Specific system support for APPC/MVS consists of:
- Two parmlib members, one to contain definitions for the APPC address
space (APPCPMxx) and the other to contain definitions for the APPC/MVS
transaction scheduler address space (ASCHPMxx).
- APPCPMxx
- Names APPC/MVS local logical units (LUs) and the administrative
VSAM KSDSs. It also sets up a correspondence between local LUs and
transaction schedulers, and, optionally, defines LUs that are not
to be associated with schedulers ("NOSCHED" LUs).
- ASCHPMxx
- Defines classes for the APPC/MVS transaction scheduler that determine
scheduling characteristics, such as the response time goal for TPs
running in a class.
- APPC implementation through MVS system commands:
- START command initiates the APPC and ASCH address spaces.
- SET command specifies the parmlib member or members whose definitions
are to dynamically modify APPC and ASCH characteristics.
- DISPLAY command displays current communication configurations,
information about queued and running transactions, information about
active conversations, and information about APPC/MVS server address
spaces and allocate queues.
- CANCEL command terminates local TPs and cancels the APPC and ASCH
address spaces.
- STOP command terminates an initiator address space.
- TRACE, TRACK, and STOPTR help with recovery and diagnostics associated
with APPC/MVS TPs.
- Interactive problem control system (IPCS) subcommands, APPCDATA
and ASCHDATA, that aid in problem determination for APPC/MVS.
- System resource manager (SRM) performance management of TPs scheduled
under the APPC/MVS transaction scheduler and based on installation
performance criteria for all TPs, individual TPs, TP initiator classes,
or account numbers.
- Resource Measurement Facility (RMF) monitoring of TP performance.
- System management facility (SMF) accounting for conversations
by any TP and for resources used by TPs scheduled under the APPC/MVS
transaction scheduler.