Rule definitions

After you install and configure Advanced Allocation Management, the next step is to define Advanced Allocation Management processing for your installation. For example, you might want Advanced Allocation Management to perform processing only for jobs that reference certain data, or that have specific job name characteristics.

Rule definitions control the actions that Advanced Allocation Management takes when an x37 type abend or other out-of-space condition, is about to occur. Rule definition syntax consists of keywords and keyword values that are grouped into functions and selection criteria by the DEFAULTS, INCLUDE, and EXCLUDE keywords.

The DEFAULTS keyword establishes the default settings for the Advanced Allocation Management functions and selection criteria and is required. The INCLUDE keyword specifies the items to select for processing and the functions to invoke for the selected items. The EXCLUDE statements specify the items to exclude from processing.

Note: Advanced Allocation Management does not perform processing unless you specify at least one INCLUDE statement in the rule definitions.

The ACTIVATE command causes the contents of the specified rule definitions member to become the active set of definitions that Advanced Allocation Management uses during processing. This feature enables dynamic modification of selection criteria and actions at any time without requiring a shutdown or quiesce of the product.

The following example shows the result of a successful activation of a rule definitions member from the ACTIVATE command as it is displayed in the JES SYSMSG output:

GLO4199I                1 * RULE DEFINITIONS
GLO4199I                2 DEFAULTS PRIM_REDUCE=ENABLE
GLO4199I                3 PRIM_REDUCE_LIM=50
GLO4199I                4 PRIM_REDUCE_INC=10
GLO4199I                5
GLO4199I                6 INCLUDE JOBNAME=ABCJOB2
GLO4199I                7 INCLUDE JOBNAME=ABCJOB3
GLO4199I                8 PRIM_REDUCE_INC=05
GLO4199I                9 INCLUDE JOBNAME=ABCJOB1
GLO4105I RULE DEFINITIONS SUCCESSFULLY ACTIVATED -AOPT

If an error occurs during the activation process, review the messages in the JES SYSMSG output to help determine the cause of the error.