z/OS CallAPI issued jobs fail

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

All z/OS Call API jobs fail with the syntax:

PARM='INI=DATA.UCXBM25C.INI CLIENT=<your four-digit client number>,<your user>,<your department>,<your password>'

Environment

Release : 12.3

Component : AUTOMATION ENGINE

Cause

Compatibility.

Resolution

This was the old syntax calling the z/OS CallAPI prior to the use of UCCALL4.

The new syntax is:

PARM='INI=DATA.UCXBM25C.INI LOGON=<your four-digit client number>,<your user>,<your department>,<your password>'