GROUP, LINE, PU

Associates the resources in a communication controller with the VTAM® that controls these resources. OWNER associates those resources with the PCCU definition statement that has the same OWNER value. A resource can be associated with several VTAMs. If you do not specify the OWNER operand, the resource can be owned by any host.

Note that for the PU definition statement, OWNER is valid only when PUTYPE=1 or 2.
Note:
  1. The OWNER operand is valid on the LINE or PU definition statement for non-switched lines. It is also valid on the LINE definition statement for switched lines.
  2. If you do not specify the OWNER operand on the PCCU definition statement, the OWNER operand coded on a GROUP, LINE or PU definition statement is ignored.
  3. If the OWNER operand on a GROUP, LINE or PU definition statement does not match the OWNER operand on the PCCU definition statement:
    • If you specify BACKUP=YES on the PCCU definition statement, the resource cannot be used until a VARY ACQ command is issued for the NCP.
    • If you specify BACKUP=NO or use it by default on the PCCU definition statement:
      • The OWNER operand on the GROUP definition statement will be processed, but the corresponding line and physical unit cannot be used by this host.
      • A PU, and consequently, its LUs, with a different OWNER value than its higher-level resources cannot be activated.
  4. The GROUP and LINE definition statements can contain more than one owner name, but the PU definition statement can specify only one OWNER value.
  5. All PUs in the FRSESET should be defined with the same OWNER.
  6. If a higher-level definition statement is not associated with this host, coding the OWNER operand on a lower-level definition statement does not establish ownership for this host.
Parent topic: OWNER