On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:42:57 -0500, Jakubek, Jan <[email protected]> wrote:
>Kind listeners: > > >I see new installation variables in z/OS 1.11 ServerPac: > > > > >==> PFA > > PFA OWNER USERID D PFAUSER > > PFA STG LOCATION D /pfapath > > PFA USER PASSWORD D > > > >This seems to be related to the Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) > >introduced via an APAR in z/OS 1.10. > > > >I reviewed the Problem Management G325-2564-05 but am not sure as > >to what is the purpose of the directory. > >(seems to be a repository of historical data). > > > >On my z/OS 1.10 I can see an existing path /var/pfa but I do not > >know if there is any relationship between the two (PFA STG LOCATION > >and /var/pfa). > > > >I admit I do not like making any new/ my own directories in > >ROOT (/) and prefer to stick to what z/OS provides. > >I assume I will mount a separate file system on PFA STG LOCATION for > >PFA use if I ever configure it and run. > > > >If you installed 1.11 ServerPac - what path did you choose for > >PFA STG LOCATION and for what reason? > > I'm sure it can be changed later, but I pointed it to a local directory where we install software: PFA PFA OWNER USERID D PFAUSER PFA STG LOCATION D /mylcldir/pfapath PFA USER PASSWORD D Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

