Defining connections using BAS

To create a BAS connection definition:

  1. Enter the create primary (CREate) or line (CRE) action command from the CONNDEF view.
  2. Fill in the fields on the first panel (see Figure 32):
    Figure 32. Creating a connection definition - Page 1
     COMMAND  ===>
      Name         ===> C00A      Version ===> 0
      Description  ===> System A Connection
      RESGROUP     ===>
      User Data    ===>
     
      AccessMethod ===> VTAM      Access Method (VTAM, INDIRECT, IRC, XCF, XM,
                                    NETBIOS, TCPIP)
      Attachsec    ===> LOCAL     Attach-time security
                                    (LOCAL,IDENTIFY,MIXIDPE,PERSISTENT,VERIFY)
      AutoConnect  ===> NO        Autoconnect sessions to VTAM (NO,ALL,YES)
      ConnType     ===> NOTAPPLIC Nature of connection (GENERIC, SPECIFIC,
                                    APPC, NETBIOS, TCPIP, NOTAPPLIC)
      Datastream   ===> USER      Data stream type (USER,LMS,SCS,STRFIELD,3270)
      IndirectSys  ===>           Intermediate system name
      Inservice    ===> YES       Connection status (YES,NO)
      MaxQueTime   ===> NO        Maximum queue time (NO, 0-9999, blank)
      NetName      ===>           Network name
      Protocol     ===> APPC      Protocol (APPC,EXCI,LU61,NOTAPPLIC)
     
     Press ENTER to create CONNDEF.
     Enter UP or DOWN to view other screens.
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.
  3. To add the connection definition to the data repository, press Enter. To continue creating a connection definition, issue the DOWN command. Otherwise, issue one of the other commands available from this panel.
  4. Fill in the fields on the second panels (see Figure 33):
    Figure 33. Creating a connection definition - Page 2
     COMMAND  ===>
      Name               C00A        Version ===> 0
     
      PSRecovery    ===> SYSDEFAULT  Persistent system recovery
                                       (NONE, SYSDEFAULT, N/A)
      Queuelimit    ===> NO          Queue limit (NO, 0-9999, blank)
      RecordFormat  ===> U           Record format (U, VB)
     
      RemoteName    ===>             APPC connection name
      RemoteSysNet  ===>             Remote system name
      RemoteSystem  ===>             Intercommunication link name
     
      SecurityName  ===>             Security name for remote system
      SingleSess    ===> NO          APPC term on single session (YES,NO,N/A)
      XlnAction     ===> KEEP        Logname receive action (KEEP,FORCE,N/A)
      BindPassword  ===>             Bind security password
      BindSecurity  ===> NO          Bind security (YES, NO)
      Usedfltuser   ===> N/A         Use default user (YES, NO, N/A)
     
     
     Press ENTER to create CONNDEF.
     Enter UP or DOWN to view other screens.
     Type END or CANCEL to cancel without creating.
  5. To continue:
  6. To add the connection definition to the data repository, press Enter. Otherwise, issue one of the other commands available from this panel.

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Connection resource definitions
CICS® Resource Definition Guide
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Installing BAS connection definitions
CICS Resource Definition Guide
CICS Resource Definition Guide
CICS System Programming Reference
Related reference
Connection definition attributes
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