Read/Write Variables

Table 1 lists the common global variables that can be user-defined. You can set them in your startup exit to change the way that SA z/OS behaves. These variables should be set only once for an SA z/OS system. You can enable or disable advanced automation options (AAOs) by changing the settings of the global variables in your NetView stylesheet. For example:
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* System Automation AAO CGlobals
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COMMON.AOFCNMASK = 290C0D0E0F101518
COMMON.INGREQ_ORIGINATOR = 1
COMMON.AOFRESTARTALWAYS = 0
COMMON.AOFSMARTMAT = 0
Table 1. Global Variables to Enable Advanced Automation (CGLOBALS)
Variable Value Effect
AOF_AAO_AAREQUEST_MAX_WAIT 1 to 999 seconds Defines the maximum wait time in seconds. Is used when the MAXWAIT parameter is not specified for the workload. See MAXWAIT parameter for valid range.
AOF_AAO_AOCUPDT_LOGGING YES | NO Specifies whether or not trace messages should be written to the NetView log in case AOCUPDT is invoked without its LOG parameter specified. The default is YES.
FORCE_YES | FORCE_NO Specifies whether or not trace messages should be written to the NetView log overruling the value specified with the LOG parameter in the AOCUPDT invocation.
AOF_AAO_AOCUPDT_PRESERVE_CASE YES When AOCUPDT is used with parameters MSG, INFO, or USER, the case of these parameter values is preserved for display in SDF.
Not defined or any other value All AOCUPDT parameter values are translated to uppercase. Default behavior.
AOF_AAO_GWPING_RETRY 1-99 The gateway monitor can issue the PING command before attempting a potentially time consuming RMTCMD for a remote target. With this AAO, you can specify the number of retry attempts when the PING command was not successful.

When the AAO is not set or when the value specified is invalid then the PING command will not be issued at all.

AOF_AAO_HW_VALIDATION (The option applies to SA z/OS only). YES This option allows hardware validation to be performed. For details, see the chapter Enabling Sysplex Automation and the section Hardware Validation specifically. YES is the default.
NO This option inhibits the hardware validation to continue. Functions depending on the validation may not work properly. The affected validation routines terminate with return code 2.
AOF_AAO_INJECT_NOFORCE_REQ Any value SA z/OS does not inject a STOP vote with Priority Force for source *RECYCLE when processing an INGREQ REQ=STOP RESTART=YES request. Instead the regular stop request is passed to the automation manager and removed automatically when the resource is down. This also removes any previous request for the resource that was made by the same source.
AOF_AAO_IPL_COMPLETE_MSG COND Specifies whether only message ING313I is given if all resources reached the AVAILABLE status within the expected time limit and ING314I if this is not the case.
ALWAYS Specifies that if ING314I has been given and the resources become AVAILABLE later (at any point in time) ING315I will be issued additionally. The subscription remains in effect until the resources reach the AVAILABLE status.
AOF_AAO_ISQ_APROF_AUTOOPEN

(Introduced in OA59957)

Y Processor Operations automatically performs a PROFILE CMD(OPEN) common command, each time an ISQXIII connection request is executed for a closed connection. Subsequent PROFILE OPEN and CLOSE requests will perform faster in your existing automation routines, because they can recognize this automatic profile open and skip the actual OPEN and CLOSE operations.

You can test this variable before doing any profile operation on your CPC. The overall PROFILE performance can benefit significantly, depending on the number of activation profiles that are defined in your CPC configuration.

Not defined or any other value No automatic PROFILE CMD(OPEN) command is performed each time an ISQXIII connection request is executed for a closed connection.
AOF_AAO_ISQ_DISABLE_ICMP_PING

(Introduced in OA59957)

Y Processor Operations doesn't use ICMP ECHO requests (PINGs) to check the accessibility of target hardware and target systems. It means that in some situations (for example, connection address switch, connection initialization and close operations, and monitoring), Processor Operations has to try operations blindly.

Enable this option only if there is a strict requirement to disable ICMP ECHO requests.

