The Sysplexes Shared DASD view contains the following columns.
Average Device Contention Index Average of the device level contention indexes for devices of the group. Device contention is an indicator of I/O delay for this group, caused by intersystem contention for the device. The larger the number, the more severe is the contention. Valid value is a numeric value in the range 0 through 2147483647, to two decimal point precision, and includes the use of the *AVG, *MAX, *MIN, or *SUM functions. An example is 1.25.
Group Name Name of the DASD group. Valid format is a simple text string from 1 through 30 characters; for example, SGDB2X.
Highest Device Contention Index Highest of the device-level contention indexes for devices of the group. Valid value is a numeric value in the range 0 through 2147483647, to two decimal point precision, and includes the use of the *AVG, *MAX, *MIN, or *SUM functions. An example is 4.25.
Highest Device Contention Index Volser Volume serial number of the device contributing the largest device contention index. Valid format is a simple text string from 1 through 6 characters; for example, VOL001.
Managed System A sysplex in your enterprise that is being monitored by OMEGAMON XE for z/OS agents. Valid value is a character string with a maximum length of 32 bytes, in the format <plexname>:MVS:SYSPLEX.
Proxy Host The managed system name of the CMS which is currently hosting the Sysplex Proxy CMS. The valid value is a simple text string with a maximum of 32 characters.
Sysplex Name The name of the sysplex. Valid format is a simple text string with 1 through 8 characters; for example, SYSPLXA.