Creating a New System

How to create new policy objects in general, is described in How to Create New Policy Objects.

Figure 1 shows the panel that is displayed when you create a new system from the Entry Name Selection panel for systems.

Figure 1. Define New Entry Panel for a System

   COMMANDS  HELP                                                               
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 AOFGDYN3                           Define New Entry                            
 Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                
 Define new entry of type System                                                
                                                                                
   Entry name . . . . . . . SYS1                                                
                                                                                
   Operating system . . . . MVS     (MVS VM VSE LINUX CF ZAPP KVMIBM))                       
   Image/System name  . . . SYS1                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                
   Short description  . . .                                                     
   Long description 1 . . .                                                     
   Long description 2 . . .                                                     
   Long description 3 . . .                                                     
   Long description 4 . . .                                                     
   Long description 5 . . .

The fields that can be filled in are:

Entry name

This required name gives a unique name to the system that you are defining.

Valid characters are any alphanumeric character or any of the at sign (@), number sign (#), dollar sign ($), question mark (?), or underscore (_), with the first character being alphanumeric, or @, #, or $.

The entry name must be unique among the names of all groups, subgroups, systems (including both the entry names and the system/image names) and processors (including both the entry names and the ProCops Target HW names) in the current policy database with the exception that the image/system name may match the entry name.

Operating system

Defines the operating system to be run on the system. Valid values are MVS, VM, VSE, LINUX, CF, ZAPP, or KVMIBM.

CF indicates the coupling facility control code for the coupling facility in a Parallel Sysplex.

LINUX identifies a Linux® on z Systems® distribution, and ZAPP identifies a z System appliance.

KVMIBM indicates that KVM for z System distribution runs in a IBM z partition in LINUX mode.

This field is required and its default value is MVS.

Image/System name

Identifies the system. For MVS systems, this value must match the system name (SYSNAME) as specified in the IEASYSxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB.

Valid characters are any alphanumeric character or any of @, #, or $. The name may start with a numeric character except for systems of type CF.

This name must be unique among the names of all groups, subgroups, systems (including both the entry names and the system/image names) and processors (including both the entry names and the ProCops Target HW names) in the current policy database with the exception that the image/system name may match the entry name.

Note:

To define a system for an alternate or tertiary configuration, it must be marked with a trailing plus sign "+" or minus sign "-", respectively. This trailing character will be removed when the automation files are built and is only valid for operating system type MVS.
If you are going to enable automation for IXC102A/IXC402D, the Image/System name must not start with a numeric character. For more information about XC102A/IXC402D automation, see Automating IXC102A and IXC402D Messages in IBM Z® System Automation Customizing and Programming.