SET statements

The following rules apply:

• All text must be uppercase.
• The SET keyword must precede all parameters. There are no column restrictions. In the following example, all of the statements are valid.

• Parameters are composed of keywords and associated values. There are two types of parameters: action and selection. Action parameters indicate how the BMC AMI Storage function operates. Selection parameters indicate which resources (volumes, jobs, data sets, and so on) are affected by the BMC AMI Storage function.

• Action parameters must be placed immediately after the SET operation keyword. For members SMPOOLxx, SMFLSTxx, and SMRLSTxx, all action parameters must be on the same line or a continued line. For other members (SMMSYS xx, SMCALSxx, SMVARSxx, and SMFUNCxx), action parameters can be listed on separate lines.

  In all members the first line must be preceded with SET. In SMMSYS and SMEVNT, lines that are not preceded by SET, INC, or EXC use the default value SET (except continuations). In all other members, lines that are not preceded by SET, INC, or EXC use the default value INC (except continuations).

• Selection parameters must follow the action parameters and start on a new line. Selection parameters can be preceded by the keyword INC or EXC to indicate inclusion or exclusion (the default is INC).
• The parameter value is separated from the parameter keyword by an equal sign (=) and in some cases, a greater-than (>) or less-than (<) sign; spaces are optional.

• Most parameters have a single value specification: a keyword, a name, or a name mask, or a number.

  Example

  MODE=ACT
  EXC PGM=GL0125A
  EXTENT>5

• All selection parameters and some action parameters can have a list of values, in which case the individual values are enclosed in parentheses and separated by commas or blanks.

  Example

  POOL=(TEST,WORK,PROD)

• Parameter specifications within a single line are separated by commas or spaces.

  Example

  SET  POOL=WORK,USEVOL=ALL
  SET  POOL=WORK USEVOL=ALL

• Variables are concatenated by placing them together, without the use of any special connective characters. Blanks or commas cannot be placed between concatenated variables.

  Example

  DSN=&TESTHLQ&DIVCODE&TESTLLQ
• Blank lines are allowed.
• In SMPOOLxx or a filter or rule list, a SET statement action parameter or selection parameter can be continued onto the next line by placing any character in column 72.
• A comment line is indicated by an asterisk in column 1.
• Comments can be embedded in a line by starting the comment with /* and ending it with */. The following restrictions regarding /* */ comments apply:
  • They can only be used outside of a keyword and its associated value.
  • They cannot be used within a parenthesized list of values.