Enabling Automatic Restart Manager (ARM) support

Use member BBISSPxx to enable support for the Automatic Restart Manager (ARM) if you want it to automatically restart BBI-SS PASs that have abended.

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This task is optional for BMC AMI Ops Automation, and it does not apply for other products.

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ARM provides support for automatically restarting batch jobs and started tasks after unexpected termination. This function is available in either single sysplex environments or multisystem sysplex environments that use coupled data sets.

To enable ARM support

In BBPARM member BBISSPxx, specify the following statement:ARMPOLCY=[NO | YES |xxxxxxxx]

Variables are as follows:

  • NO indicates that the BBI-SS PAS will not use the ARM facility.

  • YES indicates that the BBI-SS PAS will use the default ARM restart policy.

    The default policy is for ARM to restart an abended address space up to three times within five minutes. If the address space fails to restart after the third attempt, a message is written to the SYSLOG, and the address space remains inactive.

  • xxxxxxxx specifies the one- to eight-character name of a user-created policy for controlling BBI-SS PAS restarts. The PAS issues MVS command SETXCF START,POLICY,TYPE=ARM,POLNAME=xxxxxxxx before registering itself with ARM.

When registering itself with ARM, the PAS uses the element name SSssid. For example, with SSID=ABCD the PAS registers with ARM as the element name SSABCD.

For more information about implementing ARM support for BMC AMI Ops Automation, see Customizing BMC AMI Ops Automation after installation.

 

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