Data Sensor terminology
These topics include several unique terms that you should understand before you begin to use Data Sensor.
Unique terms used in this information
- Data elements
- Sensor data is stored in the Sensor Data repository as a group (or a set) of records made up of
data elements.
A data element consists of a data element tag and a data element value pair.
- Stand-alone Data Sensor
- Stand-alone Data Sensor refers to Data Sensor that runs as a stand-alone job.
- Integrated Data Sensor
- Integrated Data Sensor refers to the Data Sensor process that runs within other IMS Tools product jobs.
- Sensor data
- Sensor data refers to statistics data that is collected by Data Sensor.
Sensor data for space management and reorganization domains includes information about the characteristics of the organization of the data in the database as well as information from the system catalog, VSAM catalog, and disk Volume Table of Contents (VTOC).
Sensor data for recovery domains includes information from the content of DBRC RECON data sets.
Product short names
These topics use the following abbreviations for product short names.
| Short name | Product name |
|---|---|
| Autonomics Director | Autonomics Director component of IBM® IMS Tools Base for z/OS® 1.6 (5655-V93) or later |
| IMS |
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| IMS Database Reorganization Expert | IBM IMS Database Reorganization Expert for z/OS 4.1 (5655-S35) |
| IMS Database Solution Pack | IBM IMS Database Solution Pack for z/OS 2.2 (5655-DSP) or later |
| IMS Database Utility Solution | IBM IMS Database Utility Solution for z/OS 2.1 (5698-DUL) or later |
| IMS Fast Path Solution Pack | IBM IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS 2.1 (5698-FPP) or later |
| IMS HP Fast Path Utilities | IMS High Performance Fast Path Utilities of IBM IMS Fast Path Solution Pack for z/OS |
| IMS HP Image Copy | IBM IMS High Performance Image Copy for z/OS 4.2 (5655-N45) |
| IMS HP Pointer Checker | IBM IMS High Performance Pointer Checker for z/OS 3.1 (5655-U09) |
| IMS Recovery Solution Pack | IBM IMS Recovery Solution Pack for z/OS 2.1 (5655-ISR) or later |
| IMS Tools Base | IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS 1.6 (5655-V93) or later |
| IMS Tools Knowledge Base, IMS Tools KB, or ITKB | IMS Tools Knowledge Base component of IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS |
| IMS Tools Online System Interface or TOSI | IMS Tools Online System Interface of IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS |
| Management Console | IBM Management Console for IMS and Db2® for z/OS 1.1 (5655-TAC) |
| Policy Services | Policy Services component of IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS |