Specifying an alternative parmlib data set for IDICNFxx (CNFDSN)

To accommodate installations that do not provide general READ access to SYS1.PARMLIB (or any one of the data sets in the logical parmlib concatenation), Fault Analyzer provides the CNFDSN setting in the IDIOPTLM configuration-options module. This setting permits an alternative data set to be specified for the IDICNFxx configuration member. For details, see Customize Fault Analyzer by using an IDIOPTLM configuration-options module.

The specified data set name can contain MVS™ system symbols and must be allocated as a PDS(E) with LRECL=80 and RECFM=FB.

Because Fault Analyzer also needs to read the IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS Common Components IPVCNF00 configuration member, an installation requiring the use of IDIOPTLM to specify an alternative data set for IDICNFxx, similarly requires the use of IPVOPTLM to specify an alternative data set for IPVCNF00. Otherwise, abend S913 and message ICH408I (or similar, depending on the security server used) might occur if the user does not have READ access to the logical parmlib concatenation. For information about the IPVOPTLM configuration-options module and the IPVCNF00 parmlib member, see IBM Application Delivery Foundation for z/OS Common Components: Customization Guide and User Guide.