Not defined or any other value Processor Operations uses ICMP ECHO requests (PINGs) to check the accessibility of target hardware and target systems. This is the default and recommended setting.
AOF_AAO_ISQ_DYNTGT User-defined Contains the pattern of how to compose dynamic target system names at Processor Operations start.
The pattern can be composed from the following 3 building blocks:
  • Lx: use LPAR name from 1 to x.
  • Cy: use PROCESSOR name from 1 to y.
  • Special characters ‘#$@’ (only one is allowed.)

For more details of the pattern, see Processor Operations – setup for dynamic target system names in IBM Z System Automation User's Guide.

AOF_AAO_ISQ_KALIST ip_addr | ip_addr/i Specifies either the dotted decimal address or the hostname of an SE or an HMC.

/ - separator

i - idle time in minutes

Multiple definitions can be made, separated by at least one blank. Note, that each ip_addr must match with the processor address definitions from the PDB.

AOF_AAO_JLM_RECYCLE RESET Directs Job Log Monitoring to ignore any former monitoring after a NetView recycle.
RESUME Directs Job Log Monitoring to continue its monitoring after a NetView recycle.
AOF_AAO_MSG_EHKVAR YES This indicates that when calling commands, the tokens of the triggering message are to be stored in variables EHKVAR0 through EHKVAR9 and EHKVART, if not specified in parameter EHKVAR.

YES is the default.

NO This indicates that the tokens of the triggering message are not to be stored in EHKVAR variables, if not specified in parameter EHKVAR.
AOF_AAO_MVSTAPEMON >0 Set this value to represent the number of iterations for INGRTAPE to continue monitoring using MVS commands after the LATE alert has been reached. A non-zero entry also indicates using MVS commands for all tape mount monitoring prior to the LATE alert.
0 INGRTAPE relies on the receipt of the DOMMED message to satisfy any outstanding alerts.
AOF_AAO_OMVS_SHUTDOWN NOWAIT This causes the wait for a complete termination of OMVS to be skipped.
AOF_AAO_RDS_TSO_DSN User-defined Must be set in order to use the RDS table editor under TSO. Specify a name of the RDS working data set. If this value is changed then NetView requires a recycle for it to take effect.
AOF_AAO_RDS_TSO_RACFHLQ User-defined Must be set in order to use RACF® protection of the RDS table editor under TSO. Specify high level qualifier which could be up to 26 bytes long and may contain dots. If this value is changed then NetView requires a recycle for it to take effect.
AOF_AAO_RETENTIONPERIOD 0 to 1440 Defines how long (in minutes) SA z/OS should keep the CGLOBALS that are used to keep track of command requests that are received from TWS. The default is 60 minutes.
AOF_AAO_SDF_MSGDEL_OPERID taskname Name of the task to be used by RMTCMD to delete captured exceptional messages from the SDF focal point on the target system.
<OPER> Use the original operator ID from the focal point for RMTCMD to delete the messages on the target.
blank Use the Reporter ID task for RMTCMD to delete critical messages on the target. This is the default.
AOF_AAO_SDFBFP_ROOT.* User-defined Defines the static root names of the backup focal point. For more details, refer to "Restrictions and Limitations" of the command SDFTREE in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference.

When used, the variable AOF_AAO_SDFBFP_ROOT.0 must exist and defines the number of adjacent globals.

The value of an adjacent global can be the name of a single root name or a list of root names separated by a blank character.

AOF_AAO_SDFPFP_ROOT.* User-defined Defines the static root names of the primary focal point. For more information, see "Restrictions and Limitations" of the SDFTREE command in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference.

When this variable is used, the AOF_AAO_SDFPFP_ROOT.0 variable must exist and defines the number of adjacent globals.

The value of an adjacent global can be the name of a single root name or a list of root names that are separated by blank characters.

The globals are evaluated only when the primary focal point and the backup focal point are updated in parallel.

AOF_AAO_SDFROOT_LISTAOF_AAO_SDFROOT_LISTn (where n is 1 to 4) User-defined (Deprecated, use AOF_AAO_SDFROOT.*)

Defines the value of the &SDFROOT variable that is used as the root name for the sample SDF panels that are provided with SA z/OS.

The value can be the name of a single system or a list of system names separated by a blank character. A list can be used at the SDF focal point to have SA z/OS generate the necessary panel definitions for all systems in the list.

