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Cross-System Coupling Facility (XCF)

21st February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
The cross-system coupling facility (XCF) component of z/OS manages communications between applications in a sysplex. XCF services allow authorized programs in a sysplex to communicate with programs on the same MVS system or other MVS systems. If a system fails, XCF services also provide the capability for batch jobs and […]
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Create a History Data Set from Log Data Recorded on the Logrec Log Stream

21st February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
The following JCL creates a history data set from log data recorded on the Logrec log stream //LOGRECHS JOB,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X,NOTIFY=&SYSUID //EREPDALY EXEC  PGM=IFCEREP1,PARM=(‘HIST,ACC=Y,SYSUM’) //ACCIN    DD DSN=SYS1.SYSPLEX.LOGREC, //            SUBSYS=(LOGR,IFBSEXIT,,’DEVICESTATS,LASTRUN’), //            DCB=(RECFM=VB,BLKSIZE=4000) //ACCDEV   DD DSN=MVS.LOGREC.LGSTREAM.HISTORY, //            DISP=(NEW,CATLG), //            DCB=(RECFM=VB,BLKSIZE=4000), //            UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(25,5)) //SERLOG   DD DUMMY //DIRECTWK DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,15,,CONTIG) //TOURIST  DD SYSOUT=A,DCB=BLKSIZE=133 //EREPPT   DD SYSOUT=A,DCB=BLKSIZE=133 […]
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MVS

EREP Control Statements

15th February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
The following control statements are used to give EREP information about your configuration and set up the overall criteria for the way EREP creates the report: Control Description CONTROLLER Tells EREP to combine the error records associated with this particular control unit and its attached devices. DASDID Tells EREP that […]
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EREP Processing Parameters

15th February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
The following parameters are used to control the way EREP processes the records that were selected: Parameter Description ACC=Y or N Accumulate. Tells EREP to copy the records used for the report into an output history file. Yes is the default value. HIST=Y or N History. Tells EREP that its […]
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EREP Selection Parameters

9th February 2011 Rui Miguel Feio
The following parameters are used to select the records for EREP to use: Parameter Description CPU=({nnnnnn|Xnnnnn|XXnnnn}.model [, …]) Processor serial and machine type numbers. Use only the records associated with this particular processor. nnnnnn – the six-digit hexadecimal CPU ID number. It defines a single processor in an n-way central […]