System Rexx is quite useful. I used it to replace CA-7 and CA-OPS when we dropped our CA licenses last year. Granted, we where on the path towards today's final shutdown and our automation needs where diminishing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Farley, Peter > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 9:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SYSTEM REXX use > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > System Rexx runs Rexx programs in an isolated, **APF authorized** > environment, so the only way to run a Rexx program under the AXR task is to > use an operator MODIFY command to the AXR service to tell it to run your > Rexx in that address space. > > This reference explains what System Rexx really is: > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?top > ic=guide-system-rexx__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!sGzD1kTF- > VRnIRQ9cQWgiVsChCNgXa5aqSM35jEcXyTIhvt- > 0GU9U3mQVO9WSx9RBTblYqJQzo8gd4XKb9kS5TGZRlAytfYQ$ > > Basically, you can't run your Rexx from plain JCL or normal TSO, you have to > have authorization to use the operator MODIFY command and your Rexx > must be accessible to the AXR STC in a library to which the STC has access. > > Not intended for "normal" Rexx applications, and probably only useful to > system programmers and other authority-privileged teams. > > HTH > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Kenneth J. Kripke > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 9:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SYSTEM REXX use > > Hello; > > I am looking at the capabilities of SYSTEM REXX on a Z/OS system. I am > not familiar with how to invoke it and so forth. > > Can functions be called from a TSO REXX environment, and, if so, how do I > establish a connection to AXR? > > > > Kenneth J. Kripke > -- > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
