The NetView® alias name translation facility can be used to determine the owning SSCP for a requested resource in the same network. To use this facility for an LU, define the LU and its owning SSCP to the alias name translation facility, because the alias name translation facility cannot translate a name as known in a network to a different name in the same network.

Define each alias name to be the same as the real name. During a session setup request, if VTAM® does not have a definition of a destination logical unit or does not know the owning SSCP for the resource, VTAM can invoke the alias name translation facility with the name of the logical unit. The alias name translation facility returns the name of the SSCP defined as the owner of the logical unit, and the destination network identifier and the logical unit alias name in that network. Because this system has only one network, the network identifier is the VTAM network identifier, and the alias name is the same as the real name. Thus, the alias name translation facility is used as a directory to locate the owning SSCP and can direct the session setup request to the proper VTAM.