Environmental Record Editing and Printing Program (EREP) Version 3 Release 5 User’s Guide IBM GC35-0151-30 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 87. This edition applies to Version 3 Release 5 of EREP and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Last updated: 2019-02-16 © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1983, 2017. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents List of Figures...................................................................................................... vii List of Tables........................................................................................................ ix About this document.............................................................................................xi Who Should Read This Publication............................................................................................................. xi Organization and Contents..........................................................................................................................xi z/OS information.........................................................................................................................................xii How to send your comments to IBM.....................................................................xiii If you have a technical problem................................................................................................................xiii Summary of Changes.......................................................................................... xiv Fourth Edition............................................................................................................................................ xiv Third Edition...............................................................................................................................................xiv Second Edition........................................................................................................................................... xiv Chapter 1. Introducing EREP..................................................................................1 What EREP Does.......................................................................................................................................... 1 Where Records Come From....................................................................................................................2 How Data is Processed and Records Built............................................................................................. 2 Where the Records are Stored............................................................................................................... 2 What EREP Does with the Records........................................................................................................ 3 How EREP Filtering is Done....................................................................................................................3 How EREP Checks Records for Validity..................................................................................................3 How EREP Selects Records When Building Reports..............................................................................4 How the ERDS Header Record is Reset................................................................................................. 4 Types of EREP Output.................................................................................................................................. 4 Messages Files........................................................................................................................................4 Report Files.............................................................................................................................................5 History Files............................................................................................................................................ 6 Chapter 2. Setting Up and Running EREP................................................................7 Invoking EREP.............................................................................................................................................. 7 Defining Files and Storage Requirements for EREP....................................................................................8 Parameters and Control Statements...........................................................................................................8 EREP Report Parameters........................................................................................................................8 EREP Selection Parameters................................................................................................................... 9 EREP Processing Parameters...............................................................................................................10 EREP Control Statements.....................................................................................................................10 EREP Parameter Combinations............................................................................................................11 Maintaining ERDS Data Integrity............................................................................................................... 13 Clearing the ERDS...................................................................................................................................... 13 Multisystem Installations.......................................................................................................................... 13 A Planning Checklist.................................................................................................................................. 14 Chapter 3. Creating EREP Reports........................................................................ 15 System Summary Report...........................................................................................................................15 Description of the System Summary Report....................................................................................... 15 Generating System Summary Reports................................................................................................ 18 Trends Report.............................................................................................................................................18 Description of the Trends Report.........................................................................................................19 Generating Trends Reports.................................................................................................................. 19 iii Event History Report..................................................................................................................................20 Description of the Event History Report.............................................................................................. 20 Generating Event History Reports....................................................................................................... 21 System Exception Report Series............................................................................................................... 22 Description of the System Exception Series........................................................................................22 Generating System Exception Reports................................................................................................ 23 Threshold Summary Report.......................................................................................................................24 Description of the Threshold Summary Report...................................................................................24 Generating Threshold Summary Reports............................................................................................ 24 Detail Edit and Summary Reports............................................................................................................. 25 Description of the Detail Edit and Summary Reports..........................................................................25 Generating Detail Edit and Summary Reports.....................................................................................25 Chapter 4. Running EREP under MVS....................................................................27 Example Descriptions................................................................................................................................ 27 Step 1: Creating a History Data Set........................................................................................................... 29 Step 2: Generating a System Summary Report........................................................................................ 30 Step 3: Generating a System Exception Report........................................................................................31 Step 4: Generating an Event History Report............................................................................................. 32 Step 5: Generating a Threshold Summary Report...................................................................................