Parameters › Command-related Parameters › SYSTEMCPF Parameter

SYSTEMCPF Parameter

This parameter allows a site to add a sysplex-wide CPF prefix to the system for general-purpose use. This facility allows console operators and automation code to use the CPF prefix as a short form of the z/OS ROUTE command to issue commands to this system from any other system in the sysplex.

For example, if you set this parameter to S1 for system SYS1, your console operators can issue the abbreviated command:

S1 D A,OPSMAIN

instead of:

ROUTE S1 D A,OPSMAIN

from anywhere in the sysplex that includes SYS1. The CPF prefix is available on all systems in the sysplex. Therefore, you must use unique values on each system in a sysplex.

Once defined, the SYSTEMCPF prefix value remains available even if CA OPS/MVS is terminated. If you restart CA OPS/MVS with a different SYSTEMCPF parameter value, the old CPF prefix is deleted prior to defining the new one.

Note: The difference between using a CPF prefix and the ROUTE command-the ROUTE command causes a CMD event for the ROUTE command on the local system.

Default value

A string of 8 blanks. This blank value indicates that no system CPF value is set.

Other possible values

Any 1- to 8-character alphanumeric string.

Important! The SYSTEMCPF parameter can only contain characters from the table Characters That Can Be Used in z/OS Commands shown in the chapter “Using This Reference.”

Set or modify this parameter…

At initialization

Examples: SystemCPF

• This example sets the CPF prefix for this system to the value of the SMFID of the system:

  smfid = OPSINFO("SMFID")
  

  T = OPSPRM("SET","SystemCPF",smfid)
  

• You could also use the following, or another unique value in place of OPSINFO("SMFID"):

  OPSINFO("SYSNAME")