Starting RMF without JES

You can run the RMF™ data gatherers on a system on which a job-entry subsystem (JES2 or JES3) is not active, if you take the following steps:

1. Preallocate the RMF message data sets.
   In the RMF procedure in SYS1.PROCLIB, include DD statements for the message data sets. If you wish, you can specify "DD DUMMY". Allocate the following DDNAMES:

   MFMESSGE

   for RMF general messages

   RMFSCZZ

   for Monitor I session messages

   RMFSCIII

   for Monitor III session messages

   RMFSCxx

   for Monitor II background messages from session xx

   If you intend to start the Monitor III data gatherer, also preallocate the DDNAME RMFM3III in the RMFGAT procedure in SYS1.PROCLIB (see Setting up the Monitor III gatherer session RMFGAT).

   Since RMF is running with NODSI setting in its PPT entry, be aware that RMF does not hold any data set ENQUEUE (major name=SYSDSN, minor name=dsname) for the data sets allocated by the RMF procedure. A missing ENQUEUE can mislead functions like HSM, that rely on ENQUEUE for data set protection.

2. Specify SUB=MSTR on the START command.
   Enter the START command in the following format:

       {START} RMF,,,[parm],SUB=MSTR
       {S    }

   parm

   Other options as described in Starting RMF.

   SUB=MSTR

   Use this specification if JES is not active on your system, and you want to run the RMF data gatherers.

3. Suppress the printing of reports.

   Start the gatherer sessions in the normal way (see Starting RMF sessions) but be sure to specify the NOREPORT option for both Monitor I and Monitor II background sessions.