XCF_TCLASS_CONNECTIVITY

Description:

Check that all defined transport classes are assigned at least to the indicated number of pathouts (outbound paths). This check is appropriate for both monoplex and sysplex mode configurations.

Reason for check:

It is recommended that all defined transport classes have at least 1 pathout assigned to the class per target system.

z/OS® releases the check applies to:

z/OS V1R4 and later.

Parameters accepted:

Minimum number of operational signalling paths for a transport class. (must be an integer in the range of 1 to 99999)

User override of IBM® values:

The following shows the default keywords for the check, which you can override on either a POLICY statement in the HZSPRMxx parmlib member or on a MODIFY command. This statement may be copied and modified to override the check defaults:

UPDATE CHECK(IBMXCF,XCF_TCLASS_CONNECTIVITY) 
         SEVERITY(MED) INTERVAL(004:00) DATE('date_of_the_change')
         PARM('1') 
         REASON('Your reason for making the update.')

Reference:

For more information, see z/OS MVS Setting Up a Sysplex.

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

IXCH0420E
IXCH0206E

See the IXCH messages in z/OS MVS System Messages, Vol 10 (IXC-IZP).

SECLABEL recommended for MLS users:

SYSLOW