The TSO/VTAM time sharing parameters are as follows:
- USERMAX
- Specifies
the maximum number of users that may be logged on to the TSO/VTAM
time sharing system at one time. (Note that because VTAM® considers each user to be an application
program, and because there must be an APPL definition statement that
defines each application program to VTAM during VTAM network definition, this value
may not exceed the number of APPL definition statements.)
Value Range: 0-maximum number of address spaces
in the system
Default: 40
- RECONLIM
- Specifies
the time limit in minutes within which a user may reconnect after
his line has been disconnected (that is, the amount of time an address
space remains active in the event of terminal disconnection). Note
that a setting of RECONLIM=0 means that there is a zero wait for reconnection,
which means that a reconnect is not possible.
Value Range:
0-32767
Default: 3
- BUFRSIZE
- Specifies
the size in bytes of a VTIOC buffer. Input and output data smaller
than the BUFRSIZE value uses cells equal to the BUFRSIZE value. Input
and output data larger than the BUFRSIZE value is assigned to dynamically
allocated buffers (allocated by the GETMAIN macro) equal to the data
size.
Value Range: 4-3016
Default:
132
- HIBFREXT
- Specifies
the maximum amount (in bytes) of virtual storage that can be dynamically
allocated for output data. When this value is reached, no more output
requests are honored until LOBFREXT is reached. (Input requests are
rejected only when no virtual storage is available in the address
space.)
Value Range: Maximum size TPUT used at the installation-maximum
amount of available virtual storage. Minimum value
of 48000 is forced to minimize the output wait due to an out of storage
condition. For details about TPUT, see z/OS TSO/E Programming Services.
Default:
48000
- LOBFREXT
- Specifies
the minimum number of virtual storage bytes that can be dynamically
allocated for output data. When this value is reached, tasks that
are suspended for lack of output buffers are marked as dispatchable.
Value Range: 0-(HIBFREXT-1)
Default: 24000
- CHNLEN
- Specifies for
output the number of request units (RUs) in each RU chain for IBM® 3767 and IBM 3770 terminals. This value determines the
maximum size of a chain and, therefore, the maximum amount of data
that can be sent to the terminal in one chain (CHNLEN x 256=data transmitted).
This value also determines the maximum amount of data purged when
the CANCEL key is pressed to stop printing of outbound (host-to-terminal)
data.
The CHNLEN value is associated with the values specified
on the PACING operand of the LU macro during network control program
definition, and on the VPACING operand of the LU or PU macro during VTAM definition. Use the CHNLEN
default value (4) if the PACING and VPACING default values are used.
Otherwise, calculate CHNLEN by using the formula (2pn-2pm)+(2vn-2vm),
where pn and pm are
the PACING n and m values,
and vn and vm are
the VPACING n and m values.
If more than one network control program is used with TSO/VTAM time
sharing, the smallest value found when calculating the CHNLEN value
should be used. Otherwise, the network control program could enter
slowdown mode.
Value Range: 1-10
Default:
4
- SCRSIZE
- Specifies
the default screen size of IBM 3270
systems network architecture (SNA) terminals. The valid values for
this parameter are:
|
Screen Size |
Value |
|
12 x 40 |
480 |
|
24 x 80 |
1920 |
|
32 x 80 |
2560 |
|
43 x 80 |
3440 |
|
27 x 132 |
3564 |
|
62 x 160 |
9920 |
(Use the FEATUR2 operand of the LOCAL or TERMINAL macros
to specify non-SNA IBM 3270
screen sizes.) This value affects only those terminals whose sizes
were not specified by using the PSERVIC parameter of the MODEENT macro
during VTAM definition.
If
an installation has IBM 3270
SNA terminals of only one screen size, SCRSIZE should specify that
size. If the installation has IBM 3270
SNA terminals of both screen sizes, SCRSIZE may be used to define
the more common size, and the PSERVIC parameter may be used to define
the less common size.
