Using Lifecycle Recording

By default, lifecycle recording is disabled. When enabled, the automation agent and the primary automation manager (PAM) write life cycle records to a data space. Each automation agent and the PAM have their own data space. Lifecycle recording must be enabled for the PAM and at least one automation agent. It can be enabled for the PAM from any automation agent, however it must be enabled for the automation agent from that automation agent.

Before lifecycle recording can be enabled, the size of the data space must be defined. This can be done automatically with the INGRLCR command that enables lifecycle recording.

When the problem has been captured, the data spaces must be off-loaded to external data sets of the same size with the INGRLCR command. A sequential data set is therefore required for the PAM and for each automation agent that lifecycle recording was enabled for.

The allocation of the data sets might be done automatically if the appropriate RACF® definitions are given to the NetView that issues the lifecycle recording command.