Specifying BMC AMI Copy utility parameters

The BMC AMI Copy utility parameters in the EXEC statement, which affect data sharing, include:

  • A Db2 subsystem ID or Group Attachment Name for Db2 data sharing (ssid)
  • A restart parameter that instructs BMC AMI Copy to identify data sharing agents and terminate them

Related topic

Using-BMC-AMI-Copy-with-the-Db2-data-sharing-capability


Option

Description

Db2 Subsystem ID (ssid)

This parameter specifies the ID of the Db2 subsystem where the space to be copied resides. You can use the Group Attachment Name in place of the ssid parameter. This allows you to use the same JCL but run on any member of a data-sharing group.

Restart Parameter (restartParm)

This parameter has the following values:

Value

Description

TERMAGENTS

Specifying TERMAGENTS instructs BMC AMI Copy to identify any BMC AMI Copy data sharing agents connected to the XCF group and issue a call to terminate them. No other processing is done by BMC AMI Copy. Note that a subsystem ID is not needed because BMC AMI Copy does not connect to Db2. (For more information, see Copy-registration-in-a-data-sharing-environment-for-SHRLEVEL-CHANGE.)

SHOWAGENTS

Specifying SHOWAGENTS instructs BMC AMI Copy to identify any BMC AMI Copy data sharing agents connected to the XCF group. No other processing is done by BMC AMI Copy. Note that a subsystem ID is not needed because  BMC AMI Copy does not connect to Db2.

 

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