Using wildcards

When you specify the system list, you can use wildcards in certain situations.

Example: If you have many systems in your sysplex, you can specify only the systems that should have priority and use a wildcard to indicate the rest of the systems.

AUTOMOVE INCLUDE(s1,S2,...*)

At first glance, AUTOMOVE INCLUDE (*) appears to work the same way as AUTOMOVE because all of the systems will try to take over the file system. However with AUTOMOVE INCLUDE (*), if none of the systems can take over the file system, it is unmounted. If AUTOMOVE is used, the file system remains mounted but becomes unowned.

You can use the wildcard support on all methods of mounts, including the MOUNT statement in BPXPRMxx, the TSO MOUNT command, the mount shell command, the ISHELL MOUNT interface, the MNTE_SYSLIST variable for REXX, C program, and assembler program.

Restrictions: The wildcard is only allowed in an INCLUDE list. It is not allowed in an EXCLUDE list. Also, it must be the last item (or the only item) in the system list.