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Implementing Host Encyclopedia and Host Construction Configuration

When you build a configuration for CA Gen Host Encyclopedia and Host Construction, you can validate and implement it.

Validation verifies access to resources used when you implement the configuration. At this time skip Validation of CA Gen as a validation failure caused by a non-existent temporary dataset condition will prevent Implementation. The validation failure is for a condition handled during Implementation so the actual Implementation, when validation is bypassed, is successful.

The following is an example of Validation results for Bind Package and Plan processing. The first action deletes outputs from a previous Implementation, if there are any. It is acceptable that the dataset does not exist. The Validation fails with ‘MSMC0236E Service validation error: DSN=<userid>.CSMHE85.CEJOB07A.SYSTSPRT - Dataset should exist’ message, but the Implementation of the same process handles the condition and succeeds.

When this Validation error is encountered it is not possible to simply continue with Implementation. It is best to just skip Validation until this error condition is addressed.

Use the Configurations tab in CA CSM, select the built configuration from the list and select Implement from the Actions drop-down. Implement the configuration by releasing the Implementation Steps. You can Release All steps or Release individual steps. The following example shows the Implementation Steps to Create a New Encyclopedia. Either Release All for steps to execute automatically where the steps pre-reqs are automatically addressed or Release Next to manually control the execution of each step. The Actions drop-down can also be used to Release (or Bypass) each step.

The following images show all the steps to create a New Encyclopedia:

The last Step is optional and, if not required, should be Bypassed. Verify this step is not required by accessing the newly created encyclopedia to evaluate performance before bypassing the step. This step can be executed when a new encyclopedia’s performance needs to be improved by uploading models and executing RUNSTATS.

When all implementations steps complete successfully, you can use the Host Encyclopedia. Start by setting up the ISPF environment to access the Host Encyclopedia just created or upgraded. This is described next.