IMBED parameter in VISION:Inform 4.0 installation job

Products

• Vision:Inform

Issue/Introduction

Is IMBED needed in the VISION:Inform 4.0 installation job SMPJOB01?

 

Resolution

Solution:

The SMPJOB01 member of the SMPCNTL installation PDS delivered with VISION:Inform 4.0 allocates the SMP/E CSI.

If running Workload Automation to perform a JCL Check, a severity 8 error may be generated regarding the IMBED parameter at the index level of the VSAM file allocation:

             CAY6037E UNKNOWN KEYWORD "IMBED" SPECIFIED IN OPERAND OF "INDEX"
  
    DEFINE CLUSTER (NAME(INFORM.R40.CSI)          -
                    FREESPACE(10,5)               -
                    KEYS(24 0)                    -
                    RECORDSIZE(24 143)            -
                    SHAREOPTIONS(2 3)             -
                    VOLUMES(VOLSER)               -  
                    UNIQUE)                       -  
               DATA(NAME(INFORM.R40.CSI.DATA)     -
                    CONTROLINTERVALSIZE(4096)     -
                    CYLINDERS(60 20))             -
              INDEX(NAME(INFORM.R40.CSI.INDEX)    -
                    CYLINDERS(5 5)                -
                    IMBED)

According to the IBM documentation, "IMBED|NOIMBED is no longer supported; if it is specified, it will be ignored and no message will be issued".

While errors only occur if running a JCL check, IMBED is obsolete and can safely be deleted.