Adding allocation rules

Specify the ADD subcommand in the following format:

ADD type_ALLOCATION

The variable type refers to the level at which you want to add the allocation rule.

The following table lists all keywords that can be used with the ADD subcommand to specify storage, class, statistics detail level, and retention parameters for an allocation rule.

Available keywords for the ADD subcommand

Keyword	Function
AREA_KEY	Specify area identifier
DATACLAS	Specify SMS data class
DBD_KEY	Specify database identifier
DETAIL_LEVEL	Specify level of detail (UOW or area) to be written to the repository statistics data set
DSNAME	Specify data set name mask
EXPDT	Specify expiration date
GROUP_KEY	Specify group identifier
MGMTCLAS	Specify SMS management class
RETPD	Specify retention period
STORCLAS	Specify SMS storage class
UNIT	Specify physical device
VOLSER	Specify volume serial numbers

Sample JCL for adding an allocation rule at the group level is shown in the following figure. This example also shows how you can specify a retention period (90 days in this example) for statistics data sets that are added to the repository.

//PFP EXEC PGM=PFPEPR00,REGION=0M
//STEPLIB  DD DSN=BMC.PFP.LOAD,DISP=SHR
//         DD DSN=IMSVS.RESLIB,DISP=SHR
//PFPSYSIN DD   * 
  PROCESS_EPR REPOSITORY_DSNAME='PFP.PFPEPR'
    ADD GROUP_ALLOCATION,GROUP_KEY=IMSA,
      DSNAME='PFP.&DBD.&AREA.&DATE.&TIME',
      UNIT=DISK,VOLSER=12354,RETPD=90

Related topic

Creating and modifying allocation rules

Adding allocation rules

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