Creating the z/OS Log Forwarder start procedure

You must create the z/OS® Log Forwarder start procedure by updating the sample procedure GLAPROC.

Before you begin

Review z/OS Log Forwarder start procedure and required authorities.

Procedure

To create the z/OS Log Forwarder start procedure, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the sample procedure GLAPROC to a user procedure library.
    Tip: You can rename this procedure according to your installation conventions. Throughout this documentation, the name GLAPROC is used to mean the z/OS Log Forwarder start procedure.
  2. Copy the sample job GLARACF to a user job library.
  3. To define a user ID and associate it with the GLAPROC procedure, update the user copy of the GLARACF job according to the comments in the sample and to the following instructions:
    • If the user ID exists, comment out the ADDUSER statement.
    • If a user ID other than GLALGF is to be associated with the GLAPROC procedure, change the USER on the STDATA parameter.
  4. Submit the updated user copy of the GLARACF job.
  5. Update the user copy of the GLAPROC procedure according to the comments in the sample.
Parent topic: Configuring the z/OS Log Forwarder