Setting up SIM notifications using the DS CLI

Service information messages (SIMs) are generated by a storage unit for S/390 and zSeries hosts. You can designate the level of error you want to be notified about and how often you want to be notified.

It is recommended that you determine your levels of notification before using the setsim command. You need to decide what type of message should generate a message. You have the following choices including a level of severity, severity designations are the same for each type of message. You can also designate how often you want to be notified.

SIM message types consist of the following:

DASD service information messages
Media service information messages
Storage unit messages

SIM severity designations consist of the following choices:

acute - An irrecoverable error with possible loss of data.
moderate - A system path is not operational and performance might be degraded.
serious - An irrecoverable error or a data check with loss of access to data.
service - A recoverable error, equipment checks, or data checks. You can defer repair.
none

SIM notifications for each message type can be in the range of 0-5 time.

To set up your SIM notification choices using the setsim command, perform the following steps:

Log in to the DS CLI application in interactive command mode, if you are not already logged in.
Specify your notification choices using the following example format for the setsim command. At the dscli command prompt type the following:
```
dscli>setsim -dasdlevel serious -dasdnotify 3 -medialevel moderate 
-medianotify 2 -sulevel service -sunotify 1 IBM.1750-68FA120
```

Press Enter and a successful process displays the following message:

Date/Time: Sun Aug 11 02:23:49 PST 2004 DS CLI Version: 5.0.0.0 
DS: IBM.1750-68FA120

The SIM settings were successfully modified