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Terminating a VTAM AutoLogon session

The following methods can be used to end an AutoLogon TAS session after it has been started:

  • Logging off the terminal session: To log off your session, press the End key until you have exited your terminal session.

  • Issuing an operator STOP command: When a TAS is stopped, the user of that session loses all communications with the host.
    To stop a TAS by using an operator STOP command, issue: P userID (,A=asid)
  • userID is a unique identifier for the started task. When displaying active address spaces in MVS, the userID value appears in the procedure name field.
  • asid is an optional parameter if the userID value is being used in only one active session. If you have an Alternate Access and a TSO session running under the same userID concurrently, you must specify the A parameter, where asid is the ASID value for the TAS session, as shown in the DA display of SDSF.
Warning
Important

You do not want to issue a STOP command against the TAS proc name, such as P BBVTAS, because this command is ignored.

Related topics

Configuring, starting, and terminating VTAM AutoLogon sessions

  • Issuing an operator CANCEL command
Information
Best practice

BMC Software recommends that you use the MVS STOP command rather than the MVS CANCEL command to stop a TAS, but you can use the CANCEL command if necessary.​

  • To cancel a TAS by using an operator CANCEL command, issue: C userID (,A= asid)
    Where,
    • userID is a unique identifier for the started task. When displaying active address spaces in MVS, the userID value appears in the procedure name field.
    • asid is an optional parameter if the userID value is being used in only one active session. If you have an Alternate Access and a TSO session running under the same userID concurrently, you must specify the A parameter, where asid is the ASID value for the TAS session, as shown in the DA display of SDSF.

 

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