Recommended values for OPTIONS entry

IBM® recommends the following OPTIONS entry values:

Recommended value: Purpose
MSGFILTER(YES): MSGFILTER(YES) causes SMP/E to filter the messages it writes to SMPOUT during APPLY, ACCEPT, and RESTORE command processing. When SMP/E filters messages, most non-critical informational messages are not written to SMPOUT. The result is less output to read through when it is necessary to investigate an SMP/E operation. MSGFILTER(NO) is the default.
MSGWIDTH(80): MSGWIDTH(80) causes SMP/E to format its messages to an 80 character width. This makes online viewing simpler by eliminating the need to scroll right to view the entire message text. MSGWIDTH(120) is the default.
RECZGRP: Often the RECEIVE command will receive a PTF that has already been accepted and purged from the global zone and SMPPTS data set. There is no need to receive such PTFs and they only add to the space used by the SMPPTS. To prevent RECEIVE from receiving such PTFs, you need to tell SMP/E what dlib zones to check when determining if a PTF has already been accepted. You can specify the list of dlib zones using the RECEIVE Zone Group (RECZGRP) subentry in an OPTIONS entry.
The RECZGRP subentry allows you to set a policy and specify the list of zones once. This list is then used for all future RECEIVE operations whenever the OPTIONS entry is active. With the list of dlib zones set, during RECEIVE processing, SMP/E will check each of the zones specified first before receiving a PTF. If that PTF is accepted in any of the specified zones, the PTF will not be received again.
RETRYDDN(ALL): RETRYDDN(ALL) causes SMP/E to compress out-of-space libraries and retry processing after an x37 abend. When you use this option, make sure you are not updating production data sets.

Note: Do not specify a PEMAX value. Allow SMP/E to use its default value of 25,000.