SUFFIX
The SUFFIX system initialization parameter specifies the last two characters of the name of this system initialization table.
Defining SUFFIX
You can define the SUFFIX system initialization parameter in the DFHSIT macro.
You cannot define SUFFIX using the following methods:
- On the PARM parameter of the EXEC PGM=DFHSIP statement
- In the SYSIN data set of the CICS® start up job stream
- Through the system console
Values for SUFFIX
Valid values for the SUFFIX system initialization parameter are as follows:
- SUFFIX=xx
- The first 6 characters of the name of the SIT are fixed as DFHSIT. You can specify the last two
characters of the name, using the SUFFIX system initialization parameter. Because the SIT does not have a TYPE=INITIAL
macro statement like other CICS resource control tables, you
specify its SUFFIX on the TYPE=CSECT macro statement.
The suffix allows you to have more than one version of the SIT. Any one or two characters (other than NO and DY) are valid. You select the version of the table to be loaded into the system during system initialization by coding SIT=xx in the PARM system initialization parameter or the SYSIN data set. (You can, in some circumstances, specify the SIT using the system console, but this is not recommended.)
Restriction: You can specify the SUFFIX parameter in the SIT only.