Update or Remove TIME= parameter in MICS PROCs

Products

• MICS Resource Management

Issue/Introduction

Where does the TIME=60 parameter come from in the MICS PROCs?  Is it part of the standard PROC definitions provided by MICS at installation time?  If so, is there a way to change that value or omit it entirely? 

Cause

The TIME=60 parameter is part of the standard PROC definitions provided by MICS at install.   It is either TIME=60 or not present at all depending on your MICS settings.   The default is TIME=60.  
Refer the Database Complex JCL Definitions parameter STEPCPULIMIT for more information. 

Resolution

 

Remove TIME= parameter from unit PROCs	Remove TIME= parameter from complex PROCs	Change TIME= parameter in all PROCs
Specify STEPCPULIMIT NO in JCLDEF/JCLDEFC   Update ‘prefix.PARMS(JCLGENU)’  Specify ALLPROCU Submit ‘prefix.CNTL(JCLGENU)’ Submit 'prefix.CNTL(PROCJOB2)' Submit 'prefix.CNTL(PROCJOB3)'	Specify STEPCPULIMIT NO in JCLDEFC Update 'sharedprefix.PARMS(JCLGENUC)   Specify ALLPROCC Submit 'sharedprefix.CNTL(JCLGENUC)' Submit 'sharedprefix.CNTL(PROCJOB1)'	Requires user mod to each 'sharedprefix.PROTOLIB' proc member (MICSDB, MICSSHR etc.) Update 'sharedprefix.PARMS(JCLGENUC)  Specify ALLPROCC Submit 'sharedprefix.CNTL(JCLGENUC)' Submit 'sharedprefix.CNTL(PROCJOB1) Update 'prefix.PARMS(JCLGENU)  Specify ALLPROCU Submit 'prefix.CNTL(JCLGENU)' Submit 'prefix.CNTL(PROCJOB2) Submit 'prefix.CNTL(PROCJOB3)

Additional Information

Before making changes to MICS PROCs,  it is advised to capture a current backup of your existing PROCLIB dataset.   Once the PROCs have been regenerated, the newly generated PROCs can be compared against the ones from the backup to detect all differences.    Any changes other than the TIME= parameter should be examined further.   It is possible changes may have been made to JCLDEF/JCLDEFC at some point in the past, but the PROCs were never regenerated.    
For a list and short description of both complex and unit level PROCs, refer to the section 'Move MICS PROCs to installation PROCLIB'