zCX instance name

Each zCX instance must be given a unique name on the z/OS system. The name identifies the zCX instance when creating an instance-specific directory, building configuration files, allocating ROOT and CONFIG VSAM data sets, and more. It is also used as a unique job name (ZCX_JOB_NAME) to start the zCX instance.

Follow the z/OS job name guidelines when creating a unique instance name. The guidelines contain safeguards that prevent new zCX instances from overwriting existing ones during provisioning. If a workflow detects the reuse of an existing instance name, it fails the current workflow step.

The zCX instance name is represented by the z/OSMF workflow variable ZCX_INSTNAME.