David, Thank you for the explanation. We do in fact also have a direct NJE connection between MVS and VSE, and I was given appropriate MVS jcl to get output to be delivered to VSE, but I was looking for a 'catchall' solution. I didn't realize the intrinsic differences between the types of links.
Thanks, Shimon On 18 Jul 2006 at 15:21, David Boyes wrote: > > > >From CMS I can send files to RSCS with the name > > > of an SNA3270P printer in the TAG, or the name > > > of the SNANJE link which is our VSE system. > > > > > > In both cases the file prints at the expected printer. > > > > > > I have sent output from MVS to the SNA printers > > > by putting DEST=(RSCS,PRTNAME) on the > > > SYSPRINT DD, but if I try the same trick with > > > DEST=(RSCS,VSE) it fails. > > > Can someone explain to me why? > > > > Two things I see: the syntax of the DEST= option is wrong (unless > you're > > trying to deliver a file from MVS to user VSE on your VM system), and > > you're missing the necessary NJE routing to allow MVS to get files to > the > > VSE node via RSCS. > > Expanding a bit more: NJE peer links (the SNANJE link you described) > expect to have a destination userid at the end system (not deliver to > the link name) in the NETDATA records in the file. On top of the routing > problem, it looks like RSCS has been allowing a default of blanks into > the NETDATA userid field when you sent the job to the SNANJE link to > VSE. VSE has then been dropping it into a VSE print queue by default. > MVS (correctly) doesn't seem to be putting in that default destination > userid, and RSCS doesn't do it because the file is passing through the > node via NJE, not to/from a user on the RSCS node (so it's not RSCS' > business to interfere or change the datastream in any way). > > > The DEST= specification should be (nodename, user) (for file delivery) > or > > (nodename, linkname) (in the printer case). , and you'd have to > maintain a > > NJE routing table to indicate that node VSE is reachable via RSCS. > > The configuration looks like this, right?: > > VSE <--> RSCS <--> MVS > > and your CMS users are submitting stuff to RSCS via CP TAG or SENDFILE. > > Not sure of the exact syntax (away from manuals at the moment), but > something like this for every remote (ie, not directly connected NJE > node) needs to appear in the MVS NJE configuration. > > ROUTE DEST=VSE, VIA=RSCS > > Similar things need to happen on VSE to tell VSE to use link RSCS to > send stuff to MVS. I don't know much about VSE PNET NJE -- someone else > will have to help you there. > > Then, your DEST card on MVS should read something like DEST=(VSE,PRT). > Ditto for POWER JECL. > > -- db
