Activating Tmss - Documentation for Bmc Ami Ops Automation for Batch Thruput 22.4

TMSS runs as a started task in its own address space. The exact technique for starting TMSS depends on how your datacenter has installed BMC ThruPut Manager. The following discussion assumes that the TMSS procedure delivered with BMC ThruPut Manager is used without modification. The module name for TMSS is DTMTMVn, where n represents the current version number for BMC ThruPut Manager.

TMSS sample proc

TMSS runs as a started task, and thus requires a cataloged procedure. A sample procedure is included on the BMC ThruPut Manager distribution tape. The JCL for this procedure is shown below.

//TM		PROC TMSS=00,P=’SYS1.PARMLIB’,CF=,CMF=,SPOOL=,VIF= 
//TM		EXEC PGM=DTMTMVn,TIME=1440,REGION=0K,
//			PARM=’CF=&CF,CMF=&CMF,SPOOL=&SPOOL,VIF=&VIF’
//*   PARAMETERS USED TO SUPPORT OPTIONAL THRUPUT MANAGER FILES:
//*		CF		USED TO FORMAT THE CONTROL FILE, OR A PART OF
//*			 		THE CONTROL FILE ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPLICATION
//*		CMF 	USED TO FORMAT THE CMF FILE
//*		SPOOL	USED TO FORMAT THE SPOOL FILE	 
//*		VIF	 	USED TO FORMAT THE VOLUME INFORMATION FILE
//*	  PARAMETERS FOR FILES NOT USED ARE CHECKED FOR SYNTAX BUT ARE
//*	  OTHERWISE IGNORED
//SYSPARM	DD DSN=&P(TMSS&TMSS),DISP=SHR,FREE=CLOSE

The sample TMSS procedure needs only one DD statement, SYSPARM, from which TMSS reads sequential input. TMSS dynamically allocates any other required data sets.

The default for the TMSS procedure is JESLOG=SUPPRESS, which means the JESLOG will not be filled with every message issued by TMSS. This can be changed by adding “,JESLOG=…” to the START command, adding a JOBCARD to the TMSS procedure that contains JESLOG= or by changing the JESLOG= value for JOBCLASS(STC).

Sample proc parameters

Two of the parameters in the sample proc are used to indicate where TMSS can find its initialization statements. These are:

Specifies a one or two character qualifier to be appended to the characters TMSS to form the name of a PDS member which contains TMSS initialization statements. The default for this parameter is 00.

Specifies a cataloged data set name indicating a partitioned data set which contains the member TMSSnn, as specified by the TMSS parameter. The default is SYS1. PARMLIB.

The remaining four parameters each apply to a BMC ThruPut Manager file. The following descriptions explain briefly the purpose of each one. They are discussed in detail in the description of the TMSS START command.

Requests formatting of the Control File, or the areas of the Control File that are used by specific applications.

Requests formatting of the CMF file.

Requests formatting of the SPOOL file.

Requests formatting of the Volume Information File (VIF).

Note that this sample procedure applies to all configurations of BMC ThruPut Manager. Parameters from this procedure apply to specific files, some of which might not be used in your installation. If you specify a parameter for a file that your installation does not use, the parameter is checked for syntax but is otherwise ignored.

IMPORTANT: Any COLD start of a file must be done with care since all the information is lost. This is particularly important for the Control File. BMC ThruPut Manager Files section discusses the operational considerations of the different files needed by BMC ThruPut Manager.