Understanding PARMLIB members
Topaz for Total Test uses parameter libraries, or PARMLIBs, to configure Xatz.
- Sample PARMLIB member XATZ00 in sample library SLCXCNTL provides the core parameters required for Xatz and should be used as a skeleton for parameters for your particular installation.
- The sample default PARMLIB member represent the initial defaults in the BMC Compuware Mainframe Services Controller (CMSC). However, the default suffix for each PARMLIB member could have been changed for your site’s CMSC start-up and supersede these listed values.
- Sample PARMLIB member XATZALL in sample library SLCXCNTL includes all available parameters. If your site requires non-core parameters, you only need to copy those individual parameters to the CMSC PARMLIB members that require non-default parameter values.
PARMLIB member naming convention
PPPPnnnn
PPPP is the product prefix, XATZ for the z/OS Agent.
nnnn is the 1 to 4-character PARMLIB suffix, for example 00.
The PARMLIB member name for each product or product component must start with the product prefix, for example XATZ for z/OS Agent. The 1- to 4-character suffixes can be used to replace the default name1 (XATZ00). If the parameter for a given product is omitted, the default suffix will be 00.
Changing the default PARMLIB member
In the CMSC startup parameters, specify the product parameter, followed by the equal sign, and the 1- to 4-character suffix (for example: XATZ=01, which points to PARMLIB member XATZ01). If you changed your PARMLIB member name from the default XATZ00 to XATZ0005, for example, update your CMSC PARMLIB member to point to the new PARMLIB member,XATZ=0005.
1 The listed defaults represent the initial defaults in the CMSC. However, the default suffix for each PARMLIB member could have been changed for your site’s CMSC start-up and supersede these listed values. See the Enterprise Common Components Installation and Configuration Guide and Enterprise Common Components Advanced Configuration Guide.