ddnames of general data sets

The following list shows the data definition names, also known as ddnames, for required and optional data sets.

The ddnames for the required data sets are:

INPUTDD

The data set that contains the DB2 trace data to be used as input for OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE reports. You must specify this fully qualified data set name.

Start of change If your DB2 trace data is provided in SMF log streams, specify the log stream name. You can also specify an additional range of dates if required. End of change

Start of change In the following example, all DB2 traces that are available in z/OS log stream "IFASMF.SYSA.DB2" are processed by the batch reporter. The FROM and TO arguments can be used to control the date range. End of change

 
//INPUTDD  DD DSN=IFASMF.SYSA.DB2,                            
//         DCB=(RECFM=VB,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=32756),          
//         SUBSYS=(LOGR,IFASEXIT,'FROM=OLDEST,TO=YOUNGEST')

Start of change For more information about SMF log streams, contact your system administrator. End of change

STEPLIB

The data set that contains OMEGAMON® XE for DB2 PE programs. You must specify this fully qualified data set name.

SYSIN

The data set that contains OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE command string. If the command string is contained in the JCL, specify an asterisk (*), otherwise specify the fully qualified data set name.

The ddnames for the optional data sets are:

DPMLOG

The data set where processing messages are written.

DPMOUTDD

The output data set where OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE writes formatted data. Specify a ddname for this data set only if you want to produce more reports from the same data later.

DPMPARMS

The data set that contains information about changes that you have made to OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE standard processing settings. The things you can tailor are:

Report layouts
Time zone specifications (member LOCDATA)
Correlation translation information (member CORRDATA)
Exception field descriptions (member EXCHANGE)
Definition of the main packages used in reporting (MAINPACK)

For more information, see Customizing OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE functions.

ERRDMPDD

This service data set provides potentially corrupted IFCID data identified by the Reporter. You should only specify this ddname if corrupted IFCID records are reported in your JOBSUMDD or DPMLOG.

JOBSUMDD

The data set where information about OMEGAMON XE for DB2 PE processing is written. It contains the IFCID frequency distribution log and the job summary log.

JSSRSDD

The data set where job summary data is written when a SAVE subcommand is processed.

SYSOUT

The data set where messages about sorting are written.

The following three data sets are used for exception processing. For more information, see Using Statistics and Accounting reports to identify exceptions.

EXCPTDD: The data set where exception thresholds are stored. This data set is required for all exception processing.
EXFILDD1: The data set where the Exception Log File data is written.
EXTRCDD1: The data set where the Exception Log data is written.

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