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Protecting System State Manager Tables

The active System State Manager directory table specified by the STATETBL parameter may not be modified using any table editor commands in ISPF on-line mode. Use the OPSSMTBL TSO command and OPS/REXX function or the System State Manager control panel (4.11.1 of OPSVIEW) to modify this table. Browse is the only table editor command that you can use on System State Manager directory tables.

Active System State Manager resource tables are protected from potentially destructive command operations of the RDF table editor by requiring or requesting that the target System State Manager resource table be removed from System State Manager control before performing an operation that could damage the logical integrity of the resource table. Potentially destructive operations include:

• Delete a System State Manager resource table
• Rename a System State Manager resource table
• Insert a System State Manager resource table

  Note: Insert implies that this table does not currently exist.

• Copy a table into a System State Manager resource table
• Transfer a table into a System State Manager resource table

When such an operation is detected, a panel is displayed, asking you if you want to remove the System State Manager resource table from System State Manager control. Press Enter to accept the default (Y/YES). The table is removed from System State Manager control, and the table editor operation is completed.

Note: You can optionally bypass the removal of a resource table from System State Manager for the copy and transfer operations by the entering N (NO) on this panel.

If the System State Manager resource table was removed from System State Manager control, a panel is displayed, asking you if you want to return the modified resource table to System State Manager control. Press Enter to accept. The resource table is returned to System State Manager with the same properties it had when it was removed.

Note: When a resource table is returned to System State Manager control using the OPSSMTBL command, both the current and desired states are set to the UNKNOWN state. The desired state must be reset to the correct value using either the checkpoint state value, the System State Manager schedule manager reset function, or by some programmatic or manual procedure.

When you start the table editor OPS/REXX program ASOTEAPI in batch API mode, protection of System State Manager resources tables is controlled by the System State Manager PROT keyword of the API command.

Note: For details on this keyword, see the Command and Function Reference.