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ADDRESS AOF Command Format

Most ADDRESS AOF commands act on a rule set or a rule in a rule set, and conform to the following syntax. There are some exceptions; complete syntax and descriptions of all ADDRESS AOF commands appear in the sections that follow.

ADDRESS AOF "commandverb keywords"
   [ruleset|ruleset.rule]
   [SYSTEM(ALL|EXT|sysnames)]

In the syntax shown:

commandverb

Specifies one of the following AOF commands:

• COMPILE
• DELCOM
• DISABLE
• ENABLE
• INDEX
• LIST
• LISTCOMP
• LISTINST
• LISTSRC
• RESETAUTO
• SETAUTO
• SUBSYS

ruleset

(Optional) Specifies the middle qualifier of the current rules data set-the qualifier that lies between the qualifiers specified by the RULEPREFIX or RULEALTFIX and RULESUFFIX parameters.

For example, if the name of the current rules data set is SYS1.OPS.IPL.RULES, the RULEPREFIX is SYS1.OPS, the RULESUFFIX is RULES, and the ruleset value is IPL.

rule

(Optional) Indicates the value is a member of the current rules data set.

SYSTEM

(Optional) Enables you to perform cross-system AOF operations. Specify one of these values:

ALL

Routes the AOF command to all active MSF-defined systems, including the local system.

EXT

Routes the AOF command to all remote, active MSF-defined systems.

sysnames

Routes the AOF command to the specified systems. You may specify from one to eight system names as the value of sysnames.

SYSWAIT

(Optional) Specifies the number of seconds CA OPS/MVS waits for output from a remote system. You may specify a value between 1 and 600 seconds.

Note: It is intentional that this limit is higher than the limit that can be set by ADDRESS OPSCTL MSF DEFAULT.

Do not specify a value for SYSWAIT if you specify the SYSTEM(ALL), SYSTEM(EXT), or NOOUTPUT keywords.

OUTPUT|NOOUTPUT

Determines whether the command returns output to the external data queue. Specify OUTPUT to have output returned; otherwise, specify NOOUTPUT.

NOOUTPUT is implied when:

• The ADDRESS AOF command is issued in an AOF rule.
• You specify more than one system name as the value of the SYSTEM(sysnames) keyword.
• You specify SYSTEM(ALL) or SYSTEM(EXT).

Important! The OUTPUT and NOOUTPUT keywords are valid only when they are used in conjunction with the SYSTEM keyword. This restriction applies to all ADDRESS AOF host commands.