Hello all,

I would like to use the same alert configuration for 3 LPARs in a plex and am wondering about one item.  Can I specify a system symbol when defining the CKFREEZE data set name on the alert configuration panel?  I know that this is not enforced for anything more than a verify (since our C2PCOLL task already has the symbol to create a CKFREEZE per system based on sysname), but I would like it to show a symbol (or correct sysname) if someone else was to view/edit the configuration.

Currently if I put a valid symbol in the CKFREEZE data set field resembling:

ZSEC.&SYSNAME..C2POLICE.CKFREEZE

It automatically resolves to the value of &SYSNAME when I press enter:

ZSEC.LPR1.C2POLICE.CKFREEZE

Is there anyway the symbol can be retained? Or can it be coded somewhere in the C2PCUST library to populate the field?

Thanks

Hey Matt.

Support for system symbols in the ALLOC command was only recently added, and was definitely unavailable when C2PESETP (the driver program for SE.A.A) was written.  So C2PESETP converts whatever the user entered into a properly qualified dsname, ready for use in the ALLOC DSN=xxxxx command.  And that is how the CKFREEZE dsname is saved when you exit the alert set configuration dialog.

I think the answer to your questions is no.