Customization

SA z/OS starts and stops your applications, recovers them if they fail, and coordinates actions across large groups of applications.

To do this, SA z/OS needs a model of your application workload and policy definitions. This information is entered through an ISPF application that is called the Customization Dialog, which is provided as a part of SA z/OS.

The data in the model is stored in a data set known as a policy database (PDB). The PDB cannot be used by the run time environment directly. A build step is required to compile the PDB into another data set called the System Operations Configuration File (SOCNTL), which is used by the Automation Agent and the Automation Manager. The SOCNTL data set is used at run time. Copy the SOCNTL data set to each system that loads the automation policy. The PDB data set, however, remains on the single system where you run the Customization Dialog.