Starting a TDP Under z/OS or VOS3 - Director Program

Teradata Director Program Reference

Product
Director Program
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2416
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

To start a TDP, use the following general steps:

1 Check that the <dbcpfx>.TDPLOAD library at your site is APF‑authorized.

2 Check that the TDPISSI module was run and completed at IPL time.

3 (Optional) Customize the TDPPARM data set, if necessary.

For example, you might want to customize the TDPPARM data set if you have installed a new TDP or if you want to make a change in the initialization options.

4 Start the TDP task, typically with the same name as the tdpid.

Examples of TDP startup JCL are included in <dbcpfx>.PROCLIB, with the member names of TDP0 and TDP1.

On z/OS and VOS3 systems, TDP establishes the following exclusive system-wide serialization during its execution:

 

Major Name

Minor Name

Purpose

TERADATA

4byte EBCDIC tdpid

Prevents multiple TDPs with the same id.

TERADATA

8byte EBCDIC HOSTxxxx,
where 'xxxx' is the hexadecimal
Logical-host id converted to EBCDIC

Prevents multiple TDPs from using the same Database Logical-host.

On z/OS, TDP does not inhibit use of Resource Name Lists (RNLs) to alter the scope of the serialization. So if the mainframe configuration consists of a sysplex capable of accessing the same Database Logical-hosts, z/OS Global Resource Serialization can be used to extend the local TDP serialization to all system images by including the major and minor names into the System Inclusion RNL.

For more detailed information on starting a TDP, see Teradata Tools and Utilities for IBM z/OS Installation Guide (B035-3128).