Continuous operation with dynamic parameter management
The Dynamic Parameter Manager (DPM) is a panel-driven application where you can view or modify parameters in BBPARM members from a TS session. The BBPARM members currently supported by DPM are as follows:
BBPARM member name | Contains parameters to set for BMC AMI Ops Automation |
|---|---|
AAOALSxx | ALERT thresholds |
AAOARPxx | Automation Reporter parameters |
AAOEXPxx | EXEC parameters |
AAOPRMxx | general function parameters |
AAOTSPxx | TapeSHARE parameters |
Additionally, the DPM application has an Activate command that can be used to dynamically change the BBPARM members that a BBI-SS PAS currently uses without restarting the BBI-SS PAS.
Windows-mode parameter editor
BMC AMI Ops Automation supports a windows-mode parameter editor. This editor allows you to edit and manage the following BBPARM members:
- BBICFG
- BBIISPxx
- BBIJNTxx
- BBINODxx
- BBISSPxx
- BBIVARxx
- BBIXSPxx
- AAOMQLxx
- AAOMQMxx
- AAOPLXxx
- AAOTRNxx
You can access the PASPARM view from the EZAO view by clicking on the Parameter Members link:
COMMAND ===>
CURR WIN ===> 1 ALT WIN ===>
W1 =EZAO=====EZAOADM==AGSDL81D=*========ddmmmyyyy==13:41:23====MVAO=====D====1===
Administration
General Utility
.About +---------------------+ .List of Views
.PAS Information | Place cursor on | .List of User Views
.Parameter Members | choice and press | .List of Screens
>Dynamic Parm Manager | ENTER |
+---------------------+ .Quit/Disconnect
.Quit
Use the PASPARM view to access the parameter editor and see the list of the BBPARM members that you can edit. You can also enter the following command to directly edit a BBARM member:
PARMEDT bbparmMemberName
For example, to edit the BBPARM member AAOPRM21, enter:
PARMEDT AAOPRM21
For more information, you can view this quick course video: Using the Parameter Editor.
Dynamic Parameter Manager: overview
With the Dynamic Parameter Manager, you can
Control virtual storage consumption
Use DPM to dynamically adjust the virtual storage throttles in AAOEXPxx and AAOALSxx (where xx is a user-defined suffix).
Control CPU & I/O usage
Use DPM to adjust the CPU & I/O throttles dynamically in AAOEXPxx.
Implement previously defined AAOALSxx, AAOARPxx, AAOEXPxx, AAOPRMxx, and AAOTSPxx members dynamically
By implementing previously defined members dynamically, different resource thresholds can be defined in response to anticipated environmental requirements without restarting the BBI-SS PAS.
Activate and control the data collection time intervals for the Automation Reporter application
The Automation Reporter collects data for specific automation items and the AAOARPxx member controls how often data is collected and offloaded into the database.
The Automation Reporter application (and how to activate it with the Dynamic Parameter Manager) is described in Using-BMC-AMI-Ops-Automation-basic-applications.
Customize the way the TapeSHARE component performs tape device sharing automation among your z/OS images
With TapeSHARE, you can automate the sharing of tape devices between z/OS images. For more information about installing TapeSHARE, refer to Implementing-TapeSHARE; for more information about using TapeSHARE, refer to the Reference-for-BMC-AMI-Ops-Automation-options.
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