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How to Create CA Endevor SCM Base, Delta, and List Libraries

To implement an inventory structure for CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment, you must define and allocate base, delta, and list libraries. The base, delta, and processor load and listing libraries are used during CA Endevor SCM execution. Base libraries store the original or current source version of an element. Delta libraries track the differences between the numerous source levels of an element. The processor load and listing libraries defined for a System hold the executable form of the processor (load) and a listing of the compile run for each processor. You can have multiple occurrences of the libraries, usually one set of libraries for each stage. For more information on base, delta and list libraries, see the CA Endevor Software Change Manager Administration Guide. The following steps are required to create the CA Endevor SCM base, delta, and list libraries.

1. Allocate data sets for the CA Endevor SCM base and delta libraries for your Natural element types. Define the PDS data sets with an RECFM value of VB and an LRECL value of at least 256. Make sure that you use your site naming conventions. All Natural element types can share a single pair of base and delta libraries.
2. Allocate data sets for CA Endevor SCM base and delta libraries for your Predict element types, if you are using CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment to manage Predict types. Make sure that you use your site naming conventions. Define the PDS data sets with a RECFM value of VB and an LRECL value of at least 1796. All Predict element types can share a single pair of base and delta libraries.
3. Allocate list libraries. Make sure that you use your site naming conventions. Natural and Predict elements can use list libraries already defined for other element types, but you can define separate list libraries. We recommend that within any given CA Endevor SCM stage, all Natural elements and Predict elements use the same list library.