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Lesson 4: How to Organize Rules into Rule Sets

CA OPS/MVS provides a flexible structure for organizing rules into rule sets, so that each data center can use the classification system that best meets its needs.

In a well-designed classification system, rules are grouped in a useful and intuitive way, and rule set names describe the rules they contain. For more information about organizing rules, see the AOF Rules User Guide.

The process to organize rules into rule sets is as follows:

1. Choose a rule classification system

   Rules are grouped in a useful and intuitive way. The following two issues are involved in choosing a rule classification system:

   • Reason for grouping rules into a rule set
   • Choice of the rule set name
2. Choose rule set names and contents

   Rule set names describe the rules they contain.

   The following are example rule set names and contents:

   • Rules grouped by production environment into rule sets can be named SYSOP for operators and SYSPROG for system programmers.
   • Rules grouped by application/event into rule sets can be named IPL and WEEKEND.
   • Rules grouped by type of rule into rule sets can be named ACTION, SUPPRESS, and TOD.
3. Choose where to put your rules

   This scenario discusses placing message suppression rules, which are grouped by the type of SUPPRESS.

   • Where to put the first message suppression rules

     If you are installing the first CA OPS/MVS message suppression rules in your system, you need to choose the classification system to use. We suggest you place all message suppression rules into a rule set named SUPPRESS.

   • Where to put more message suppression rules

     If message suppression rules have already been put into your production system, you should follow the rules classification system that has already been established. If an inspection of the rule set list (OPSVIEW option 4.5.1) does not make the classification system clear, then ask the person who first installed message suppression rules for guidance.

Go to Lesson 5: How to Enable and Disable Rules and Rule Sets.