Resource Requests attribute group

Use the Resource Requests attributes to display the System Automation Manager's view of requests for resources in the SA z/OS subplex denoted by the managed system name.

Managed System

ORIGINNODE

The name of the SA z/OS subplex, that is, the group of systems controlled by a single primary automation manager and configured to the same XCF group. The valid format is a character string with a maximum length of 32 bytes and the following syntax:

sysplex:saplex:SA

Resource Name

RSCNAME

The name of the resource that the request was made against.

Resource Type

RSCTYPE

The type of an automation resource, that is, the second qualifier of the resource name in automation manager notation. The valid types are:

System

SYSNAME

The name of the system where the resource resides. Blank for sysplex resources.

Action

REQACT

The action requested for this resource and the scope of this action. The scope specifies whether the action affects the resource itself or its descendants, or both. The list of possible actions are:

Creation Time

REQCTIME

The date and time when the request was made.

Source

REQSRC

Indicates who made the request. It is normally OPERATOR or AUTOOPS, but can also be anything else. If the request was made by an operator it also shows the operator ID. Note that each source can have only one active request of each type against each resource. While votes relating to other requests are propagated to the resource, if the source makes a second request directly against the resource, it will replace the first request.

Priority

REQPRIO

The hexadecimal priority of the request. It determines the importance of this request relative to other requests within the resource structure. The higher this value, the higher is the request's priority.

Status

REQSTAT

The status of the request. A request can be pending (P), winning (W), or losing (L). Requests can furthermore be satisfied (S), unsatisfied (U), or timed out (T). The status is a combination of these attributes, for example W/S/T represents a satisfied winning request that timed out.

Timeout Option

REQMOD

An optional request modifier that can be specified in combination with the timeout:

The default behavior is 'Message'. Only set when a timeout has been specified.

Overrides

REQOVERR

Possible override options passed with the request. The override options can be used to bypass the conditions and settings that would otherwise prevent a resource from starting or shutting down. It can be 'NO', 'ALL', or a combination of the following options:

User

USERID

The operator ID that issued the request, if applicable.

Comment

COMMENT

A comment that is associated with the request.

Appl Parms

APPLPARM

Optional application parameters that can be specified with the request. If the text is longer than 32 characters, it is truncated and ends with "...".

Auto Remove

REQAREM

Optional specification of observed states that, when seen, cause the automatic removal of this request. The observed states that can be specified are a combination of AVAILABLE, DEGRADED, SYSGONE, and UNKNOWN.

Restart

RESTART

Specifies whether the resource should be restarted automatically after it has been shut down completely.

Request Type

REQTYPE

An optional start or stop type for the request. Start types can be NORM or any other customer-defined start types. The standard stop types are NORM, IMMED, and FORCE.

Timeout Time

REQTTIME

Optional time when the request will time out (GMT).

Expiration Time

REQETIME

Optional time when the request will expire (GMT).

Winning Start

CTWSTART

Count is set to 1 if this request is a winning start request.

Winning Stop

CTWSTOP

Count is set to 1 if this request is a winning stop request.

Losing Start

CTLSTART

Count is set to 1 if this request is a losing start request.

Losing Stop

CTLSTOP

Count is set to 1 if this request is a losing stop request.

Operator Request

CTOPERR

Count is set to 1 if this request is an operator request.

Priority Class

REQPRIOC

The priority class is set according to the hexadecimal priority string denoted by the Priority attribute. It can have the following values: NA, Low, High, and Force.