Using the INGGROUP Command

The INGGROUP command offers the following methods to apply move functions to a group:

EXCLUDE/AVOID/INCLUDE

This method allows you to:

• Remove movable members from a system (exclude)
• Prohibit SA z/OS from activating movable members on a system (avoid)
• Undo either of the other two actions (include)

Availability Target (AVTGT)

This specifies the availability target that is to be set for the group. The value is the number of the group members that should be made available when the group has to be available. You can dynamically overwrite a group's availability target that is statically defined in the automation policy.

Preference (PREF)

This parameter specifies preference values for being available for the members of a group. You can dynamically overwrite the preference values that are statically defined in the automation policy for each member. More information about the preference value is provided in Controlling Application Move with Preference Values.

Satisfactory Target (SATTGT)

This parameter specifies the number of members in the group that must be active before the automation manager treats the group as being in a satisfactory state. The value must be a positive, decimal number. The parameter will be ignored for groups other than server groups. You can dynamically overwrite a group's satisfactory target that is statically defined in the automation policy.

RECYCLE/CANCEL

This causes a rolling recycle to be initiated for each selected server or move group. This consists of sequentially stopping and then restarting each member of the group, so that at the end of the recycle all members that were active when the operation was requested have been stopped and recycled or stopped and left down. The CHUNK parameter specifies the number of server group members to recycle in parallel. Specifying a chunk size so that only a few passes are necessary to recycle the entire server group will significantly improve the performance.