Step 4: Allocate the PROJDEFS data sets

The PROJDEFS data sets are used to store the project definition data for an individual project. The purpose of this step is to allocate the PROJDEFS data sets.

The PROJDEFS data sets are partitioned data sets with the following naming convention:

project_id.PROJDEFS.*

SCLM requires that the load data set be named:

project_id.PROJDEFS.LOAD

When a user invokes SCLM for a specific project, SCLM uses the current assembled version of the project definition located in the LOAD data set.

The data sets containing the project definition's source and object code are not required by SCLM to follow the PROJDEFS naming convention, but it is recommended to make maintaining the project definition easier. Therefore, following the naming convention would produce the following data sets:

project_id.PROJDEFS.SOURCE
project_id.PROJDEFS.OBJ

Allocate the PROJDEFS data sets using the attributes defined in Table 1. The PROJDEFS data sets should be protected from access by general users. Protecting the PROJDEFS data sets is discussed in Step 7: Protect the project environment.