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Methodologies

You can create, maintain, edit, and delete methodologies from a deployment.

A methodology has the following attributes:

• A single data set name mask that is used to control what target libraries are to be called on the target systems and where these deployment will go.

  z/OS data sets

  z/OS data sets use a data set name mask. The data set name mask is a valid data set name comprised of constants and symbolic qualifiers.

  The minimum methodology data consists of a data set mask and a target action. The symbolics in the data set mask are either symbolics defined by CA MSM or z/OS system symbolics.

• Deployment Style information is used to create only or create and replace a methodology.

  Create Only

  Use Create Only when you are creating a new methodology that does not have any target libraries already associated with a deployment.

  Create or Replace

  Use Create or Replace to:

  • Create new data sets and/or files in a UNIX directory.
  • Replace existing sequential data sets or files in a UNIX directory.
  • For partitioned data sets, replace existing members, add new member without deletion of members that are not replaced.

  Note: Using Create or Replace would not cause the deployment to fail due to data set name conflicts.