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Baseline File Considerations

The BASELINE file contains alerts and status results from executed baseline processing.

If you will be using the Baseline historical analysis facility, allocate the BASELINE history file to:

• Your online TSO/ISPF session using the 'BASELINE' DD name for online baseline processing. This is done with the TSO ALLOC command, for example:

  TSO ALLOC F(BASELINE) DSN('CAI.EXAMINE.BASELINE') SHR REUSE 
  

  This allocation may also be incorporated into a site defined start-up CLIST or REXX . The BASELINE DD name allocation may be specified within a start-up TSO procedure.

• The EXAMBASE JCL procedure generated with the 0.6.2 user profile function, using the 'BASELINE' DD name for batch baseline processing. If function 0.6.2 is executed while a BASELINE file is already allocated to your TSO session with a DD name of 'BASELINE' it is automatically added within the generated EXAMBASE JCL.

The BLDBASE sample job is distributed in the PRODHLQ.CAJ0JCL0 library. Edit the sample sizes specified in the job to your needs. The sizes depend on:

• The number of functions selected for baseline processing
• The timing intervals for each repeated baseline function
• The number of users involved in baseline processing

The BLDBASE job allocates a file named CAI.EXAMINE.BASELINE. Customize this name, the volume serial specification, and the space allocation to meet your site's requirements.

Important! You cannot share a BASELINE file across multiple z/OS images.