7. DEFINING PARAMETERS › 7.1 Environmental Considerations

7.1 Environmental Considerations

Before coding product parameters, you need to know about the
ERDS data that you will be processing using the CA MICS
System Reliability Analyzer (SRL).  Availability of the data
is an important consideration.  If you are planning to
process ERDS data from VM or VSE, arrangements must be made
for the transport of this data to the MVS system so that SRL
can process this data.  The CA MICS VM Data Transfer Program
allows the transfer of data from VM and VSE systems running
under VM to the MVS system.  If you are licensed for the
CA MICS VM Data Transfer Program, please read the product
guide on how to accomplish this transfer.

The ERDS data is present in a dataset called SYS1.LOGREC on
MVS systems.  On VM systems the ERDS data is referred to as
the error recording area and on VSE systems it is referred to
as LOGREC.  Depending on your site's conventions, the data
may be dumped to tape or disk on a daily basis.  This data
that is offloaded from the ERDS should be input to the
CA MICS System Reliability Analyzer.

Before you specify parameters for the CA MICS System
Reliability Analyzer:

    o Review the default options for the parameters to
      determine their applicability to your site.

    o Review reporting requirements to determine whether
      or not you need to code MICF inquiries to satisfy
      your site's reporting needs.

    o Review data base unit specifications to determine
      which unit or units should include the CA MICS
      System Reliability Analyzer.