Netview : What are the New SAQN* Library Datasets Used for in Netview 6.x ?

Answer

If you browse the standard shipped NetView® JCL (CNMSJ009), you will see the following datasets :
//STEPLIB  DD   DSN=&SQ1..SAQNLINK,DISP=SHR   (or in LNKLST)          
 //DSICLD   DD   DSN=&SQ1..SAQNCLST,DISP=SHR                          
 //DSIPARM  DD   DSN=&SQ1..SAQNPARM,DISP=SHR  

These datasets are new with NetView® v6r1 and did not exist on v5 or previous releases. When the NetView® product is installed you should see those datasets defined and populated with data. By default NetView® is set up to use elements of those datasets, therefore you do need to have valid copies of those shipped datasets on your system and references to them in the NetView® startup JCL.

Many customer reported U009 abends in the past when they migrated to NetView® 6.1 or NetView® 6.2, because they were using the previous version of their NetView® startup procedure and these datasets were missing.

What are these datasets used for ?
The SAQNxxxx Libraries are for the GDPS Product ACTIVE/ACTIVE component. However, they may be used by NetView® for other features or components in the future. Even if you are not using GDPS or the Active/Active component, these libraries are still REQUIRED and need to be included in the NetView® JCL.