2. Planning for Installation and Use of CA MICS › 2.3 Installation Planning and Parameter Specification › 2.3.3 CA MICS JCL Planning and Parameters

2.3.3 CA MICS JCL Planning and Parameters

This section shows you how to specify the JCL-related
parameters required to install CA MICS.  JCL-related
parameters are used by JCLGEN jobs and allow the CA MICS
installation and generation processes to customize batch
jobs, Job Control Language (JCL) procedures, CA MICS MACROs,
and TSO Command Lists (CLISTs) to run in your shop.

JCLGEN jobs are run when installing CA MICS because they
perform JCL tailoring.  Batch, online, and maintenance
facilities that enable CA MICS daily update processing to
operate in your environment are also tailored by the
parameters you code in this step.

You code these JCL-related parameters in members of the
sharedprefix.MICS.PARMS and sharedprefix.MICS.PROTOLIB
libraries described in the following sections.  The PROTOLIB
library only needs to be tailored if you have unusual
requirements for JCL tailoring.

We divide the discussion of JCL-related parameters into
standard and advanced sections because few users need to
customize their systems to the extent that CA MICS is able to
support.  Call CA MICS Product Support if you think you need
to tailor the PROTOLIB library.

 NOTE:  DO NOT modify JCL or CLISTs in prefix.MICS.CNTL or
        sharedprefix.MICS.CLIST libraries.  ONLY modify JCL
        or CLISTs using the standard or advanced JCLGEN
        parameters because system maintenance often requires
        that you perform a JCLGEN, which recreates the CNTL
        and CLIST libraries.  Changes made to CNTL and CLIST
        libraries are lost when the JCLGEN is completed.


The following sections explain the JCL generation process,
inputs, tables used during JCL generation, and the symbolic
language used by the process:

    1 - JCLGEN Process Flow
    2 - Standard JCLGEN Parameters
    3 - JCLGEN Parameters for Special Requirements