Alert User ID

BCF can employ the TSO Send facility to notify an identified TSO user about exception conditions detected by BCF during job step execution. These conditions typically merit further evaluation. Here are some examples:

• TWI mode is in use.
• Batch backout may be required.
• The performance percentage threshold set with the Logger Perf % Threshold option has been exceeded.

The BMC AMI Application Restart Control messages in the BMC Online Technical Documentation portal list and explain the Alert category messages in detail.

BCF can send messages to a user ID that is not active if the Database Utilities subsystem (DBUSS) is installed and started in the MVS environment. The DBUSS is included at no extra charge with the BMC Software IMS Database Utilities. It provides high-speed database read access for UNLOAD PLUS, IMAGE COPY PLUS, and BMC AMI Pointer Checker for IMS. The DBUSS is not included with BCF. The Database Products for IMS Customization Guide provides complete information about the DBUSS.

If you do not have the DBUSS installed and active, you may want to set the Alert User ID value to a user ID that always remains active, such as is typically used for operations.

If you provide no value for this option, BCF bypasses the attempt to send messages to a TSO user ID; however, it still writes the Alert category messages to the job log data set along with the other BCF messages.