Creating site data sets


Use this procedure to create the necessary site data sets.

Tip

This task is required for all products.

The required site data sets are as follows:

Data set

Description

UBBPARM

Site-modified parameter members

SBBVDEF

Site-customized view definitions

SBBHELP

Site-customized Help text

SBBPROF

(Optional) Site-customized common profile library shared by all site users

SBBSDEF

Site-customized screen definitions

UBBSAMP

Site-customized sample JCL, procedures, and program members

If maintenance needs to be applied to the site data sets, you are alerted when distributed versions change. PTFs that affect any members in these data sets contain the following statement. You can then save your changes before replacing the members.

++HOLD SYSTEM REASON(ACTION) CLASS(lib_name)

To create site data sets

  1. Use BBILIB member @@YZZ011 to create the necessary site data sets.Follow the instructions at the top of @@YZZ011 to modify the JCL to your site requirements. The site data set allocations require the attributes that are shown in the following table:


    Data set

    Record format (RECFM)

    Logical record length (LRECL)

    Block size (BLKSIZE)

    Primary tracks

    Secondary tracks

    Directory blocks

    UBBPARM

    FB

    80

    6160

    60

    15

    80

    SBBVDEF

    FB

    80

    6160

    30

    15

    30

    SBBHELP

    FB

    80

    6160

    30

    15

    30

    SBBSDEF

    FB

    80

    6160

    30

    15

    30

    UBBSAMP

    FB

    80

    6160

    30

    15

    80

    SBBPROF

    FB

    80

    6160

    30

    15

    30

  2. Submit the job.
  3. Check the job output for a condition code of 0 for successful job completion.

    Important

    If you use another method to allocate these data sets, such as the ISPF Data Set Utility, do not specify the PACK option. BMC AMI Ops product site data sets cannot be packed when allocated.

 

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