Defining the Target NetView Domains

To define a TWS request that TWS Automation can use, a workstation representing the target NetView domain is required.

This workstation, which is defined with TWS using the standard TWS dialogs, should be a general, automatic reporting workstation. Its name must have the format
NVxx
Notes:
  1. Reserve NVxx workstations for TWS Automation. Unpredictable and undesirable results may occur if these workstation names are used for other workstations.
  2. If using automation workstations, the workstation destination name can contain the NetView domain ID. If it does not, the workstation name is mapped to the NetView domain ID.
Figure 1 shows a typical definition.
Figure 1. Sample NVxx Workstation Definition in TWS
--------------------- BROWSING A WORK STATION DESCRIPTION ---------------------
Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                               
Enter the command R for resources , A for availability or M for access method  
above.                                                                         
                                                                               
Work station          : NV01                                                   
Description           : SA WS on SAT1                                          
                                                                               
Work station type     : General                                                
Reporting attribute   : Automatic                                              
FT Work station       : No                                                     
Printout routing      : SYSPRINT                                               
Server usage          : Planning                                               
Destination           :                                                        
                                                                               
Splittable            : No     Job setup             : No                      
Started task STC      : No     WTO                   : No                      
AUTOMATION            : No                                                     
WAIT                  : No                                                     
Transport time        : 00.00                                                  
Duration              :                                                        
Last updated by       : SAUSER   on 07/12/06 at 15.07

Entries in the SA z/OS policy database (WORKSTATION DOMAINS policy object, entry type ODM) translate NVxx to an actual NetView domain ID. The automation administrator defines these entries. In this manner, the scheduler defining the TWS applications does not need to know the NetView domain ID names, but rather works with the workstation representation of those names. This allows changes to the relationship of workstations to NetView domain IDs without modifying the TWS definitions.

Note: You may use TWS database management dialogs or batch loader jobs to define the NVxx workstations.