Partner systems can only be administered if they are entered in the partner list. You have two options to do this:
You enter the partner with name and address (named partner).
You enter the partner only with address but without name (registered dynamic partner). In this case, you have to note some details, see section „Registered dynamic partners“.
I.e. free dynamic partners (partners which are not entered in the partner list) cannot be administered. Please refer to the openFT manual "Concepts and Functions" for more information on the partner concept.
openFT offers the FT administrator the following commands for the administration of partner systems:
FTADDPTN | Add new partner system entries to the partner list |
FTMODPTN | Modify partner system entries in the partner list |
FTREMPTN | Remove partner systems from the partner list |
FTSHWPTN | View information on partner systems in the partner list and |
FTMODOPT | Define the global FTAC security level, |
Registered dynamic partners
All partners that are entered only with their addresses but without names in the partner list are registered dynamic partners. You enter partners of this type in the partner list as follows:
FTADDPTN PARTNER-NAME=*NONE
,PARTNER-ADDRESS=address,<other attributes>.
I.e., you assign one or more attributes with a value other than the default, e.g. TRACE=*ON.
Please note:
Security level based on the partner setting (SECURITY-LEVEL=*BY-PARTNER-ATTRI- BUTES) is the default setting for free dynamic partners and therefore does not count as a differently set attribute.
In contrast, security level based on the operating parameter setting (SECURITY- LEVEL=*STD; default setting for the FTADDPTN command) is a differently set attribute.
If you reset all the attributes for a partner of this type to the default values with FTMODPTN then this partner is removed from the partner list and becomes a free dynamic partner.
Backing up the partner list
You can back up the entries in the partner list by means of the FTSHWPTN command:
FTSHWPTN outputs the partner entries in the form of FTMODPTN commands. To do this, specify the
OUTPUT=*SYSLST(LAYOUT= *ZOS-PROC ) operand.