Specifying Logon Options—ETA Defaults
The Logon Options – ETA Defaults panel allows you to specify system-wide logon options
Panel Flow for Specifying Logon Options – ETA Defaults
Before you begin
A user access profile must give you authority to specify or change data for the appropriate IMSIDs. Contact your ETA system administrator.
To specify a replacement for the DFS3649A or DFS3650I panel through VTAM USERDATA, you must configure your session manager to provide this information. To use a keyword to identify the replacement information, you must use commas or spaces as delimiters between keywords.
To Specify Logon Option—ETA Defaults
- Go to the Logon Options – ETA Defaults panel.
- From the ETA Main Menu, type 5 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID/Group Options Entry panel is displayed.
- From the IMSID/Group Options Entry panel, type 1 in the Selection field with the IMSID specified in the IMSID or Group field and press Enter. The Edit IMSID Options panel is displayed.
- From the Edit IMSID Options panel, type 4 in the Selection field and press Enter. The IMSID Options – Logon Options panel is displayed.
- From the IMSID Options – Logon Options panel, type 1 in the Selection field and press Enter. The Logon Options – ETA Defaults panel is displayed.
Provide logon data for SLUP and 3600/FINANCE devices –Activate this option if you want ETA to provide the information these devices require for logon. Type a slash (/) to activate this feature or a blank to deactivate this feature.ETA will extract the logon data from one of the following sources, depending on the type of information available:
- the VTAM USERDATA
- a LOGONNOD TSS table, which allows you to specify user IDs other than those that appear in the VTAM USERDATA
If you use a Logon TSS table, the source of the user ID depends on the following:
- if the TSS table contains user ID information, it will be used
- if the TSS table does not contain user ID information, ETA will extract this information from the VTAM USERDATA
Fail logon if maximum dynamic terminals exceeded –Activate this option if you want ETA to limit the number of dynamic terminals that can be logged on to IMS at the same time. Type a slash (/) to activate this feature or a blank to deactivate this feature.ETA displays the Max count field so that you can specify the maximum number of dynamic terminals that will be allowed to be logged on to the specified IMS system concurrently.
Dynamic STSN devices that have been logged on and then logged off (unless their control blocks have been deleted through ETA) will count towards the specified maximum dynamic terminal limit.
- Max count field –Specify the maximum number of dynamic terminals that can be logged on to the specified IMS system at the same time.
- Allow ETA logon to process static devices –Activate this option if you want ETA to allow logon processing to affect statically-defined devices. Be careful to ensure that static devices continue to log on as desired, based upon the ETA logon options selected. Type a slash (/) to activate this feature or a blank to deactivate this feature.
- Propagate userid to IMS –If a session manager or users provide user ID information in the VTAM USERDATA, ETA can extract this information at logon and pass it to IMS for signon or Autosignon processing. Leave the Propagate userid to IMS field blank if you do not want to use this feature.
Type one of the following in the Propagate userid to IMS field:
On the Userid Processing pop-up window, specify the search method that you want ETA to use for extracting the user ID from the VTAM USERDATA.
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Search by position
1 in the selection field and the position in the Position for userid field.
Search for a specific keyword that precedes the user ID
2 in the selection field and the keyword in the Keyword field.
- Press Enter.
Propagate password to IMS –If you have activated the ETA feature that propagates user ID information to IMS and if a session manager or users provide password information in the VTAM USERDATA, ETA can extract this information at logon and pass it to IMS for signon or Autosignon processing. Leave the Propagate password to IMS field blank if you do not want to use this feature.
Type one of the following in the Propagate password to IMS field:
On the Password Processing pop-up window, indicate the search method that you want ETA to use for extracting the password from the VTAM USERDATA.
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Search by position
1 in the selection field and type the position in the Position for password field.
Search for a specific keyword that precedes the password
2 in the selection field and type the keyword in the Keyword field.
- Press Enter.
