On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:26:03 -0600, W. Kevin Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:36:26 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> >>Maybe most shops don't write IEAVXMIT exits anymore, but vendors do. >>At least one popular scheduling software package that I know of uses >>their own IEAVXMIT for triggering based on console events. I guess one >>can call their exit from IBM's exit. >> > >Just as it is bad practice for IBM to use customer exit points, I consider >it bad practice for a vender to occupy customer exit points. I guess I am >surprised that they don't sit on the SSI or use an EMCS console interface. >Most of the automation venders already understand this. In any event, I'd >recommend that the vender call Message Flood Automation from their code if >the vender continues to sit in IEAVMXIT. They should take a look at sample >program CNZZVXT2 to see how to do this. If they have questions or >problems, they should contact me ASAP so that we can minimize customer >disruption. I'd be happy to contact the vender and work with them if you'd >care to give me a pointer. > >W. Kevin Kelley IBM POK Lab -- z/OS Core Technical Development > Hi, First off... thanks for correcting my exit name typo. I guess my fingers like to type xmit (transmit). The good thing is, if I search the archives or google with the same typo, I will find this thread. :-) Second off... sorry for the delayed response as I was out of the office for several days. The vendor is CA. The software is CA-JOBTRAC (job scheduling software). IIRC, they (well, Legent at the time) have been using this exit for their AMR (Automatic Message Recognition) since at least around the MVS/ESA V4 time frame, so even though it is not a good practice today I'm not sure what other options they had when JOBTRAC first came into existence (which may have been before MVS/ESA for all I know). Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - GITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
