Defining the TSO/E Session Manager to ISPF/PDF

There are two ways to use Session Manager: from TSO/E READY mode or from ISPF/PDF. By default, users who log on to TSO/E with the Session Manager procedure can keep a journal of the work they do from READY mode only.

There is a limitation with using Session Manager from READY mode. After a user has exited Session Manager, the user cannot reinvoke Session Manager without first logging off and logging back on. Therefore, users cannot easily alternate between Session Manager mode and non-Session Manager mode.

To overcome this limitation, you can allow users to use Session Manager from ISPF/PDF. A user can issue a TSO/E command, CLIST or REXX exec from an ISPF/PDF panel, log the output, then return to ISPF/PDF. To allow users to log output from commands, CLISTs or REXX execs, they issue, or from different language processors, you must:

Install exit routines provided with ISPF for SVC 93 and 94
Update and reassemble the ISRCONFG CSECT, setting the SESSMNGR value to YES

For more information about defining Session Manager to ISPF/PDF, see .