Session manager true nodename support –Activate this option if your installation uses a session manager and you want IMS to use the VTAM-defined node name for logon processing instead of the session manager pool node name.
Type one of the following in the Session manager true nodename support field:
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Activate the feature
S and press Enter. Go to Step 8.b.
Deactivate the feature
A blank. Step 8.e.
View previously specified data
V and press Enter. Go to Step 8.e.
Update previously specified data
U and press Enter. Go to Step 8.b.
When you activate the option, view, or update data, the VTAM Node Name Processing pop-up window is displayed.
VTAM Node Name Processing Pop-Up Window
Specify the type of search ETA that should perform.
If you want to search for...
Then type...
All nodes
1 in the selection field. Do not specify node prefixes.
Nodes with specific prefixes
2 in the selection field. Then type the node name prefixes ETA should search for in the node name prefix fields shown in Figure 2.
Specify the search method that ETA should use. Under the heading Search method, perform one of the following actions:
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Search by position
1 in the selection field and type the position in the Position for nodename field.
Search for a specific keyword that precedes the node name
2 in the selection field and type the keyword in the Keyword field.
Verify or change the action that ETA should perform with the node name information. Under the heading Use of VTAM node name, perform one of the following actions:
If ETA should...
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Use the information to log on terminals (default)
1 in the selection field.
Provide the information to the IMS logs and any available exits but use the session manager node name to log on terminals
2 in the selection field.
- Press Enter.
- Initial format name support–Activate this option if you want IMS to replace the DFS3649A or DFS3650I format with a format that is specified (by a session manager or user) in the VTAM USERDATA. The format that this option replaces and the way that it functions depends on whether your facility requires signon or uses ETA Autosignon.
Type one of the following in the Initial format name support field:
On the Initial Format Processing pop-up window, select the search method to be used to locate the initial format name and to specify how the initial format will be propagated.
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Search by position
1 in the selection field and type the position in the Position for format name field.
Search for a specific keyword that precedes the password
2 in the selection field and type the keyword in the Keyword field.
Initial format propagation option–Specify whether ETA should replace the IMS DFS3649A or DFS3650I format only the first time or every time that the format would normally be displayed.
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Display the initial format the first time only
1 in the selection field.
Display the initial format as the DFS3649A or DFS3650I replacement for the duration of the user session
2 in the selection field.
- Press Enter.
- Initial transaction scheduling support–Activate this option if you want ETA to replace the DFS3650I message with transaction information that is specified in the VTAM USERDATA. This option can be used for ETA autosignon or for IMS autologon.
Type an action in the Initial transaction scheduling support field.
On the Initial Transaction Scheduling pop-up window, select the search method to be used to locate the initial transaction scheduling.
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Then type...
search by position
1 in the selection field and type a valid value in the Position for transaction information field.
search by keyword
2 in the selection field and type a valid value in the Keyword field.
- Press Enter.
In the Method selection field, indicate how you want ETA to specify unsolicited output options.
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ETA Defaults
1 in the selection field.
a LOGONNOD or a LOGONTYP TSS table
2 in the selection field.
a user exit that takes advantage of ETA features
3 in the selection field
- Press F3 three times to return to the ETA Main Menu.
- Repeat this task for other IMSIDs as required.
Where to go from here
Perform any of the following actions:
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Specify logon options by terminal type | See Specifying Logon Options—Terminal Type for instructions. |
Specify logon options through the ETA TSS options | See Specifying Logon Options—TSS Options for instructions. |
Create an ETA logon user exit that takes advantage of ETA features | See ETA-Macros-for-IMS-System-Customization-Exits for instructions. |
Make an ETA logon user exit available to an IMS system | See Loading-and-Reloading-Exits for instructions. |
Implement your customizations | Refresh the IMSID options or TSS table data in the IMS control region. See Refreshing-IMSID-Options-TSS-Tables-and-CPU-IDs for instructions. If you have specified that a TSS table or an ETA Logon exit provide customization information, the TSS table or exit must exist before you perform the refresh. |