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Creating a target context definition

To define target contexts specifically for monitoring by the CAS or to define to a local product a set of security resource calls defined in a security parameter member, BMC recommends that you follow this procedure on each system in your sysplex or multisystem environment:

  1. Start the CASs and PASs across systems for the products that you want to create target context definitions for. See Starting-a-CAS, Starting-the-z-OS-PAS, and Starting-a-BBI-SS-PAS for CAS and PAS startup instructions, respectively.

  2. Display the MainView Selection Menu on your local system by executing the MainView CLIST and select option P for Plex Manager. The EZPLEX menu is displayed.

  3. On the COMMAND line, type TGTDEF SUFFIX(00) and press Enter to display the TGTDEF view with the default 00 suffix parameter member.

    Note

    If you do not define the SUFFIX(00) parameter when requesting the TGTDEF view, the following message is displayed:
    BBMYA121I Target definition member nn does not exist in BBPARM

  4. On the COMMAND line, type EDIT and press Enter to obtain the edit lock.

  5. On the COMMAND line, type GENERATE and press Enter to automatically add a definition for each active product displayed from the PLEX view.

  6. If you need to define additional target contexts that are not defined using the GENERATE command, type ADD on the COMMAND line and press Enter to display the Add New Target Definition dialog:

                               Add New Target Definition
     COMMAND ===>                                               SCROLL ===> PAGE

     Target Specification:
      Target Name Target      Name to uniquely identify the target
      Product                 MainView Product Name
      System      *           CAS System Name
      Server      *           PAS Server Name
      Description Add your description

     Security Specification:
        ID        00          Product Resource Suffix (2 digits)
        User ID               Default userid, GLOBAL, or blank
        Name                  Applid for this Target

     END to exit saving changes
     CANCEL to exit without saving changes
     HELP to view related help
     RESET to reset to initial data

    The Add New Target Definition dialog allows you to define a MainView target and product combination (target context). You can use this dialog to:

    • Change or add new targets for an z/OS PAS or add new targets for a BBI-SS PAS that is running MainView products in windows mode. MainView for CICS uses this information to define targets dynamically. This is in addition to targets that are defined by using BBPARM member BBIJNT00.
    • Provide security information for local or cross-system products that are sharing a security parameter library.

    Target information for the Add New Target Definition dialog includes:

    • One- to eight-alphanumeric character name of a target to be managed by a z/OS or BBI-SS PAS
    • MainView product that is monitoring the specified target
    • Name of the local CAS or * if a CAS name is not required to uniquely identify the target
    • Name of the PAS server or * if a server name is not required to uniquely identify the target
    • Description of the target system

    Security information includes:

    • Suffix of the security parameter library member that is used to secure resources for the product
    • Default security user ID
    • Security application ID for the product

    You can use z/OS system symbols (&SYSNAME, &SMFID, and so on) in the fields on the Add New Target Definition dialog.

  7. Provide the appropriate information for each product. If you need more information about a field, press the Help key.

  8. Enter END to return to the TGTDEF view.

  9. Repeat steps 6 through 8 for each MainView product that you want the CAS to specifically monitor. Also, repeat steps 6 through 8 for each local product for which you need to define a specific security resource BBPARM member. (With a shared BBPARM parameter library, you can define a security resource BBPARM member to the target context definition for any product, not just for local products.)

  10. On the COMMAND line, type SAVE and press Enter to save the information to the target context definition member in BBPARM.

  11. On the COMMAND line, type INSTall and press Enter to dynamically activate new target context definitions.

  12. Perform one of the following actions:
    • If each CAS has a unique BBPARM parameter library, repeat steps 2 through 11 on each CAS.
    • If all CASs share the same BBPARM parameter library:
      • Repeat steps 2 and 3 on each CAS or open a window to the Plex Manager on each CAS and display the TGTDEF view.
      • Repeat step 11 on each CAS.

Related topic

Target-context-definition

 

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