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Baseline Setup

Baseline processing can be performed online and in batch.

There are two types of baselines; capture and analysis. These baselines can be established, run through the CA Auditor panels, or automatically using the policy control records in member POLTJS of the baseline policy configuration file.

Both online and batch processing require the allocation of the baseline VSAM file. Use the BLDBASE job provided in the AUD.EXAMINE.JOBS library to create this file.

Allocate the BASELINE history file to:

• Your online TSO/ISPF session using the 'BASELINE' DD name for online baseline processing. This is done with a 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 also 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 process to set up batch processing is:

• Allocate the Policy file
• Run function 0.6.1 to create skeleton JCL used in the automatic batch job submission processing
• Run function 0.6.2 to create members EXAMBASE, SYSIN, and SYSTSIN
• Create a POLTJS member responsible for determining how often a baseline capture is executed and how often baseline compares are performed
• Start the EXAMMON procedure