CA Mainframe VM Product Manager - 1.2 : VMALLOC CONFIG File Statements

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USE

The USE statement tells VMALLOC to allocate new user IDs or minidisk resources for products by issuing commands directly to CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director.

The USE statement has the following format:

USE command

Definitions

  • command
    Specifies the name of a command MODULE for the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director product server. The usual command name at most sites is VMSECURE or VMDIRECT.

The following conditions must be met for successful operation of USE:

  1. The specified command MODULE, usually VMSECURE MODULE or VMDIRECT MODULE, must be present in the CMS search order.
  2. The PRODUCT CONFIG file for CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director must contain the record:
    PRODUCT VMSISERV VMANAGER
    
  3. VMANAGER must be a directory manager in the MANAGERS file and the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file must contain the record:
    GRANT *ALL TO VMANAGER
    

POOL

Specifies the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director storage sub-pool where minidisk space will be allocated. This statement is ignored if the USE statement not present.

The POOL statement has the following format:

POOL [* | poolname]

Definitions

  • *
    A default pool name will be used during allocation.
  • poolname
    The specified pool name will be used during allocation.

DEVTYPE

The DEVTYPE statement tells VMALLOC to produce MDISK statements or to directly allocate minidisks on a specific type of device.

The DEVTYPE statement has the following format:

DEVTYPE [* | 3390 | 3380 | 9336 | FB-512]

VOLUME

The VOLUME record tells VMALLOC to use a specific volume when allocating minidisks. If no USE statement is present, the volume specified will be used in all the MDISK statements in the resulting DIRECT file.

The VOLUME statement has the following format:

VOLUME [* | volser]