Use the AOF_AAO_SDFROOT_LISTn variables to honor the maximum length of common global variables within the NetView environment.

The system name can be appended by one or more member names separated by slashes, the first name refers to the panel definitions, and the second name refers to the tree definitions, for example SYS1 SYS2/MYPNLS SYS3&SLASH./MYTREE SYS4/MYPNLS/MYTREE. Refer to "Status Component Panel Definition" in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference for the interpretation of these definitions.

AOF_AAO_SDFROOT.* User-defined Defines the value of the &SDFROOT variable that is used as the root name for the sample SDF panels that are provided with SA z/OS.

When used, the variable AOF_AAO_SDFROOT.0 must exist and defines the number of adjacent globals.

The value of an adjacent global can be the name of a single system or a list of system names separated by a blank character. A list can be used at the SDF focal point to have SA z/OS generate the necessary panel definitions for all systems in the list.

The system name can be appended by one or more member names separated by slashes, the first name refers to the panel definitions, and the second name refers to the tree definitions, for example SYS1 SYS2/MYPNLS SYS3&SLASH./MYTREE SYS4/MYPNLS/MYTREE. Refer to "Status Component Panel Definition" in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference for the interpretation of these definitions. The default names are AOFPNLS and AOFTREE.
Note: NetView interprets two consecutive slashes as the begin of a line comment. For this reason the sample above uses the symbol for the slash character followed by the slash character itself.
AOF_AAO_SDFTGT_COMP.* User-defined Defines particular component names to be forwarded to the SDF focal point on RESYNC requests without deleting and refreshing the whole tree of the root that the component belongs to. For more information, see "Restrictions and Limitations" of the SDFTREE command in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference.

When used, the variable AOF_AAO_SDFTGT_COMP.0 defines the number of adjacent globals.

The trailing wild character asterisk (*) is supported on the component name, the alternate component name, and the major component name, but not on the root component name. For example, the specification "ROOT.H*(IPL*)" matches all component names beginning with "H" and its alternate component names beginning with "IPL". In addition, system symbols are supported as well.

AOF_AAO_SEC_PPIAUTH FAIL Used by 3rd party check for incoming command received by the Command Receiver, Web Adapter, and E2E Adapter. If corresponding SAF profile or class is not defined the execution of the incoming command is rejected.
not defined or any other value Used by 3rd party check for incoming command received by the Command Receiver, Web Adapter, and E2E Adapter. If corresponding SAF profile or class is not defined the execution of the incoming command is passed through.
AOF_AAO_SDFCxxx.* User-defined Defines the value of the &SDFCxxx variable that is used as the status component name for the sample SDF trees that are provided with SA z/OS where xxx can be any sequence of characters that meets the NetView requirements for common globals.

When used, the variable AOF_AAO_SDFCxxx.0 must exist and defines the number of adjacent globals.

The value of an adjacent global can be the name of a status component or a list of status component names separated by a blank character. All adjacent globals are combined to a list to have SA z/OS replicate the desired tree definitions for all component names in the list.

For more information refer to "AOCUPDT" and "AOFTREE" in IBM Z System Automation Programmer's Reference for the interpretation of these definitions.

AOF_AAO_SDFCsaplex.n   Names the System Automation subplexes of the entire enterprise.
AOF_AAO_SHUTDOWN_BOOST YES | not defined or any other value

This variable controls whether shutdown boost is allowed to be activated when a z/OS system is shut down using GDPS.

If not specified, a value of YES is assumed. If set to YES, it will allow activation of shutdown boost. Any other value means that shutdown boost activation will not be attempted.

