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Specify Target Systems for Parallel Sysplex

CA MAT allows you to view an entire sysplex as a single system. If you want to monitor a job that is running on a specific system (or one of several systems), type the name of the system in the System field. You can specify up to four system names. Each name can specify a single system or a generic name by using a wildcard indicator; for example, PR*.

Depending on what you specify for System, CA MAT will monitor a job as follows:

• No target systems specified (blank): CA MAT monitors jobs that are running in the local system only. This option is known as a local request. No target systems specified is the default.
• One target system: CA MAT monitors a job only if it is running in the specified system. Any jobs with the same name that are executing on a different system are ignored. This option is known as a target request.
• Multiple target systems: CA MAT monitors the first job to execute on any of the specified systems. CA MAT only monitors the first job to start, and any other matching jobs are ignored.
• All systems: (*) CA MAT monitors jobs that are running on all systems in the sysplex. CA MAT only monitors the first job to start, and any other matching jobs are ignored.

Data is sent back to the local system for recording because allocation of a data set on the target system might be precluded by shared DASD restrictions, security, or SMS DASD policies. If the local system is not available, recording takes place on the target system.