John, a question to your question: If you don't use a session manager, how do remote users who lose their TN3270 session due to non-mainframe problems (timed-out VPN, blue-screen-of-death, etc.) log themselves off of TSO when they get back into the network? In a large organization, you do not want lots of people calling central operators for session cancels, it clogs the work arteries way too much. Where I am, Netview Access (or whatever it is now called) lets me log myself off TSO when I get back in without needing any operator intervention. It's probably the most-used feature, considering you can never get the same LU name coming back in as the one you had previously, so you always have to get your prior session logged off so you can logon again under the new LU.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: McKown, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SESSION MANAGMENT > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D-Arbigny Pierre-Andre > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: SESSION MANAGMENT > > > Hello all, > > Does someone know if it exist an other session manager (3270 > VTAM) than > TUBES/VTAM (MAcro4) and TPX (CA). > > Many thanks for informations. IBM Netview (Tivoli now?) used to do session management. MacKinney's VTAM/Switch http://www.mackinney.com/products/vtam/vtam_switch.htm Out of curiousity, why bother anymore? Surely very few people are running with true 3270 terminals. On a PC desktop (Windows or Linux or *BSD), you could just fire up multiple TN3270 sessions. We have TPX, but I never use it. I think most people who do use it are simply too lazy to logon multiple times (we automate logons via TPX via ACL). Most of our end users do not use TPX. They actually have multiple TN3270 sessions. This is a plus because they have have both displayed on a dual monitor so they can "keep an eye" on the other session easily without having to "flip" over to it to take a look. Even with only a single monitor, you can have one "big" 3270 screen and a "small" one for "subconscious monitoring". _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
