CA7 and AAI integration: AAI Data Delivery Mechanism Test STC Procedure JCL

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Issue/Introduction

Question:

AIZTPRD1 - AAI Data Delivery Mechanism Test STC Procedure JCL

I created my CA7 AAI instance, it created this SYC task in CUSTLIB. 

Do I need a separate STC ID For this task?

Environment

Component: Automic Automation Intelligence 

Release : 6.X

 

Cause

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Resolution

Answer:

When an Instance of the CA 7 Server for AAI is created, it will create several JCL members in the CUSTLIB Library.  

The AIZTPRD1 member is used to Test the data delivery mechanism.  This JCL should be copied into the Primary STC member in the STC JCL library initially.  

Specify a test dataset name (where ?????? are) and then start the Primary STC.  This will run a test data delivery and terminate.  

This allows you to verify that you SFTP or FTP delivery mechanism is working correctly. 

If not, it produces multiple debug messages to help determine any issues.  

Once the test data delivery is successful, the copy the CUSTLIB member AI7SPRD1 JCL into the Primary STC member in the STC JCL library, replacing the test data delivery JCL copied there initially.  

This is now the true CA 7 Server for AAI JCL procedure to run the Primary STC.  Member AI7RPRD1 in the CUSTLIB should be copied to the secondary Request STC JCL member in the STC JCL library.  

This is the Request STC JCL used by automation to (generally) stop the Primary STC, although initially before automation is configured, you can use the Instance Menu system to manually issue the Request to stop the CA 7 Server for AAI Primary STC.

There is no requirement for an additional STC to run the test delivery process, it should be run as if it was the Primary STC, so that the delivery test executes under the Primary STC user ID to verify that user ID can successfully deliver data to the AAI server.  Once the test is successful replace this test delivery JCL with the real Primary STC JCL from CUSTLIB member AI7SPRD1