The MODIFY command can also be issued via NetView as a system command. Administration commands for controlling openFT can thus be entered as follows:
MVS MODIFY openft-jobname, adm-command
or in abbreviated form: MVS F openft-jobname, adm-command
| name of the openFT batch job or started task |
| FT administration command |
All the FT administration commands described in the section “openFT commands for installation and initial operation” and the manual "openFT (z/OS) - Command Interface" can be used here except FJGENPAR, FTHELP, FTSHWINS, FTSHWNET and FTTRACE.
If you enter the NCANCEL and NSTATUS commands at an operator console, they are interpreted as administration commands, i.e. you can use these commands to cancel and request information on all users' FT requests (privileged form of the command).
The FT administration commands must be entered as described in the manual "openFT (z/OS) - Command Interface".
Only one MODIFY command can be processed at any one time. If another MODIFY command occurs during processing, the following message is issued:
MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY
In this case you must repeat the command.
The messages issued by openFT in response to the administration commands are sent to the NetView console at which the command was entered. Message lines which do not begin with an error code (e.g. lines in the FTSHWPTN output) are prefixed with the code FJM2000. The messages can then be processed using NetView-specific functions. Since messages are output via the WTO macro in "single line" format, output consisting of a number of lines may be interspersed with other system messages.
Example
You want to set the two parameters CONNECTION-LIMIT and PROCESS-LIMIT on the value 2 under NetView. In addition, the partner HOSTA is to be deactivated. The name of the openFT batch job is USERAF. You must enter the following commands at the NetView console one after the other:
MVS MODIFY USERAF, FTMODOPT CONN-LIM=2,PROC-LIM=2
MVS MODIFY USERAF, FTMODPTN HOSTA,STATE=*DEACT