SIMs for Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe

Service information messages (SIMs) report the status of Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe V-VOLs and pools when specific events occur. If an event associated with a pool occurs, a SIM is reported.

An example of a SIM condition is when the used capacity of a pool reaches or exceeds the warning threshold set for the pool. For example, if the warning threshold is set to 50% and the used capacity of the pool reaches or exceeds 50%, a SIM is reported.

The following table lists and describes the SIM reference codes associated with Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe operations and provides recommended actions for the conditions.

SIM code (SIM level)	Event	Thresholds or values	Types of reports		Recommended actions
SIM code (SIM level)	Event	Thresholds or values	Sent to host?	Sent to maintenance personnel?	Recommended actions
623`xxx` (Moderate) `xxx` = hexadecimal pool number	Error occurred in the DP pool	None	Yes	Yes	Contact customer support.
624000 (Moderate)	No space in the shared memory	None	Yes	No	Perform one of the following actions to increase free space on shared memory: Remove pools that are not used. See raidcom delete pool in the Command Control Interface Command Reference. Remove V-VOLs that are not used. See raidcom delete ldev in Command Control Interface Command Reference. Shrink the pool capacities. See raidcom delete pool in Command Control Interface Command Reference.
628000 (Service)	Protect attribute of Volume Retention Manager is set	None	Yes	Yes	Perform the following actions depending on the V-VOL protection function setting. If Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Full Pool is enabled, perform one of the following actions to solve the full pool problem: Add pool-VOLs to the pool to increase the free space in the pool. Delete V-VOLs that are not used. If Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Blocked Pool VOL is enabled, perform either of the following actions: Contact customer support to restore the pool-VOL. If the blocked pool-VOL is an external volume, verify the status of the path blockade and the external storage system. After taking actions in step 1, release the protect attribute of the V-VOL using CCI.
629`xxx` (Moderate) `xxx` = hexadecimal pool number	In the DP pool, the used capacity reserved for writing exceeded the Warning Threshold.	1% to 100% (in 1% increments) Default: 70%	Yes	No	Perform one of the following actions to increase free capacity of the pool: Verify the available pool capacity, and then increase the pool capacity. See raidcom add dp_pool in Command Control Interface Command Reference. Delete V-VOLs that are not used.
62A`xxx` (Moderate) `xxx` = hexadecimal pool number	In the DP pool, the capacity reserved for writing is full.	100%	Yes	No	Perform one of the following actions to increase free capacity of the pool: Verify the available pool capacity, and then increase the pool capacity. See raidcom add dp_pool in Command Control Interface Command Reference. Delete V-VOLs that are not used.
62B000 (Moderate)	In the DP pool, the used capacity reserved for writing continues to exceed the highest pool threshold. SOM 734 must be enabled. If SOM 734 is set to ON, the SIM is output every eight hours.	Highest pool threshold of DP	Yes	No. If SOM 741 is set to ON, the SIM trap is reported to maintenance personnel.	Perform one of the following actions to increase free capacity of the pool: Verify the available pool capacity, and then increase the pool capacity. See raidcom add dp_pool in Command Control Interface Command Reference. Delete V-VOLs that are not used.
62C`xxx` (Moderate) `xxx` = hexadecimal pool number	In the DP pool, the used capacity reserved for writing exceeded the Depletion Threshold.	1% to 100% (in 1% increments) Default: 80%	Yes	No	Perform one of the following actions to increase free capacity of the pool: Verify the available pool capacity, and then increase the pool capacity. See raidcom add dp_pool in Command Control Interface Command Reference. Delete V-VOLs that are not used.
628000 (Service)	Protect attribute of Data Retention Utility is set.	None	Yes	Yes	Solutions Perform the following actions depending on the V-VOL protection function setting. Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Full Pool is enabled, perform one of the following actions to solve the full pool problem: Add pool-VOLs to the pool to increase the free space in the pool. Delete V-VOLs that are not used.* If Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Blocked Pool VOL is enabled, perform either of the following actions: Contact customer support to restore the pool-vol. If the blocked pool-vol is an external volume, verify the status of the path blockade and the external storage system. After taking actions in step 1, release the protect attribute of the V-VOL in CCI.
633`xxx` (Moderate) `xxx` = hexadecimal pool number	The processing is suspended because a failure occurred when one of following operation is being performed on a DP pool. Creating pool Expanding pool Deleting pool LDEVs or parity groups that a pool does not contain might remain.	None	Yes	Yes	Contact customer support.