Is there an easy way of associating each Windows element with a destination folder?

Products

• Alchemist
• TPX - Session Management
• Vman Session Management for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Description:

We have a large number of Windows Elements, each goes into a specific directory. Is there an easy way of associating each element with a destination folder?

In other words, could we create a single file which contains all the associations and then as elements are promoted, it could look up the destination folder on the server?

Solution:

Option 1: If all files reside under the same directory tree

Set up an target file on any machine with a base directory such as( this option requires an Alchemist System Agent running on the target server):

TFILE8(TYPE(COPY)
  SCHEME(FILE) DOMAIN(QA) PATH(C:/SampleApplications)
  CALLABLE)

Include sub path names in the entity name, such as:

Entity Name: HelloWorldNET/res/HelloWorldNET.rc2

This will result in the following file on the QA machine: C:/SampleApplications/HelloWorldNET/res/HelloWorldNET.rc2

Option 2: If the files reside in various directory trees

• NOTE: This option requires an Alchemist System Agent running on the target server

Set up an target file on any machine with a dummy directory such as:

TFILE8(TYPE(COPY)
  SCHEME(FILE) DOMAIN(QA) PATH(C:/DUMMY)
  CALLABLE DYNAMIC)

Code OBPCL routines to override the dummy target directory based on the entity name and a location control file.

NOTE: Alchemist 5.2.1

Because this version does not support non-Z/OS target files this must be performed entirely with PCL. You would have to set up a control file, write the PCL to read the control file and transfer the source file to the desired location.

Environment

Release:
Component: ALCMST