Life cycle management considerations

Note the following points about running the life cycle management process: 

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  • Before running for the first time:
    • Associate the same user id to the BMC AMI Cloud z/OS agent and the life cycle management process. Running life cycle management requires the user ID to have READ access to the appropriate RACF resources: 
      • M9.LIFECYCLE.CLOUD.DELETEEXPIRED
      • M9.LIFECYCLE.CLOUD.STORAGEOPTIMIZER
      • M9.LIFECYCLE.CLOUD.EXPIRATIONHANDLER
    • You can associate a life cycle management process with one resource complex only. Define a separate life cycle management process for each resource complex.
    • You can run only one life cycle management process simultaneously for the same resource process.
    • By default, all LPARS in a SYSPLEX are associated with the same resource complex, named group-sysplex-name. Running life cycle management in any LPAR deletes the expired resources in the whole sysplex.
  • Running regularly:
    • You can activate the life cycle management process in simulate mode, meaning it reports the data sets that would have been deleted without actually deleting them.
    • The next time the life cycle management process runs, it will pick up where the previous process ended.
    • We recommend that you run a life cycle management process every day. 

Important

On the first run, the life cycle might take longer to complete.

 

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