Value Range: 480-9920
Default:
480
- ENGTRANS
- Specifies
the type of English language translation that is to be performed when
the TPUT EDIT macro is used to write to terminals that support the
coded graphic set global identifier (CGCSGID) X'02B90025'.
(For details about TPUT, see z/OS TSO/E Programming Services.)
You can specify one of the following values:
- BASE
- Base English translation
- EXTENDED
- Extended English translation, as described in 3174 Character
Set Reference, GA27-3831.
- NONE
- No translation is performed
Value Range: BASE, EXTENDED, or NONE
Default:
BASE
- ACBPW
- Specifies the
optional password associated with all TSO/VTAM ACBs. If a password
is specified on the PRTCT parameter of VTAM's APPL definition statement,
ACBPW must be specified.
To prevent unauthorized disclosure of
the ACB password when the CBPW keyword is specified, take the following
steps:
Value Range: Any 1 to 8 EBCDIC characters
Default:
None
- MODE
- Specifies how
3276 and 3278 terminals are to be supported for TSO/VTAM. BREAK indicates
that the terminal keyboard is unlocked whenever possible and does
not necessarily correspond to the issuance of a TGET. NOBREAK indicates
that the terminal keyboard is locked except when a TGET is issued.
The BREAKIN option of TPUT applies only when BREAK is specified.
Value
Range: BREAK or NOBREAK
Default: NOBREAK
- MODESW
- Specifies whether
or not the TERMINAL command or the STBREAK macro can be used to change
the mode of operation specified with the MODE parameter.
Value
Range: YES or NO
Default: NO
- RCFBDUMP
- Specifies
the values of the return code (xx) and the feedback field (yy) for
a RPL-type request. When an abnormal termination occurs that produces
a return code and a feedback value that matches those specified in
RCFBDUMP, a dump is taken to the extent specified in z. The specification
z=0, specifies that only the local address space is to be dumped;
z=1 specifies a full storage dump. The RCFBDUMP parameter can be used
to request dumps for I/O errors from which TSO/VTAM can recover.
Value
Range: See return code and feedback values in z/OS Communications Server: SNA Programming.
Default:
None
- CONFTXT
- Specifies
whether the buffer output is to be confidential. YES indicates that
the buffer output is to be confidential and, as such, not traceable;
the data in the VTAM buffers
is overwritten with zeros immediately after it is sent to the terminal.
Value Range: YES or NO
Default: YES
- GNAME
- Specifies a
generic name by which one or more TSO/VTAM systems in a sysplex may
be referenced. A generic name can also be specified on the START
command to activate TSO/VTAM. If a generic name is not specified
in TSOKEY00, or on the START command, then no generic name is used.
If a generic name is used, TSO/VTAM registers its generic name by
issuing the SETLOGON GNAMEADD macro instruction.
For example,
three TSO/VTAM systems in a sysplex could have network names of TSO1,
TSO2, and TSO3 respectively, and each defined with GNAME=TSOGR. A
TSO user could logon to the name “TSOGR” and be transparently assigned
to any one of the 3 TSO systems as determined by load balancing.
Value
Range: Any 1 to 8 EBCDIC characters that must be unique from
any real resource name in the network, and may not be “TSO”.
Default:
None
- BASENAME
- Specifies
a 1 to 4 character prefix to be used for the ACBNAME operand in the VTAM application program major
node. As an example, if you specify BASENAME=tttt, you would use the
names tttt0001, tttt0002, tttt0003, and so forth. See the z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide
for an example of how to use BASENAME.
Value Range: Any
1 to 4 EBCDIC characters, following the VTAM naming
requirement specified in the z/OS V2R1.0 Communications Server: SNA Resource Definition Reference.
Default:
TSO
- CODEPAGE
- Specifies
to obtain the code page (CGCSGID) information for a TSO session from
the terminal or the emulator. YES indicates that TSO/VTAM queries
the terminal or the emulator to obtain the code page information.
Value Range: YES or NO
Default: NO