Creating local options files
About this task
You create local options files when you define a new supported agent workstation. For PeopleSoft and SAP access method, you can create a local options file right from the Workload Designer in the Dynamic Workload Console when defining the job definition. Alternatively, for these access methods and the z/OS access method, you can create a local options file using the Option Editor.
To create a local options
file, using the Option Editor, perform the following steps:
- Click in the menu bar. The New Option File window is displayed.
- In the Insert XA CPU Name field:
- Extended agents
- Enter the name of the extended agent workstation XANAME for which you want to create an options file.
- Dynamic agents and IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS agents
- optionsfile
- The name of the options file. This value can be different from the dynamic agent and IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS agent workstation name.
- Select an access method from the Insert Method Name drop-down
menu.
- Extended agents
- accessmethod
- The access method you selected.
- Dynamic agents and IBM Workload Scheduler for z/OS agents
- accessmethod
- The access method you selected.
- Enter values for the options you want to define.
- Save and close the options file.