Customizing the configuration profiles

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The configuration profiles have been tailored with the values you provided as you set up the work environment. They also contain default values for all required parameters and some optional parameters. The amount of additional customization that is required depends upon how much your environment differs from the model or product-provided defaults. At a minimum, you must supply certain site-specific values, including variable resolution values. You must also enable and configure any features you want to exploit (such as support for self-describing agents).

About this task

RTE configuration profile
The RTE profile inherits the symbolics specified on the KCIP@PG3 panel. However, you must replace all instances of the actual RTE name in the RTE profile with a symbolic (for example, &SYSNAME.), except for the RTE_NAMESV parameter instance. You can assign symbolics to additional parameters, but see Parameters ineligible to use variables for parameters that must be excluded from use of symbolics. In addition, you must also customize the product-specific parameters listed in Configure OMEGAMON monitoring agents and other components, as applicable. Optionally, you can configure any monitoring server features that you want to enable (Configure a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server).

If you want to use the self-describing agent (SDA) feature, set the resolution value for KDS_KMS_SDA to Y, and provide site-specific values for RTE_USS_RTEDIR.

Global configuration profile
You can assign symbolics to any of the parameters in the global profile. At a minimum, if you enabled SDA, you must assign a symbolic value to the GBL_HFS_JAVA_DIR1 parameter (for example, &GBL_HFS_JAVA_DIR1.), or change the literal default to a site-appropriate one. You must also edit the value for load library parameter GBL_DSN_CSF_SCSFMOD0 and any of the product-specific parameters listed in Customizing the global configuration profile, as appropriate.

At a minimum, provide site-appropriate resolution values for the following parameters, which apply to the hub to which the remote monitoring server connects:

  • KDS_HUB_TEMS_NAME_NODEID
  • KDS_HUB_VTAM_APPL_GLB_BROKER (if the hub uses SNA)
  • KDS_HUB_VTAM_NETID (if the hub uses SNA)
  • KDS_HUB_TCP_HOST
  • KDS_HUB_TCP_PIPE_PORT_NUM

Procedure

  1. From the Workflow - Primary Option Menu, select 2 (Customize PARMGEN configuration profiles).

    The Customize PARMGEN Configuration Profile Members panel (KCIP@PG6) is displayed.

  2. Type DLAJOB in the command line and press Enter to review the composite KCIJPDLA job that auto-discovers the values to some parameters in the configuration profiles. Submit the job after you review the job settings.
    For more information about the KCIJPDLn jobs, see Preparing the configuration profiles by running the KCIJPDLn jobs, and PARMGEN z/OS DLA utility jobs and commands.
  3. Select 1 to edit the RTE profile.
  4. Select 2 to edit the $GBL$USR global profile.

What to do next

If you need to further customize the configuration using the override embed members, customize the embed files before you run the $PARSE job to create the RTE members and jobs. To edit the embed files, select option 4 on the Customize PARMGEN Configuration Profile Members panel. You can also edit the files by entering UTIL on the command line of any Workflow panel to access the Access PARMGEN Utilities panel, then selecting option 7. For more information on customizing embed files, see Customizing the override embed members.