The BETA.PARMLIB contains a startup deck of information used by each OCF node to determine which network of OCF nodes to connect to, and the names and types of Beta product subsystems that are addressable via this started task.
Any changes to the OCF network definitions in the parmlib dataset (and subsequent changes to the OCF network topology) only become active after the OCF node subsystem has been stopped and restarted.
The following shows the general structure of each OCF network resource definition:
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|OCF_APPLID = local_applid |
|OCF_CONVERSE = 'remote_applid_1,sessions_1,retries_1,interval_1,maxdata_1' |
|OCF_CONVERSE = 'remote_applid_2,sessions_2,retries_2,interval_2,maxdata_2' |
| . |
| . |
| . |
|OCF_CONVERSE = 'remote_applid_N,sessions_N,retries_N,interval_N' |
|OCF_LOCAL_SYSTEM = 'subsysid_1,product_1' |
|OCF_LOCAL_SYSTEM = 'subsysid_2,product_2' |
| . |
| . |
| . |
|OCF_LOCAL_SYSTEM = 'subsysid_M,product_M' |
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The following table describes each parameter in detail.
Static system symbols that are activated at IPL time are allowed for all the parameters described here (see "Static system symbol support").