Task 7—Updating the destination control table

Summary: In this task, you will update the destination control table (DCT).

This task is optional. You can use one or both DCT entries. Neither entry is required. One entry supports the DCT print option. The other entry allows startup and shutdown status messages to be routed to a user-specified destination. Both entries can be remote.

Before you begin

If you are creating a DCT, ensure that the transient data program is available to the CICS system. (The transient data program cannot be a dummy program.)

In a multiregion operation (MRO) system, any DCT entries that SUPEROPT uses can be remote.

To update the DCT entry for printing

If you use a DCT ID as the destination for one of the Monitor print options, BMC recommends the CSSL DCT destination. If you do not use CSSL, provide another DCT entry and reassemble the DCT. A sample DCT entry is shown in the figure.

Sample DCT Entry—Required for Printing to a DCT Destination

In the Monitor, the print options are displayed on the panels for the following items:

• Option 9—Print or Reset Statistics to print statistics
• Option 3.4.0—Wraparound Data Stream Trace to print a wraparound data stream trace

For detailed information about print options, see Using.

To update the DCT entry for startup and shutdown status messages

The DCT entry shown in Figure lets you specify a separate destination for Optimizer startup and shutdown status messages.

Sample DCT Entry—User-Specified DCT Destination for Messages

If you do not want these messages routed to CSMT, modify the INDDEST=CSMT entry. Provide an alternate location that is convenient for reviewing the messages. If this destination is not defined to CICS, the status messages are routed to CSMT automatically.