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CICS JCT

Use this page to create a new JCT (journal control table).

If you displayed this page by clicking Copy on a previous page, the values on the previous page are used as the basis for the new JCT.

If you displayed this page by clicking New on a previous page, some values on this page are already set to default values.

Group List

Display the CICS Group group_name page.

Add

Click this to save changes you have made to the page, refresh the page and add the new JCT to the group you specify in Grp. The button changes to Apply.

Name

Specify a name for this JCT.

Grp

Choose a group to which this JCT will belong. The list of groups from which you can choose include only those which can be edited by you.

Description

Specify a description for the JCT (can be up to 60 characters).

Type

Choose the type of journal:

Disk 1 - A journal on disk that has one data set to be reused when full.
Disk 2 - A journal on disk that has two data sets to be used alternately. You must specify this to minimize operator involvement during a takeover.
Disk 2 Pause - A journal on disk that has two data sets to be used alternately. When the second data set is full, the system is paused to enable the operator to copy the data sets to another location before resuming with the first data set.
SMF - Mainframe System Management Facility format
Tape 1 - A journal on one tape drive.
Tape 2 - A journal on two tape drives.

File Name

Specify the filename of the journal.

File Path

Specify the pathname of the journal file.

Extension

Specify the filename extension of the journal file.

Fileshare

Specify the name of the Fileshare server that controls this data set.

Record Max

Specify the maximum length of a record in the journal file.

Record Min

Specify the minimum length of a record in the journal file.

Initial State

Choose the initial status of the journal:

New - a new journal data set is created at system initialization.
Append - data is appended to an existing journal data set.

Resource Keys, all

Choose a setting to apply to all the resource keys:

On - enables all the resource keys
Off - disables all the resource keys

Resource Keys, 1 - 24

Check any of the boxes 1 through 24 to activate that resource key.

Delete

Click this to delete this JCT. This button is displayed only after you click Add.

Copy

Click this to create a new JCT, using the values set on this page as the basis for the new JCT. This button is displayed only after you click Add.

Dump

Click this to create and view dump information for this JCT. This button is displayed only after you click Add.