Starting colony address spaces outside of JES
ASNAME(procname,'start_parms')
where:- The first value is required and is a 1-to-8-character name in SYS1.PROCLIB.
- The second value is optional and is a quoted string that is appended to the procname when the address space is started. The string can be up to 100 characters long.
procname,start_parms
. For example: ASNAME (NFSCLNT,'SUB=MSTR')
The colony address space runs outside of JES control and does not have to be stopped if JES has to be stopped, which facilitates planned shutdowns of individual systems in a sysplex that has shared file systems. The NFS Client, TFS, and zFS physical file systems support running outside of JES and the following information might help you to decide whether to move these z/OS UNIX colonies outside of JES. The DFS Client PFS does not support being started outside of JES.
- Direct the output to a named data set by changing to DD DSN=.
- Direct the output to a named file by changing to DD PATH=.
- Throw the output away by changing to DD DUMMY.
Restriction: If the NFS or zFS colony address space is started at IPL time, then PATH= cannot be used because the MOUNT statements have not been processed yet.
- SYSIN
- For standard input.
- SYSPRINT
- For standard output. If SYSPRINT does not exist, Language Environment looks for SYSTERM or SYSERR. If one of those exists, it will be used. But Language Environment does not dynamically allocate either SYSTERM or SYSERR.
- SYSOUT
- For standard error. It is also the default message file DD.
- CEEDUMP
- For capturing dumps formatted by Language Environment
If any of the existing DD SYSOUT= statements are not changed, or any of those dynamically allocated by Language Environment are not added, and an attempt is made to open that DD name, the result will be an ABENDS013. Exactly which DD names are opened and when varies by name and product and the situation.
- SDSF displays will not list the colony address space.
- There will be no JOBLOG or system messages data set.
- System messages will go to SYSLOG.
- SMF recording is different between JES and the master subsystem.
For information about setting up security for the colony address space, see Step 6.