Ok - so this is about linemode sessions. And yeah - I get the crickets - who the heck uses linemode? I suppose it fits. I always have a grin on my face when I explain virtual reader/punch/printer to non-z/VM folk.
The consistency factor is me expecting the first word in front of the dash (-) to be a guest name. So I still think Q VSM would be better than stuffing it into Q NAMES where I'm looking for guest names and their status. But no one asked me.. hmmph Sounds like I get my list of running guests by ignoring VSM.. Keeping my fingers crossed no one names a guest VSM until I retire :-) Thanks David and Alan -- as always - I keep learning from you - Scott Rohling On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com>wrote: > On Wednesday, 09/15/2010 at 06:35 EDT, Scott Rohling > <scott.rohl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone else sees the value in finding "VSM - > TCPIP" as an > > entry when doing a 'CP QUERY NAMES'. > > I do, I do! > > > This is described as being the users of > > the VTAM service machine ... As someone who often writes system > utilities > > which do a QUERY NAMES to find the active users - this is always > something I > > have to code around. I know there are still SNA users out there, but > have > > always wondered if it's still relevant or even consistent to list it > under > > QUERY NAMES (rather than say, a QUERY VSM cmd)? Always interested in > > learning from other listers... I'm sure I'm missing something that > pulls it > > all together. > > VM TCP/IP uses the same *CCS interface for linemode telnet sessions as > VTAM does for its terminal sessions. The VM book "VSM" references were > all added back in VM/SP R4, and so predate any VM "recognition" > (politically) of TCP/IP. To make it a bit worse, CP can't really tell the > difference between VTAM and TCP/IP in this regard. > > But *I* know what VSMs "VTAM" and "TCPIP" do and so know how to interpret > the users I see following each VSM. > > I mean, haven't you thought it a bit strange that CP DISABLE SNA will stop > linemode telnet sessions?!? Haven't you? .... Hello? <crickets> > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development (T minus 05h 05m 42s and counting...) > IBM Endicott >
