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OPTIONS Command

The OPTIONS command sets operating values for CA‑L‑Serv.

Syntax

OPTions SVCDUMP(YES|NO)

OPTions [TASK(COMMSERVER)] [[LOGID(name)] [ XMVS(YES|NO)
        [[CONTYPE(value)] [HOLDBUF(nnnn)] [MAXSENDSIZE(kilobytes)]
        [MAXSESSIONS(nnnn)] [RETRMAX(nn)]
        [RETRY(seconds)] [SENDLIMIT(nnn)] [XCF(YES|NO)]]]

OPTions [TASK(FILESERVER)] MAXDORM(seconds)

OPTions [TASK(SQLSERVER)] [[HOSTVARPFX(char)] [LOGID(name)] [MATCHLIMIT(nnnn)]
        [OPERATORPFX(char)] [SCANLIMIT(nnnn)]]]

Parameters

CONTYPE

Overrides the default VTAM communications protocol for the communications server set by the CONTYPE parameter of the ATTACH command.

HOLDBUF

Overrides the default number of transmission buffers per client set by the HOLDBUF parameter of the ATTACH command.

HOSTVARPFX

Overrides the SQL prefix character set by the HOSTVARPFX parameter of the ATTACH command.

LOGID

Overrides the name of an auxiliary log set by the LOGID parameter of the ATTACH command.

MATCHLIMIT

Overrides the maximum number of SQL rows returned set by the MATCHLIMIT parameter of ATTACH command.

MAXDORM

Sets the maximum number of seconds CA‑L‑Serv waits to write buffers to disk after the last deferred write request occurred. Specify a value from 1 to 3600.

Default: 60

MAXSENDSIZE

Overrides the maximum data size for transmissions set by the MAXSENDSIZE parameter of the ATTACH command.

MAXSESSIONS

Overrides the maximum number of clients that can use the communications server set by the MAXSESSIONS parameter of the ATTACH command.

OPERATORPFX

Overrides the special operator prefix character set by the OPERATORPFX parameter of the ATTACH command.

RETRMAX

Overrides the setting that tells CA‑L‑Serv how often to try reactivating VTAM communication routes that become inactive. This value is set by the RETRMAX parameter of the ATTACH command and only applies to VTAM communication.

RETRY

Overrides the setting that tells CA‑L‑Serv whether to reactivate VTAM communication routes that become inactive. This value is set by the RETRY parameter of the ATTACH command and only applies to VTAM communication.

SCANLIMIT

Overrides the maximum number of SQL rows searched set by the SCANLIMIT parameter of the ATTACH command.

SENDLIMIT

Overrides the maximum number of pending send requests per client set by the SENDLIMIT parameter of the ATTACH command.

SVCDUMP

Indicates whether CA‑L‑Serv should generate an SVC dump if an error occurs within its address space.

Default: YES

TASK

Identifies the server that should execute the command. Use TASK with the LOGID parameter or whenever you use an ambiguous truncation for a parameter.

Specify COMMSERVER, FILESERVER, or SQLSERVER.

XCF

Indicates whether you want to activate or deactivate XCF communication.

XMVS

Indicates whether you want to activate or deactivate the XMVS communication service.

Note: Issue the OPTIONS command from the CA-L‑Serv parameter data set or from a console of an operator.

Example

To tell CA‑L‑Serv not to generate an SVC dump if an error occurs:

OPTIONS SVCDUMP(NO)