Adding a new JCLLIB dynamically

Products

• CA 7 Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

If I add a JCL library dynamically using the /JCL command, what will be the INDEX value?  Is there a way to use a specific INDEX value for the JCL library when dynamically adding a new JCLLIB?

Environment

WA CA 7 Edition

Resolution

CA 7 will assign an index value of 255 when you use the /JCL command to dynamically to add a JCL library (even if JCLDEFS=VSAM is specified in the RESIDENT statement).  If a specific index ID other than 255 is needed for a JCL library, it can not be added dynamically.  You must manually add a JCL statement in the CA 7 initialization file for the desired INDEX=nnn value and recycle the CA7ONL started task to apply the change.