Note: This option is intended only in those situations where z/OS systems are generally enabled to exploit System Recovery Boost but where the installation want to opt out for specific reasons.
AOF_AAO_SHUTDOWN_STOPAPPL User-defined Specifies the name of the resource (name/type/system) that SA z/OS monitors during system shutdown to report shutdown complete back to GDPS. Refer to the GDPS documentation about how to define the stop application for your GDPS solution.
AOF_AAO_SHUTSYS_OLD YES Indicates that SA z/OS should not redirect the INGREQ ALL REQ=STOP command to the GDPS® STOPAPPL resource when the GDPS tower is active.
AOF_AAO_TRANRERUN YES This indicates that a transient job can be rerun within the lifecycle of a particular z/OS, if not specified otherwise in the automation policy for this job.
NO This indicates that a transient job is only run once in the lifecycle of a particular z/OS, if not specified otherwise in the automation policy for this job. NO is the default value.
AOF_AAO_TWS_CHK_CONDDEP YES Set this AAO to YES to exploit the new behavior that allows you to save the return code passed back from the completion checking routine for conditional dependency processing in case of successful operations.
AOF_AAO_TWS_CHK_OUTPUT_NETLOG YES Set this AAO to YES to place the output of the completion checking routine in the netlog.
AOF_AAO_TWS_CMD_OUTPUT_NETLOG YES|NO Set this AAO to YES to place the output of the command execution in the netlog.
AOF_AAO_TWS_ERRMSG   This AAO can be used to inhibit the ERRMSG parameter. If set to NON BLANK, it erases the contents of the ERRMSG parameter.
AOF_AAO_TWS_MAX_WAIT_TIME   Defines the installation default for the maximum wait time for the INGREQ and INGMOVE command. The default is taken when no wait time is specified in the completion information parameter.
AOF_AAO_TWS_RESYSPLEX YES|NO This AAO can be used to allow the TWS special resource name to use the SA z/OS Sysplex name instead of SYSPLEX to facilitate an enterprise-wide naming convention.

Default: NO for SYSPLEX

AOF_AAO_VPCEINIT 0 SA z/OS does not invoke the GDPS initialization exit, VPCEINIT,
AOF_ASSIGN_JOBNAME 1 This indicates that SA z/OS exploits the NetView "ASSIGN BY JOBNAME" feature with a higher priority than the "ASSIGN BY MESSAGE ID" feature (priority level 3).

This is the default setting.

0 SA z/OS exploits the NetView "ASSIGN BY JOBNAME" feature with a lower priority than the "ASSIGN BY MESSAGE ID" feature (priority level 4).
AOF_E2E_EAS_PPI User-defined PPI receiver ID of the event/automation service to be used to forward events to the end-to-end automation adapter.
AOF_E2E_EVT_RETRY 1 to n Specifies the number of retries, at intervals of one second, that are used to transfer events via PPI TECROUTE to the message adapter of the event/automation service. The events are then forwarded to the end-to-end automation adapter.
AOF_E2E_EXREQ_NETLOG 1 The output to requests received from the end-to-end automation adapter and issued by the primary automation agent, is logged to the NetView log.
0 The output to those requests is not logged to the NetView log.

0 is the default setting.

AOF_E2E_TKOVR_TIMEOUT hh:mm:ss If a hot restart of the automation manager takes longer than the value specified in this variable, the end-to-end automation manager is informed about the outage and has to resynchronize with the first-level automation.
AOF_EMCS_AUTOTASK_ASSIGNMENT 1 SA z/OS assigns an autotask to extended MCS consoles with a console status of MASTER or ACTIVE.
0 SA z/OS does not assign an autotask to extended MCS consoles with a console status of MASTER or ACTIVE.

0 is the default.

AOF_EMCS_CN_ASSIGNMENT 1 SA z/OS obtains an extended MCS console with a unique name for operator station tasks (OSTs). If an MVS console was obtained for the OST previously, it is released.

1 is the default setting.

0 SA z/OS does not obtain an extended MCS console with a unique name for OSTs and the command AOCGETCN is disabled.
AOF_AAO_FDBK_HONOR_CS

(Introduced in OA59461)

0 INGREQ/INGMOVE/INGGROUP FDBK command processing will post the operation as successful when the expected observed status of a resource has been reached.

0 is the default setting.

1 INGREQ/INGMOVE/INGGROUP FDBK command processing will post the operation as successful when the compound status is SATISFACTORY and the observed status matches the expected status.

In addition, for an APG with the CSONLY flag, an operation will be posted complete when its compound status is SATISFACTORY, and its observed status ends up in the expected status, or STARTING (for a start action), or STOPPING/DEGRADED (both for a stop action).

