Thanks to all that responded!   I appreciate the help!

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 9:10 AM Jay Maynard <[email protected]> wrote:

> A bit of Googling reveals that TAS is a component of BMC MainView. Under
> those circumstances, that OSA-ICC session might never talk to a VTAM
> application like TSO at all; if so, then there's no need for an application
> LU to pass the emulated terminal to VTAM. In either case, TAS handles all
> communication with the device, and VTAM never gets involved.
>
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 9:02 AM Jay Maynard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, TAS is doing something under the covers. Since you're giving it a
> > device number to talk to the OSA-ICC device, that means that device is
> not
> > owned by VTAM at all, at any time; instead, TAS is talking to it directly
> > using channel programming like it's a channel-attached, non-SNA 3270
> > terminal. Under those circumstances, there's no need tor an LBUILD/LU
> > combination for that device, since VTAM's not talking to it. Instead,
> > there's an LU definition in VTAM for TAS to pass the device through to
> > VTAM, and that LU (which need not be the same one for every session) is
> > what communicates with VTAM applications like TSO.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 8:53 AM Michael Babcock <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Perhaps it would be better if I explain what we have.   We use the BMC
> >> suite of products including the Terminal Address Space (an alternate
> >> access method I think they call it).  Within TAS, there is a LOGON
> >> UCB(B400) parameter.  The B400 corresponds to the OSA-ICC definition.
> >> We have a Visara 500LX box that contains a 3270 session with the same
> >> LUNAME and CUADDR as the OSA-ICC definition (B400). We do not have a
> >> LBUILD for B400 CUADDR anywhere in VTAM.  I expected to see one however.
> >>     I assume then that the TAS is doing something under the covers and
> >> as such VTAM doesn't need an LBUILD for B400.  We do have LBUILDs for
> >> other B4xx addresses (but they don't use TAS, they are for TSO).
> >>
> >> On 11/16/2023 5:10 AM, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
> >> > W dniu 16.11.2023 o 01:47, Michael Babcock pisze:
> >> >> We have an OSA-ICC connection set up as a 3270 session type.   The LU
> >> >> Name
> >> >> in that definition is TERM140.  The CUA is B400.    We have a 3270
> >> >> session
> >> >> defined with the proper IP and the same LU Name of TERM140. This all
> >> >> works as expected.  My question is that I thought a VTAM APPL with an
> >> >> LUNAME of TERM140 was required but I do not see a TERM140 defined in
> >> >> VTAM
> >> >> at all.   I’m not a network guy.   Since this is working, I assume
> >> >> it’s not
> >> >> required.   Can someone enlighten me?
> >> >
> >> > In simple words, LUNAME used in OSA-ICC session definition and
> >> > emulator - it does NOT exist in any VTAM or TCPIP configuration.
> >> > Instead, VTAM use device number (devnum), which is in turn not used in
> >> > emulator session. However OSA-ICC session ties devnum with LUNAME.
> >> > Note: the same devnum can be used by different LPARs and every LPAR
> >> > has its own console/terminal. It is not shared, just "duplicate"
> >> > devnum. However OSA-ICC use devum *and* MIF and CSS to uniquely
> >> > identify the device.
> >> >
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