Customizing a service instance
Setting up a service instance usually requires some decisions on
service-specific options that you must supply as customization data.
Services that can be set up with msys for Setup gather this information in
service-specific customization dialogs. The customization dialogs often
provide wizards and best practice defaults, and they always provide help
information to assist you in providing the customization data.
Some services cannot be customized themselves with msys for Setup but offer
functions to take care of dependencies by services that can be
customized. See the service information
file to find out more about an individual service.
Before you begin:
- For some services you must first create a service instance before you can
start customization.
- You can only use the customization dialogs for a service that you are
authorized for.
- Most services require a management directory refresh before they can be
customized. See Setting up a software product with msys for Setup for the task overview for setting up a service.
- Be sure that the "RACFSecurity - authorizations" has been set
according to your needs (See Suppressing automatic security updates).
Steps for displaying a customization dialog:
- In the resource tree, expand the sysplexes folder and the folder for the
sysplex you want to work with.
- If you want to work with sysplex-wide services, click the control panel in
the sysplex folder, otherwise expand the folder for the system you want to
work with and click the control panel in the system folder. A list of
available service instances is displayed in the list view.
- Select the service instance you want to customize.
- Click File --> Customize... on the
menu. If you are customizing this service instance for the first time,
and the service supports the copy function, and suitable customization data of
another instance is available, a confirmation message asks if you want to copy
data from an existing customization.
- Note:
- This menu item is only present if you are authorized for the service.
- If you are not logged on to the system you might be prompted to log on
now.
If the service you want to customize has dependencies on the configuration
data of other services you are prompted to do the refresh now (see Refreshing the management directory), unless refresh has already been done for them. When
all required refresh data is available, the service's customization
dialog is downloaded and displayed.
- Use the helps of the dialog for details on the required customization
data.