openFT is intended for use under the z/OS operating system. The commands are passed to the TSO command processor. Nevertheless,
openFT can also be used without the TSO interactive system. In this case, the IBM utility IKJEFT01 must be used to call the TSO command processor in batch mode.
In order to be able to work with openFT without the TSO interactive system, all commands must be included in batch jobs. These jobs are initiated via the IBM utility IEBGENER. IEBGENER reads the job information from a file and passes it on to the Job Entry Subsystem (JES2/3).
It is not then possible to set the openFT installation parameters using the FJGEN command (see ) within a TSO dialog. Instead, the installation parameters must be set using a parameter library (see section “Setting up the FT parameter library”).
Issuing TSO commands
These commands are processed by the TSO command processor. In an exclusive z/OS batch environment, the IKJEFT01 utility provides the appropriate interface.
Example of a batch job including the NCOPY command:
//USERN JOB ..... //NCOPY EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSTSIN DD * NCOPY TRANS=TO,PARTNER=MVS2,+ LOC=(FILE=...... ... ... /* //