Automation reference

BMC AMI Utilities automation enables you to perform many tasks automatically, making your database processing more convenient, powerful, and efficient.

Examples of tasks that you can automate include the following:

  • Allocating copy data sets
  • Changing the size of VSAM data sets
  • Stacking copies on a specified tape unit
  • Notifying an email account on job completion

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How BMC AMI Utilities automation works

BMC AMI Utilities automation enables you to control processing of a BMC AMI Utility through the use of files called automation control points. Automation control points are an integral part of BMC AMI Utilities and use options that you specify to perform specialized functions.

During execution of a BMC AMI Utility, processing flow jumps to a series of automation control points that contain the instructions that you specified. Upon completion of the instructions, the product returns to standard processing.

The product output file provides messages that indicate where the automation control points were run and that automation activity has occurred.

Activating BMC AMI Utilities automation

Use the following procedure to activate BMC AMI Utilities automation for a product run.

To activate BMC AMI Utilities automation

  1. Allocate a partitioned data set.
  2. Add the NGTAUTO DD statement to your utility JCL, referring to the partitioned data set that you allocated.
  3. Create or modify an automation routine in the partitioned data set.

 

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