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AOF Rules and Rule Sets

AOF rules are stored in AOF rule sets. Rule sets are partitioned data sets whose names are defined by the CA OPS/MVS initialization parameters RULEPREFIX and RULESUFFIX. You can define from 1 to 70 rule sets, each containing any number of rules.

For example, according to the following parameter settings:

RULEPREFIX = 'OPSMVS.AOF'

RULESUFFIX = 'RULES'

AOF rule sets have a name mask of OPSMVS.AOF.*.RULES, where * is the rule set name. The following are examples of rule set names:

OPSMVS.AOF.SUPPRESS.RULES
OPSMVS.AOF.CICS.RULES
OPSMVS.AOF.STATEMAN.RULES
OPSMVS.AOF.DB2.RULES
OPSMVS.AOF.SECURITY.RULES

Each AOF rule occupies a separate member in the AOF rule set.

Examples: Individual rule in the SUPPRESS rule set

In the following example, $HASP100 is an individual rule in the SUPPRESS rule set:

OPSMVS.AOF.SUPPRESS.RULES($HASP100)

In the following example, IEF403I is an individual rule in the SUPPRESS rule set:

OPSMVS.AOF.SUPPRESS.RULES(IEF403I)

Note: Since AOF rule sets are defined by the RULEPREFIX and RULESUFFIX, it is possible to add or remove rule sets at any time without having to restart the product.