Managing targets

Targets are defined in BBPARM member BBIJNT00, as described in Defining BBI-SS PAS suffixes and target system parameters. Each target must be associated with the subsystem ID (ssid) of the BBI-SS PAS that monitors it. A single BBI-SS PAS can monitor multiple targets of different types.

All targets (both local and remote) to be accessed from terminal sessions that are connected to a BBI-SS PAS must be defined in the BBIJNT00 member for that BBI-SS PAS. The target and subsystem ID values are used to route user requests to the correct BBI-SS PAS. To simplify maintenance, you might want to maintain a common BBIJNT00 member that includes all targets.

Alternatively, for MainView for CICS, a dialog can be used to define and add targets (see Managing target contexts). Target definitions that are created with this dialog are activated only when the INSTall command is entered.

When INSTall is entered or a PAS first starts, the PAS contacts the CAS and is notified about new target definitions. The PAS retrieves a list of defined targets and targets that are active on other PASs from the CAS. It appends this information to the list of targets that was built during startup from BBPARM member BBIJNT00 .

When a BBIJNT00 member is changed, the BBI-SS PAS must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

A default target name for your terminal session is set by the TARGET parameter in member BBITSP00 of the BBPROF data set. A matching target name must be defined in BBPARM member BBIJNT00.