Invoking the APPC/MVS Administration Utility from a Batch Job

The APPC/MVS administration utility is invoked from a batch job by naming ATBSDFMU on the EXEC statement. The utility commands are issued either in the SYSIN data stream or from a data set named in the SYSIN DD statement.

Figure 1. Example of JCL to Invoke ATBSDFMU Using SYSIN Data

  //jobname   JOB  ...
  //stepname  EXEC PGM=ATBSDFMU,PARM='TYPRUN=condition'
  //SYSSDLIB  DD   DSN=SYS1.APPCTP,DISP=SHR
  //SYSSDOUT  DD   DSN=UTILITY.OUTPUT,DISP=(NEW,CATLG)
  //SYSPRINT  DD   SYSOUT=A
  //SYSIN     DD   DATA,DLM=XX

     Utility command and
        TP profile data or
        side information data

XX

Figure 2. Example of JCL to Invoke ATBSDFMU Using a SYSIN Data Set

  //jobname   JOB  ...
  //stepname  EXEC PGM=ATBSDFMU,PARM='TYPRUN=condition'
  //SYSSDLIB  DD   DSN=SYS1.APPCTP,DISP=SHR
  //SYSSDOUT  DD   DSN=UTILITY.OUTPUT,DISP=(NEW,CATLG)
  //SYSPRINT  DD   SYSOUT=A
  //SYSIN     DD   DSN=TP.INSTALL,DISP=SHR

Before invoking the utility, read Restrictions on Invoking the APPC/MVS Administration Utility.