Implementing Control-O/COSMOS in a Production Environment

Control-O/COSMOS is implemented in a production environment after you have experimented with all aspects of Control-O/COSMOS in the demo environment and feel comfortable with the logic used to implement Control-O/COSMOS functions.

Use the following steps to implement Control-O/COSMOS in a production environment:

1. Fill Control-O/COSMOS databases for the production environment. Skeleton database definitions (meaning databases with only columns defined) are provided with Control-O/COSMOS.

   The demo databases provided with Control-O/COSMOS can be used as examples for the type of information that is inserted in the production databases.

   The SYSIMAGE facility can be used to generate an object database describing objects in your production environment. Modify SYSIMAGE rule CTO659I to point to supplied production databases PRDSTCOB and PRDSTCSD.

   For more information, see SYSIMAGE Facility – Automatic Generation of an Object Database.

2. Change the following Global variable specifications in rule COSCLEAR:

   Replace %%COSSTC = COSSTCOB with %%COSSTC = PRDSTCOB

   Replace %%COSVTM = COSVTMOB with %%COSVTM = PRDVTMOB

   This ensures that all Control-O/COSMOS-provided sample methods and rules use the production databases instead of the demonstration databases. (The provided rules obtain the database names from the AutoEdit variables when necessary.)

3. Modify member COSMOLST so that it references Control-O/COSMOS production databases. Sample content for a production COSMOLST member is provided in member COSMOPRD in the Control-O PARM library. Rename this member to COSMOLST, or modify the existing COSMOLST member.

The first time Control-O/COSMOS is activated in a production environment, it is recommended that you first initialize all Control-O/COSMOS objects with a mode of FORCE_OK. This enables you to transfer control of specific objects to Control-O/COSMOS control one at a time, enabling you to more easily observe and customize the way Control-O/COSMOS handles objects at your site.