Implementing the Strobe PARMLIB under CMSC

Important

The  installer is required for this task.

Strobe parameters are managed by the BMC AMI Common Mainframe Services Controller (CMSC). The CMSC component is SMP/E-installed with Enterprise Common Components (ECC) as described in Installing-and-configuring-companion-products of the Strobe Installing. This address space is a centralized facility that provides BMC Common parameter library services. This facility functions in a similar manner to the IBM z/OS PARMLIB. Strobe requires CMSC to be installed for all Common PARMLIB processing.

Task 4.5.1: Create PARMLIB Member STRT00

To use the CMSC component, copy the Strobe parameter data set member STRT00 from the Strobe SSTRPARM library to a data set in the //CWPARM DD concatenation in the CMSC JCL, or ask your CMSC administrator to do so.

Task 4.5.2: Review Strobe Parameters

  1. While most parameters have a default setting, some parameters in the hlq.SSTRPARM data set are site-specific and should be reviewed at installation time:

    • Choose an SVC for your test version that differs from the one in your production version. Set the SVC= parameter with that number.
    • Set SSA=NO if your site is not licensed for the Strobe for Db2 options.
    • Set UI_STRBLOAD to the name of your hlq.SSTRLOAD data set.
    • Set UI_STRBETXT to the name of your hlq.SSTRMSGS data set.
    • Set UI_STRHIST to the name of the history data set that was allocated by the HISTDS step of the ALLOCTST job.
    • Set UI_STRHISTA to the name of the history alternate index data set that was allocated by the HISTDS step of the ALLOCTST job.
    • Set UI_STRHLOG to the name of the history log data set that was allocated by the HISTLOG step of the ALLOCTST job.
    • Set the STRAUTO parameter to the name of your AutoStrobe data set allocated by the AUTODS step of the ALLOCTST job.

    An additional sample Strobe parameter member, STRBALL, has been provided in the Strobe hlq.SSTRPARM library. This member contains an example of all Strobe parameters. See Using-PARMLIB-members-to-configure-Strobe for a complete description of installation parameters that control Strobe functions. 

    Warning

    The STRT00 parameter member contains only the most commonly changed parameters. If changes to MNASPROCNAME, LMSS, GM_REPOSITORY_DSN, or GM_CRITERIA_DSN are required, you must add the parameters to your STRT00 member. Examples of these parameters are in the sample parameter member STRBALL.

  2. If you changed your Strobe started task names in Task 4.3.1: Strobe Started Tasks, ensure that MSASPROCNAME, SSAPROCNAME, and MNASPROCNAME parameters reflect the correct names.
  3. If you want to use another License Management System (LMS) other than the default system with your test version, you need to identify the LMS with the LMSS parameter. The LMSS parameter may be copied from the STRBALL sample parameter member. See LMSS= for information about this parameter.
  4. If you are using Global Monitoring, specify the prefix for the Repository and Criteria data sets on the GM_REPOSITORY_DSN and GM_CRITERIA_DSN parameters in the Strobe PARMLIB member. See GM_REPOSITORY_DSN= and GM_CRITERIA_DSN= for more information.

Task 4.5.3: Update CMSC with STRT00

Use the z/OS MODIFY (F) command to update the CMSC with the PARMLIB members you created.

Refreshing a Single Parameter Member

F cmscname,PARMLIB REFRESH STRT00 

Important

Whenever you modify an existing CMSC PARMLIB member or add a new member, you must execute the CMSC REFRESH command to update the contents of the CMSC cache.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*