into replication queues, configuration status, and long-term utilization patterns.
The Storage Control Center (SCC) is an integrated family of storage management products that helps you get the most out of your storage budget. SCC products improve disk-space utilization, prevent storage-related errors, enable installations to monitor the storage subsystem in real time, and proactively control storage usage.
MON-TS7700 is the SCC Monitor interface to the IBM TS7700 family of products. The product reads BVIR data from one or more TS7700 clusters and aggregates that data for reporting. An ISPF interface provides a TSO user with information about the current status of the TS7700 configuration and the related replication queues. MON-TS7700 can also extract historical information and generate daily PDF reports that can be emailed to storage management personnel. The product can be configured to store long-term utilization records in a VSAM file for trend analysis.
This manual covers the installation, configuration, and use of MON-TS7700. General installation procedures for all SCC products can be found in the Product Installation Guide. The next chapter highlights the product’s capabilities and components.
Easy to Install The SCC product suite is designed to work with your existing environment; additional hardware or software upgrades are NOT required. Because the products are dynamically installed, an IPL is NOT required.
Documentation The SCC Monitor documentation is available in the following manuals:
MON-SNAPSHOT Snapshot monitor using batch and started tasks.
MON-RTM Real-time monitor for storage events.
MON-EXPLORER Explorer PC GUI application.
MON-IPHONE The Monitor iPhone application; MON-ISPF Monitor ISPF setup and applications; MON-JCLQA JCL validation and quality assurance.
MON-PRECALL Predictive recall for migrated datasets.
MON-TS7700 IBM TS7700 BVIR interface.