Gateway Sessions

SA z/OS does not inform an operator through a message when an outbound session with a remote system is established or not. Therefore, you need to monitor session status yourself.

In SA z/OS you can monitor other systems and issue commands to those systems using gateway sessions.

Gateways are useful because they:

• Save you the step of logging on to the NetView on the other system
• Let you communicate with another system even if you do not have an ID for that system
• Can provide a second NetView session with a system if you have an ID for that system

SA z/OS provides several panels that let you check your communication links with other systems and send commands to those systems. You can:

• Determine the status of gateway sessions
• Determine the status of paths. A path uses an intermediate system to connect two systems that are not directly linked
• Issue commands to other systems using gateway sessions