Creating an SSI context definition

BMC recommends that you complete this procedure on each system where you want views to display SSI contexts of data.

To create an SSI context definition

1. From the BMC AMI Ops Selection Menu, select option P, Plex Manager. The EZPLEX menu is displayed.

2. On the EZPLEX menu, under Administration, position the cursor on Context Definition and press Enter to display the CONDEF view, as shown below.

   Important

   When you display CONDEF on a system for the first time, only the predefined ALL and CURRSYS context definitions exist in default member 00.

   ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------- BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ------------
   COMMAND  ===>                                               SCROLL ===> PAGE
   CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>
    W1 =CONDEF==========SYSC=====*========(00 BROWSE        )====PLEXMGR==D===1
   CMD SSI      Description                              Number_of Filter
   --- Context- -----------                              Filters-- #1----
       ALL      All target systems (predefined)                  1 TGTNAME=*
       CURRSYS  Targets on local system (predefined)             1 %2 = %6
3. On the COMMAND line, type EDIT and press Enter to obtain the edit lock.

4. On the COMMAND line, type ADD and press Enter to display the Add Context Definition dialog, as shown below.

                           Add Context Definition
   COMMAND ===>                                               SCROLL ===> PAGE
   Context Identification:
    SSI Context
    Description
   Inclusion Filters: (Target included if ANY are true)
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
   Substitution parms to be used in filters
    %1=TGTNAME %2=TGTSYSTEM %3=TGTPRODUCT
    %4=TGTSEVER %5=TGTDESC %6=CURRSYSTEM
   
   END to exit saving changes
   CANCEL to exit without saving changes
   HELP to view related help
   RESET to reset to initial data

   On the Add Context Definition dialog, you specify one or more filter conditions that select the target systems and BMC AMI Ops products to be included in the SSI context.
   
   You can use z/OS system symbols (&SYSNAME, &SMFID, and so on) in the SSI Context and Description fields.

   
   

5. As shown in the example below, complete the dialog as follows:
   1. Enter a one- to eight-alphanumeric name for your SSI context.
   2. Provide a description of up to 40 characters.

   3. Specify one to eight target systems to be included in the SSI context by using inclusion filters. When the inclusion filters are used by a view, they are ORed together. Individual filters can include multiple criteria that include the AND operator. Each line is one filter. To help save space in a filter definition, you can use the substitution parameters that are shown on the dialog. The inclusion filters are explained in the online Help. For a description of the fields on this dialog, press the Help key.

                               Add Context Definition
       COMMAND ===>                                           SCROLL ===> PAGE
      
       Context Identification:
        SSI Context CMFABC
        Description CMF ON MVSA, MVSB, MVSC
       Inclusion Filters: (Target included if ANY are true)
        1 (TGTPRODUCT IN (CMF,PLEXMGR)) AND (%2 in (MVSA,MVSB,MVSC))
        2
        3
        4
        5
        6
        7
        8
       Substitution parms to be used in filters
        %1=TGTNAME %2=TGTSYSTEM %3=TGTPRODUCT
        %4=TGTSEVER %5=TGTDESC %6=CURRSYSTEM
      
       END to exit saving changes
       CANCEL to exit without saving changes
       HELP to view related help
       RESET to reset to initial data
6. Press the END key to return to the CONDEF view.
7. On the COMMAND line, type SAVE and press Enter to save the information.
8. On the COMMAND line, type INStall and press Enter to dynamically activate the new SSI context definition.
9. Proceed as follows:
   • If all CASs share the same BBPARM parameter library, repeat steps 2, 3, and 8 for each CAS.
   • If each CAS has a unique BBPARM parameter library, repeat steps 1 through 8 for each CAS.

10. (optional) If you want the local CAS to use a new SSI context definition that you just installed, take the following steps:

    Important

    The name of the default BBPARM member containing SSI context definitions has a suffix of 00. If you updated this member, you do not need to perform the following procedure.

    1. Display the CASDEF view and obtain the edit lock.
    2. On the COMMAND line, type CHAnge and press Enter.
    3. Modify the value in the ConDef Suffix field of the Change CAS System Definition dialog to be the two-digit value of the SSI context definition member that you want the local CAS to use.
    4. Enter the END  command to return to the CASDEF view.
    5. On the COMMAND line, type SAVE and press Enter to save the update in the CAS definition member in the BBPARM library.
    6. On the COMMAND line, type INStall and press Enter to immediately update the local CAS with the new SSI context definition member. The local CAS will now use the new SSI context definition member that you specified.