Data set and file names in configuration files

Several parameters require that you specify data set or data definition (DD) names.

Data set names

The data set names that you specify in the configuration information for existing data sets must be catalogued or in the JCL. 

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Configuration-file-format

Any new data sets will be catalogued. Data set names must be fully qualified and conform to the naming rules for data sets on your operating system. If you specify an invalid data set name, the apply request terminates when it attempts to allocate the data set.

The High-speed Apply Engine processes file names exactly as they are specified. We recommend that you do not specify mixed case or lowercase data set names.

Some file-name parameters default to DD statements in the JCL if you do not specify a file name. The default for the configuration file is the SYSIN DD statement. The default for the Library parameter is the data set that the APTDBRM DD statement specifies.

 

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