The Audit File Allocation Parameters screen

The following figure allows you to specify your space allocation and, if you are an SMS site, SMS class information. To display the Audit File Allocation Parameters Screen, enter a 5 in the OPTION field on the Parameter Selection Menu or as described in Selecting-screens. Optionally, you can specify a special prefix for the audit file when using the batch update processing option of the Search-Update-utility-3-6.

Audit File Allocation Parameters screen

Audit files can be dynamically created during an Edit session or Search Update utility change processing (option U). A before and after image of each changed record is written to the audit file. See Audit Trail Feature for more information.

Field Descriptions

Specify Audit Trail File Allocation Information:

Space units

Specify one of the following storage unit types depending on how the data set size is expressed:

BLKS - Number of blocks
TRKS - Tracks
CYLS - Cylinders

Primary quantity

Specify the primary allocation quantity in tracks, cylinders, or blocks as specified in the space units field.

Secondary quantity

Specify the secondary allocation quantity in tracks, cylinders, or blocks as specified in the space units field.

Audit DSN prefix

Specify the prefix to be used for the audit file when using the batch update processing option of the Search-Update-utility-3-6. When you specify a value, the audit trail data set name is:

auditDSNprefix.Dyymmdd.Thhmmss.Msss

If you enter the symbolic *USERID* in this field, File-AID will use the current running job's user ID. *USERID* with additional trailing nodes in this field are considered invalid and File-AID will only use the symbolic *USERID*.

If you leave this field blank, the standard audit file naming convention for online processing will be used (see Audit trail data set).

Specify SMS Class Information:

Storage

Specify the SMS storage class to use for the allocation of the data set. The storage class describes the hardware requirements of the data set.

Data

Specify the SMS data class to use for the allocation of the data set. The data class describes the attributes of the data set such as RECFM, DSORG, LRECL, BLKSIZE, etc.

Management

Specify the SMS management class to use for the allocation of the data set. The management class describes the migration, backup, and retention for the data set.