AOF_PRESERVE_EXECUTION_CONTEXT 1 When SA z/OS uses the RMTCMD infrastructure, the originating user ID will log on to the target NetView environment. After logon, it will switch to the automated function user ID to invoke the intended action.
0 When SA z/OS uses the RMTCMD infrastructure, the originating user ID will switch to the automated function user ID during the RMTCMD processing.

0 is the default setting.

For security considerations of this variable, see RMTCMD Security Considerations.

AOFACFINIT 1 This indicates that SA z/OS attempts to proceed with initialization despite error messages during the processing of the automation control file.

1 is the default setting.

0 SA z/OS stops the initialization process upon such errors.
AOFARMQUERYRETRYS User-defined numeric value The number of times AOFPARMQ is called to query the ARM status of an element after a status of UNKNOWN is returned. If the ARM status does not change to another status before the number of retries is exhausted, SA z/OS continues processing and assume the element is not ARM-enabled.

The default is 10.

AOFARMQUERYWAIT User-defined numeric value The number of seconds to wait between retries as specified in the AOFARMQUERYRETRYS value above.

The default is 15.

AOFCNMASK User-defined The characters that are used in determining unique console names can be tailored by updating the common global variable AOFCNMASK. This global is used as a hex mask to extract characters from the following string when generating unique console names with command AOCGETCN:
left(opid(),8)||right(opid(),8),
||left(aofsysname,4)||right(aofsysname,4),
||left(applid(),8)||right(applid(),8),
||'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789$Ý#@_!?',
||aofcnmask_extended

Where

  • opid() is a function that returns the OST task name.
  • aofsysname is a common global that stores the system name.
  • applid() is a function that returns VTAM® LU name.
  • aofcnmask_extended is an optional common global that can store an additional user-defined identifier (see AOFCNMASK_EXTENDED).

The default for AOFCNMASK is 290C0D0E0F101718. X'29' selects character A in position 41, X'0C' through X'10' selects the last five characters of the opid in positions 12 to 16, X'17' and X'18' select the last two characters of the sysname in positions 23 and 24.

If AOFCNMASK is null, AOCGETCN attempts to obtain a unique extended MCS console after a 1 minute interval, followed by a two minute interval and so forth for a maximum of 5 passes (15 minutes elapsed from the initial invocation of the command).

Tailoring AOFCNMASK requires you to ensure that it consists of an even number of characters, because every two characters represent one hexadecimal number. Otherwise the generation of unique console names does not work.

For example, with
AOFCNMASK: 2A01020304055455
X'2A' selects character B in position 42, X'01' through X'05' selects the first five characters of the opid in positions 1 to 5, X'54' and X'56' select the last two characters of the sysname in positions 84 and 85.
Note: The value you specify here will take precedence over the specification of the NetView ConsMask style sheet parameter.
AOFCNMASK_EXTENDED User-defined Additional identifier for the generation of unique console names.

This variable can be set individually in the NetView stylesheet, if an additional user-defined identifier is needed for the generation of unique console names (for example, if previous console names were not unique).

In this case AOFCNMASK_EXTENDED has to be assigned with a value and the common global variable AOFCNMASK has to be tailored to extract the needed characters from AOFCNMASK_EXTENDED (see AOFCNMASK).

If an additional identifier is not needed for the generation of unique console names, this common global does not have to be used and the console names are generated in the usual way.

Maximum length is 172 characters.

AOFDEFAULT_TARGET User-defined Sets a default for the TARGET parameter for all commands where this parameter is used.
AOFDESCA 010000100000
1000
Descriptor code for action messages
AOFDESCD 010000100000
1000
Descriptor code for decision messages
AOFDESCE 001000100000
1000
Descriptor code for eventual action messages
AOFDESCI 000001100000
1000
Descriptor code for informational messages
AOFDESCW 100000100000
1000
1
Descriptor code for wait messages
AOFEXPLAIN_USER User-defined The EXPLAIN command accepts this variable to include help support for customer installation supplied terms. It can hold one or more pairs of term/help panel specifications separated by a blank. If the specified status in the EXPLAIN command is not a valid SA z/OS status, the command routine checks whether it is an installation defined term. If so, the associated help panel is displayed.
AOFINITREPLY hh:mm:ss The initial reply AOF603D is issued and automatically responded after hh:mm:ss.

