Set FDR Dialog Global Options

New installations

Set the options that are used by the rest of the FDR ISPF dialogs.

Existing installations

Use the COPY function to copy dialog options from the CLIST library of your previous FDR release.

Panel A.I.10 – Set FDR Dialog Global Options

Select option 10 (DIALOG) on the FDR Installation Options Menu that brings you to this panel.

Set FDR Dialog Global Options – Panel A.I.10

CLIST data set name

Data set name of the FDR CLIST library that was loaded during installation or the library that currently contains the FDR CLISTs for the new release. This dialog updates a CLIST called ABRGLOBL that sets options every time the FDR dialogs are entered.

Panel A.I.10 – Set FDR Dialog Global Options

Press ENTER to display the panel containing the dialog options.

Set FDR Dialog Global Options – Panel A.I.10

BACKGRND

FOREGRND

REMOTEQ

SCRATCH

These four options control the execution options that users are given for various functions generated by the FDR ISPF dialogs. If a given function has a choice of execution options, and more than one option is enabled for the user using the dialog, they are asked to choose among them. If only one choice is enabled, it is automatically selected.

The options available for each are:

YES

enabled for all users

NO

disabled for all users

prefix1,prefix2,...

a list of TSO user id prefixes which are enabled (may also include full user ids

BACKGRND and FOREGRND control background (batch job submission) and foreground (immediate TSO execution) for backup, restore, and COMPAKTOR execution. BACKGRND defaults to “YES” and FOREGRND defaults to a list of user id prefixes as shown above. You may want to change FOREGRND to “NO”.

REMOTEQ controls the ability to add ABR backup and restore requests to the remote queues, and to list and update those queues. It defaults to “YES”, but you should change it to “NO” if you have not implemented remote queue processing (see Create-the-Remote-Queue-Files).

SCRATCH controls the ability to execute ABR Superscratch from the panels. It defaults to “NO”. If you change it to “YES” or a user id prefix list, remember that Superscratch can only be executed on volumes that are enabled for Superscratch (see Set-ABR-Disk-Volume-Processing-Options).

DISKUPDT

Specifies the processing option for the ARCHIVE and BACKUP requests directed to the remote queues. It controls whether such requests directly update the DSCBs of the data sets involved, or are added to a remote queue data set (see DISKUPDATE in ABR-Options). It is used only if the REMOTEQ option authorizes this user for remote queue operations.

YES

Update the DSCB directly (requires APF authorization, see Authorize-the-FDR-Programs).

NO

Add the request to a remote queue data set

DEFAULT

Default to the value set in the FDR Global Options for DISKUPDATE (see DISKUPDATE in ABR-Options).

UNIT

Defines the unit name to use for all allocations of DASD work files created by the dialog (such as report output files). Set it to blanks (the default) to use the default unit name defined for this user (in the UADS or RACF).

XECUT

Specifies the type of execution service to use when invoking a processing program in the foreground (foreground requests, reports, and utilities). The options are:

CALL

Standard CALL support. Programs are obtained from the FDR PROGRAM library name specified in the DSNAMES Install Dialog (Option A.I.1A). This is the default.

’TSOEXEC CALL’

TSO/E authorized CALL support. Programs are obtained from the FDR PROGRAM library name specified in the DSNAMES Install Dialog (Option A.I.1A).

EXEC

ISPEXEC “SELECT” service. Programs are obtained from the link list (LNKLST), STEPLIB, or ISPLLIB data sets.

Specification of any other value results in the value being used as a TSO command, passing the program name and parameters. For example, if XECUT is SYSCALL, the TSO command SYSCALL program 'parms' is used for foreground execution of programs.

SORT

Sorting may be required for some reports generated by the ISPF dialogs. This option controls whether DD statements that may be required by your installation’s SORT program should be dynamically allocated when sorting is invoked. Set SORT to “YES” to allocate the files specified by the options SORTLIB, SORTMSG, and SORTVOL below. Set SORT to “NO” if your SORT program executes successfully with no special DD statements (many now do).

Default: YES.

SORTMSG

Defines the ddname to allocate for SORT output messages if SORT is “YES”. Specify “OMIT” if you do not wish to have a sort message DD statement allocated.

Default: SYSOUT.

SORTVOL

Defines the volume serial number to be used for allocation of the SORTWKnn temporary data sets if SORT is “YES”. Specify “NONSPEC” if you want the SORTWKnn data sets to go to any volume available for temporary data sets allocated from TSO. Specify “OMIT” if you do not wish to have the SORTWKnn data sets allocated (your SORT program may automatically allocate SORT work areas when required).

Default: NONSPEC.

BUNIT

Defines the output unit name to be use for ABR DUMPs and ARCHIVEs that are submitted for background execution. This should be a unit name for tape. (Restores are not affected by the BUNIT setting).

Default: TAPE.

BVOLPFX

If the first character of this option is “1”, then the ISPF restore panels contain a field where the user can enter a UNIT value to be used in a TAPEx DD statement for the restore. If the user leaves it blank, or BVOLPFX does not start with “1”, the DYNTAPE option of ABR is used to allocate a tape drive or DASD data set for the restore.

Default: FDRTP.

RPTEXCL

Defines a member name prefix from one to four characters in length. On the ISPF REPORT panel (A.1), if option 6 (FDREPORT) is chosen and the user enters an FDREPORT NAME that starts with this prefix, the user is not required to enter other information. For other member names, the user needs to enter a data set name or volume information.

Default: $$. See the notes under FDRLIB above.

FSUFIX

Defines the suffix for the POOLDISK data set name that describes the output DASD devices to be used when executing a foreground FDRABR DUMP for backup or ARCHIVE. For more information, see the POOLDISK Option in Archive-and-Superscratch-Job-Control-Requirements and the operand FVOL in Set FDR Dialog Global Options. The full name used is “FDRABR.POOLDISK.&FSUFIX” (the first part may be changed by the POOLDISK option in the FDR Global Options, panel A.I.5).

Default: SPFCLIST.

FVOL

Defines a list of DASD volume serial numbers that is used for the FDRABR.POOLDISK data set, which is a dummy data set that points to the volumes that are eligible to be used as output when executing foreground ARCHIVE or backup requests. If FOREGRND is enabled for this user, the ISPF dialog checks if the POOLDISK data set (see FSUFIX in Set FDR Dialog Global Options) is cataloged. If so, the volumes pointed to by that catalog entry are used as output volumes. If not, the volumes defined by FVOL are used.

Default: “WRKPK1,WRKPK2”; but if FOREGRND is enabled and the POOLDISK name is not cataloged, this must be set to real volume serials.

FDRLIB

Defines the name of the FDREPORT control statement data set. It is a sequential or partitioned data set containing FDREPORT control statements for predefined report formats for user execution via panel A.1 (reports). However, the SRS ISPF dialog (panel A.S) is a far superior way of letting users execute predefined or user-specified reports, so you may want to skip this (a data set must be named, but if it does not exist, the function is disabled). If you intend to use FDRLIB, you must create this library or name an existing library; it must have characteristics RECFM=FB and LRECL=80.

SORTLIB

Defines the name of the SORT load module library to be allocated as DD SORTLIB if SORT is “YES”. Specify “OMIT” if your SORT program does not require a SORTLIB DD statement.

Default: SYS1.SORTLIB.