COUPLE

COUPLE=xx

This parameter identifies the COUPLExx parmlib member that describes the sysplex environment for the initializing system. The two alphanumeric characters, xx, are appended to COUPLE to form the name of the parmlib member, COUPLExx. Only one suffix can be supplied.

COUPLE=** may be specified to cause XCF to initialize the system in XCF-local mode. COUPLE=** does not refer to any actual parmlib member. Instead, it is an internal function within XCF that allows the system initial program to be loaded in XCF-local mode. Specifying COUPLE=** also eliminates the need for the sysplex name specified in LOADxx to match the sysplex name specified in COUPLExx because COUPLE=** uses the sysplex name in LOADxx. If a sysplex name is not specified in LOADxx, COUPLE=** substitutes a sysplex name of LOCAL.

Value Range: Any two alphanumeric characters, or two asterisks.

Default Value: COUPLE=00, causing selection of COUPLE00.

Associated Parmlib Member: COUPLExx