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The Role of Global Administrator

Global administrators establish global parameters for the release environment. Their responsibilities include:

Deciding Global Configuration

The global administrator, working with the release manager, determines:

  • The DSN high-level qualifier used during the dynamic allocation of release area libraries.

  • The HFS high level directory used during the dynamic allocation of release area paths and directories.

  • The dataset pattern for the naming convention to be used for these libraries.

  • The minimum audit level that can be set for all releases.

The following panel (CMNRMGA1) shows the Global Parameters of High Level Qualifier and Dataset Pattern (=A.R.G.1).

CMNRMGA1 Global Parameters
Command ===>
High level qualifier . . . . . . . .
High level HFS pathname . . . . . .
Dataset pattern . . . . . . . . . . HRAPL (Default is HRAPL)
                                    H - High Level Qualifier
                                    R - Release Name
                                    A - Release Area Name
                                    P - Release Application Name
                                    L - Release Library Type
                                        (must be last in pattern)
Minimum Audit Level for all Releases . . . . 0 (0,1,2,3,4,5)

Deciding Approvers

All approvers are defined at the global level. When you subsequently build a release, you select approvers from the global approver list. The following panel (CMNRMAPL) shows a list of global approvers, and uses the CREATE command is to create an approver to add to this list. (=A.R.G.2)

CMNRMAPL Global Approver List Global Approver Created
Command ===> Scroll ===> CSR

   Security entity  Order no.  Description
__ ACCTPAY          010        Accounts Payable Approver Manager
__ ACTPLEAD         010        Lead Developer ACTP Application
__ CIO              010        Chief Information Officer
__ FINACCTG         010        Financial Accounting Manager
__ GENLEDGR         010        General Ledger Manager
__ GENLLEAD         010        Lead Developer - GENL Application
__ SYSDVMGR         010        System Development Manager
__ OPS              020        Data Center Operations
__ DBA              030        Database Administrator
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Approvers are automatically notified at certain checkpoints in the release life cycle. The following notifications are sent:

  • INSTALL APPROVER notification indicates approval is required for a release to be installed.

  • CHECK-IN APPROVER notification indicates approval is required for a release or release package to be checked into an area.

  • CHECK-OFF APPROVER notification indicates approval is required to signify a release is ready to be checked into the next area.

  • ASSOCIATED APPROVER notification indicates approval is required, as components for the library type which requires their approval became part of the release.

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