Action request

A snapshot action request is used to request network data from the VTAM® topology agent. The action is sent as an m-Action-Confirmed operation.

The manager application program can request that any future updates to the snaNetwork snapshot object to be returned, as they occur by specifying ongoing in the request. The network data can be requested without updates by specifying the oneTimeOnly value in the request.

The manager application program can specify the appnPlusSubareaParm in the additional information field. The value, either 0 or 1, represents either appnOnly (0), which means to request APPN network data, or appnPlusSubarea (1), which means to request both APPN and subarea network data. The default value is appnOnly if the appnPlusSubareaParm is not specified.

The target resource is the only object instance of the snaNetwork object class at the VTAM topology agent. Following is the example of an ongoing, appnPlusSubarea snaNetwork snapshot request:

                  msg CMIP-1.ROIVapdu (invokeID 196610, opera
 tion-value 7, argument (baseManagedObjectClass 1.3.18.0.0.21
 51,baseManagedObjectInstance (distinguishedName (RelativeDis
 tinguishedName (AttributeValueAssertion (attributeType 1.3.1
 8.0.2.4.6, atributeValue NETA)), RelativeDistinguishedName (
 AttributeValueAssertion (attributeType 1.3.18.0.0.2032, attr
 ibuteValue SSCP1A)), RelativeDistinguishedName (AttributeVal
 ueAssertion (attributeType 1.3.18.0.0.2216, attributeValue (
 string "SnaNetwork"))))),actionInfo (actionType 1.3.18.0.0.2
 222,actionInfoArg (start ongoing, addlInfo ((identifier 1.3.
 18.0.0.2164, significance TRUE, information 1))))))