00:02:00 (2 minutes) is the default setting.

0 The initial reply AOF603D is not issued and automation continues with the default start without asking the operator.
AOF_INIT_MCSFLAG User-defined valid value This variable contains the MCSFLAG that is used for WTOs and WTORs that are issued by SA z/OS during initialization.

The default is '00000000'.

AOF_INIT_ROUTCDE User-defined valid value This variable contains the ROUTCDE (routing code) that is used for WTOs and WTORs that are issued by SA z/OS during initialization.

The default is '01000000'.

AOF_INIT_SYSCONID User-defined valid value This variable contains the SYSCONID that is used for WTOs and WTORs that are issued by SA z/OS during initialization.

The default is blank.

AOFLOCALHOLD 0 INGNTFY and SA z/OS initialization executes the SETHOLD AUTO command on the notify operator.

0 is the default setting.

1 SETHOLD must be manually invoked.
AOFMATLISTING 0 Setting this variable to 0 means that the NetView automation table listing is not placed in the DSILIST data set at NetView automation table load time.
Not defined or all values except 0 If you do not set the variable or if you set it to any value different from 0, a NetView automation table listing is placed in the DSILIST data AOFMATLISTING set.
AOFOPCCMDMSG 0 OPCAMOD only produces messages that are generated by INGOPC.

0 is the default setting.

1 OPCAMOD produces EVJ011I, EVJ412I, EVJ420I, and EVJ423I messages.
AOFRESTARTALWAYS 1 An application that has been shut down normally, outside the control of SA z/OS, with RESTARTOPT=ALWAYS, is restarted regardless of whether or not it has reached its critical error threshold.
0 An application that has been shut down normally, outside the control of SA z/OS, with RESTARTOPT=ALWAYS, is not restarted if it has reached its critical error threshold.

0 is the default setting.

AOFRMTCMDWAIT See NetView RMTCMD Contains the installation wait time when RMTCMD is used for communication.

60 seconds is the default setting for RMTCMD.

AOFRPCWAIT 0 to n This is the number of seconds that SA z/OS waits for command responses from other systems in the sysplex.

10 is the default setting.

AOFSENDALERT Yes or No This defines whether NetView alert forwarding (YES) or the command handler (NO) is used to forward data to the focal point.

Yes is the default setting.

AOFSERXINT 1 The exit AOFEXINT is processed under the BASEOPER automation operator under the initialization process. This is the default.
0 The exit AOFEXINT execution is serialized within the initialization process.
AOFSHUTDELAY 0 to 59 This is the number of minutes that SA z/OS waits for a termination message before continuing the shutdown process. Any values outside this range are treated as 0. With a setting of 0, message AOF745E is not issued.

0 is the default setting.

AOFSMARTMAT 0 The SA z/OS Agent is disabled from refreshing ATs and the MRT. The user must supply an AT member INGMSG02 which is included when SA z/OS initially loads INGMSG01.
1 The SA z/OS Agent is enabled to refresh ATs when an INGAMS REFRESH is issued. The AT fragment built by the customization dialog is not loaded; the user must supply a member INGMSG02 which is used instead.

The ATs are loaded after a successful test load. This will allow the agent to notify the AM about a load problem of the AT. The agent may notify the AM of an AT load failure, thus stopping the configuration refresh. The SA z/OS Agent will not load any MRT.

2 The SA z/OS Agent is enabled to load the AT that is generated by the customization dialog and to refresh ATs when an INGAMS REFRESH is issued. The AT that is built by the customization dialog is dynamically loaded into storage as the INGMSG02 fragment.

The ATs are loaded after a successful test load. This allows the agent to inform the AM about any load problem for the AT. The agent may notify the AM of an AT load failure, thus stopping the configuration refresh.

The SA z/OS Agent will not load any MRT.

This is the default value.

