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Excluding Messages by User ID, Message Prefix, or Message Type

You can use the SETOPTION command to exclude messages by user ID, message prefix (message ID), or message type for all destinations. The SETOPTION command must be issued on the z/VM system on which the messages are being generated. Message exclusion on the SETOPTION command overrides the action of COLLECT commands. You can use SETOPTION to guarantee the exclusion of selected messages from being routed to other systems.

The following parameters let you exclude messages:

EXCLUDEPREFIX

Excludes messages by message prefix for all destinations.

EXCLUDETYPE

Excludes messages by message type for all destinations.

EXCLUDEUSER

Excludes messages by originating user ID for all destinations.

Specify up to 20 user IDs or message IDs per command. If you have more, issue another SETOPTION command.

Examples:

• To prevent external systems from collecting messages from the MAINT and OPERATNS user IDs, issue this command:

  SETOPTION EXCLUDEUSER=(MAINT,OPERATNS)
  

• To allow external systems to start collecting these messages again, issue this command:

  SETOPTION EXCLUDEUSER=NONE
  

• To prevent all external systems from receiving CA MIM messages, issue this command:

  SETOPTION EXCLUDEPREFIX=MIM*
  

• To exclude informational messages (IMSGs) from cross-system routing, issue this command:

  SETOPTION EXCLUDETYPE=IMSG