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Direct MIMUNITS Entries to Certain Systems

You can share the MIMUNITS member among systems, even when you are using different local names on different systems, or when a device has the same local name as a different device on a different system. To share the MIMUNITS member under these circumstances, you need to direct entries to the appropriate systems.

To direct an entry, place an IFSYS statement before the entry and an ENDIF statement after the entry. On the IFSYS statement, specify the system name or system alias of the system (or group of systems) to which that entry applies. This tells CA MIA to use this entry only for the system specified.

For example, suppose that a device has the local name 01A0 on systems A and B and the local name 02A0 on systems C and D. To identify and assign global name G1A0 to that device, specify the following statements in the MIMUNITS member:

IFSYS A,B 
  01A0,G1A0 
ENDIF
IFSYS C,D 
  02A0,G1A0 
ENDIF

Notes:

• The letter “G” is used only for the global name examples and has no special meaning.
• For more information on IFSYS and ENDIF statements, and for information on assigning names and aliases to systems, see the CA MIM Programming Guide.