System Connection Types panel

The System Connection Types panel lets you specify which types of connections can use a plan or package.

This panel displays if you enter YES for ENABLE/DISABLE CONNECTIONS? on the Bind or Rebind Package or Plan panels. For the Bind or Rebind Package panel, the REMOTE option does not display as it does in the following panel.

Figure 1. The System Connection Types panel
DSNEBP13    SYSTEM CONNECTION TYPES FOR BIND ...              SSID: DSN
 COMMAND ===>
 
 Select system connection types to be Enabled/Disabled:
 
  1  ENABLE ALL CONNECTION TYPES? ===>    (* to enable all types)
 or
  2  ENABLE/DISABLE SPECIFIC CONNECTION TYPES ===>    (E/D)
 
     BATCH ....... ===>    (Y/N)          SPECIFY CONNECTION NAMES?
     DB2CALL ..... ===>    (Y/N)
     RRSAF ....... ===>    (Y/N)
     CICS ........ ===>    (Y/N)          ===> N  (Y/N)
     IMS ......... ===>    (Y/N)
     DLIBATCH .... ===>    (Y/N)          ===> N  (Y/N)
     IMSBMP ...... ===>    (Y/N)          ===> N  (Y/N)
     IMSMPP ...... ===>    (Y/N)          ===> N  (Y/N)
     REMOTE ...... ===>    (Y/N)
To enable or disable connection types (that is, allow or prevent the connection from running the package or plan), enter the following information.
1 ENABLE ALL CONNECTION TYPES?
Lets you enter an asterisk (*) to enable all connections. After that entry, you can ignore the rest of the panel.
2 ENABLE/DISABLE SPECIFIC CONNECTION TYPES
Lets you specify a list of types to enable or disable; you cannot enable some types and disable others in the same operation. If you list types to enable, enter E; that disables all other connection types. If you list types to disable, enter D; that enables all other connection types.

For each connection type that follows, enter Y (yes) if it is on your list, N (no) if it is not. The connection types are:

  • BATCH for a TSO connection
  • DB2CALL for a CAF connection
  • RRSAF for an RRSAF connection
  • CICS® for a CICS connection
  • IMS for all IMS connections: DLIBATCH, IMSBMP, and IMSMPP
  • DLIBATCH for a DL/I Batch Support Facility connection
  • IMSBMP for an IMS connection to a BMP region
  • IMSMPP for an IMS connection to an MPP or IFP region
  • REMOTE for all remote locations or no remote locations

For each connection type that has a second arrow, under SPECIFY CONNECTION NAMES?, enter Y if you want to list specific connection names of that type. Leave N (the default) if you do not. If you use Y in any of those fields, you see another panel on which you can enter the connection names.

If you use the DISPLAY command under TSO on this panel, you can determine what you have currently defined as enabled or disabled in your ISPF DSNSPFT library (member DSNCONNS). The information does not reflect the current state of the Db2 Catalog.

If you type DISPLAY ENABLED on the command line, you get the connection names that are currently enabled for your TSO connection types. For example: 
Display OF ALL   connection name(s) to be  ENABLED
 
       CONNECTION           SUBSYSTEM
       CICS1                ENABLED
       CICS2                ENABLED
       CICS3                ENABLED
       CICS4                ENABLED
       DLI1                 ENABLED
       DLI2                 ENABLED
       DLI3                 ENABLED
       DLI4                 ENABLED
       DLI5                 ENABLED