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Usage Recommendations

CA recommends the following regarding the use of the BROWSEMESSAGES parameter:

• JES2 sites should use a value of MVS.
• JES3 sites should use a value of MVSGLOBAL on the JES3 global processor and a value of MVS on the JES3 local processors.

Important!

• Do not change the value of the BROWSEMESSAGES parameter without first considering the impact that the change will have on your ability to determine what is happening on your system.
• If you use the MVSGLOBAL value in a sysplex environment, changes to the MSCOPE of your consoles may affect which messages are logged in OPSLOG and processed by the AOF.

Note: To avoid confusion between what appears in the OPSLOG and which events are processed by the AOF, give the BROWSEMESSAGES and AOFMESSAGES parameters identical values. However, the MVSLIST option is not available on the BROWSEMESSAGES parameter. If you specify MVSLIST for AOFMESSAGES, it is recommended that you specify MVSGLOBAL for BROWSEMESSAGES. This will cause OPSLOG to show local messages and messages imported from the systems specified on the MVSSYSn parameters.