Managing cross-system communication between BBI-SS PASs
This topic describes how to manage VTAM communication between BBI-SS PASs located on different system images.
The figure in Managing-cross-system-communication illustrates VTAM links that enable MainView products in a BBI-SS PAS on one system image to communicate with products on another system image.
To start, stop, and display communication links between BBI-SS PASs, issue one of the following BBI control commands from a terminal session, a MainView AutoOPERATOR EXEC, or an operator's console:
- .START LINK
- .STOP LINK
- .DISPLAY LINK
The following table summarizes the use of these commands.
Control commands for VTAM links between BBI-SS PASs
Command | Keywords | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
DISPLAY|D | LINK|L | ALL| ssid | Logs status of all or specified communications links to this BBI-SS PAS |
START|S | LINK|L | ALL| ssid | Starts communications link between the BBI-SS PAS subsystem and the current BBI-SS PAS or between all available BBI-SS PASs and the current BBI-SS PAS START LINK attempts to open the ACB if it is not open. |
STOP|P | LINK|L | ALL| ssid | Stops communications link between the BBI-SS PAS subsystem and the current BBI-SS PAS or all available BBI-SS PASs and the current BBI-SS PAS |
To use these BBI control commands, use the following guidelines:
- For command notation shown in table above, conventions are as follows:
- Command and keyword abbreviations are shown as an alternate choice as indicated by a vertical line between them.
- The symbolic word, ssid, represents a one- to four-character BBI subsystem ID.
- For command syntax, use the following conventions:
- Use a blank between commands and keywords.
- Use an equal sign, blank, or comma between keywords and parameters.
See BBI-control-commands for further information about the use of BBI control commands.
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