3 The SA z/OS automation agent is enabled to load the MRT that is generated by the customization dialog and to refresh the MRT when an INGAMS REFRESH is issued. The AT built by the customization dialog is dynamically loaded into storage as the INGMSG02 fragment. The MRT built by the customization dialog is dynamically loaded as INGMRT01. The ATs and the MRT will be loaded after a successful test load. If an error is detected in the MRT, then the Agent initialization is not interrupted and no MRT is loaded. If an error is detected when a configuration refresh is requested, then the refresh is not performed.
AOFSPOOLFULLCMD 1 SA z/OS does not execute the Spool recovery passes more than once. Message AOF2941I is issued if the SPOOLFULL condition persists.
0 SA z/OS re-executes the Spool recovery commands.

0 is the default setting.

AOFSPOOLSHORTCMD 1 SA z/OS does not execute the Spool recovery passes more than once. Message AOF2941I is issued if the SPOOLSHORT condition persists.
0 SA z/OS re-executes the Spool recovery commands.

0 is the default setting.

AOFSTATUSCMDSEL 0 Issue all status commands or replies that are associated with the new status, without respect to any specified selection values. No thresholds are checked for the minor resource subsystem.status to derive selection criteria or prevent the issuing of commands or replies if critical thresholds are exceeded.

If AOFSTATUSCMDSEL is not set, or it is set to a value other than 0, only commands or replies with a given selection criterion such as starttype or stoptype are issued.

AOFUSSWAIT 1 to n This is the number of seconds SA z/OS waits for the completion of a user-defined z/OS UNIX monitoring routine (specified in the z/OS UNIX Control Specification panel) until it receives a timeout. When the timeout occurs, SA z/OS no longer waits for a response from the monitoring routine and sends a SIGKILL to the monitoring routine.

10 is the default setting.

INGCICS_CORRWAIT User-defined numeric value The number of seconds that INGCICS waits for output from a CICS® transaction. If not specified, INGCICS uses a default CORRWAIT (CCDEF) value.
INGIMS_CORRWAIT User-defined numeric value The number of seconds that INGIMS waits for output from an IMS command. If not specified, INGIMS uses the default CORRWAIT (CCDEF) value.
INGOPC_MULTIPLIER 1 to n This is used in conjunction with AOFRMTCMDWAIT and AOFRPCWAIT to determine how long to wait before giving up.
INGPAC_SHOWNOLIMIT 1 Pacing gates that have a concurrency limit of NOLIMIT are always shown on the INGPAC display. This is the default.
0 Pacing gates that have a concurrency limit of NOLIMIT are not shown on the INGPAC display.
INGRAITF_WAIT User-defined numeric value The number of seconds that the INGRAITF routine waits.
INGREQ_ORIGINATOR 1 Indicates that SA z/OS assigns individual originator IDs for each operator issuing an INGREQ command.
0 All operators are grouped under originator ID OPERATOR.

0 is the default setting.

AOF_DYNRES_DB_EXTINFO (introduced in OA63123)

This AOF_DYNRES_DB_EXTINFO variable defines to use Db2 as the backend database to store dynamic resources. INGDYN calls the Db2 backend if this variable exists and meets the following syntax requirement:

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDB2db-infosysnamedomain
db-info
Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramssid.IBMING. schema. inst-schema
DB2
Tells INGDYN to use DB2 as the backend.
ssid
Speicifies the Db2 subsystem ID that's used to connect to the Db2 database. A data-sharing group ID (grpid) can be used as well.
schema
Identifies the schema of the data model. If not specified, IBMING is used.
inst-schema
Identifies the schema of the stored procedures and function. If not specified, the same value as schema is used.
sysname
Specifies the name of the z/OS system.
domain
Specifies the NetView domain identifier.
Here are some examples:
  • DB2 SCI3 KEYC

    ssid=SCI3, sysname=KEYC, schema=inst-schema=ING

  • DB2 DBCI.MYDYN IPXFG IPXFH

    grpid=DBCI, schema=inst-schema=MYDYN, domain=IPXFG (KEYA),IPXFH(KEYB)

  • DB2 DBCI.PLEX1.ING KEYA IPXFI

    grpid=DBCI, schema=PLEX1, inst-schema=ING, sysname+domain=KEYA, IPXFI(KEYC)