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Deactivating and reactivating exits

ETA allows you to deactivate exits that are available to the IMS control region and reactivate exits that you have previously deactivated. These changes remain in effect until the next IMS restart (emergency, warm, or cold start).

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Task instructions for ETA exit features

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Before you begin

A user access profile must give you authority to access exit options for the appropriate IMSIDs or Groups.

You must have created one or more of the IMS and ETA exits listed in Overview-of-exit-features. Exits must be made available to IMS either through standard IMS startup procedures or through use of the ETA feature that allows you to dynamically load exits.

BMCXLINK and the appropriate IMS control regions must be active.

To deactivate or reactivate an exit

  1. Go to the Exit Administration Panel.From the ETA Main Menu, type 3 in the Selection field and press Enter. The Exit Administration panel is displayed.
  2. Verify or change the IMSID or Group name.To change the IMSID or Group name, type the new IMSID or Group name in the IMSID or Group field and press Enter.

  3. Type the option number of the type of exit you want to deactivate or reactivate in the Exit type selection field.

    Warning

    Important

    The exit names displayed on this panel are the default exit names. If the ETA reload feature has been used for any of these exits, the actual exit name may be something other than the default. You can use the Status option available from the ETA Exit Administration panel or the /DISPLAY ETA EXITS DETAIL command to display the actual names of the exits in use on the IMS system. For more information, see Checking-the-status-of-exits or DISPLAY-Command.

  4. Perform one of the following actions:

    If you want to...

    Then type...

    Deactivate the exit

    1 in the Exit action selection field and press Enter.

    Reactivate the exit

    2 in the Exit action selection field and press Enter.

    ETA deactivates or reactivates the exit.

  5. Repeat this task for other IMSIDs or Groups as required.


Where to go from here

Perform one of the following actions:

If you want to...

Then...

Perform other customizations

Press F3. The ETA Main Menu is displayed.

Verify that the changes took effect

Check the status of the exit(s). See Checking-the-status-of-exits for instructions.

Load or reload other exits so that exits or updated exits are available to an IMS control region

Use the ETA exit load/reload feature. See Loading-and-reloading-exits for instructions.


 

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