Creating a z/OS PAS PARMFILE data set

Use the following procedure (which uses member @@YZZ061 as a model) to create the PARMFILE data set that is required for historical data processing and workload configuration definitions.

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Manual-customization

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This task is required for the following products but does not apply to other products:

  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for CMF
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for Java Environments
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for z/OS
  • BMC AMI Ops Monitor for UNIX System Services
  • BMC AMI Ops SYSPROG Services
  • MainView VistaPoint

A PARMFILE data set is a VSAM data set that stores the names and current status of historical data sets. When historical data sets are listed in PARMFILE, you can dynamically enable them with commands from the DSLIST view.

Important

A separate PARMFILE data set is required for each PAS.

To allocate a PARMFILE data set

  1. Follow the instructions at the top of BBILIB member @@YZZ061 to modify the JCL to your site's requirements.
  2. Submit the job.
  3. Check the job output for condition code 0.If the condition code is not 0, review the job output messages.

 

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