Starting VTAM to use DB2
You do not need to code any special VTAM® start options to use DB2®, but you can tailor start option values for DB2 communications.
About this task
You must start VTAM before starting DDF.
Two VTAM libraries must contain definitions for DB2:
- SYS1.VTAMLST contains the definitions that define DB2 as a VTAM application.
- SYS1.VTAMLIB contains mode table definitions used by DDF. This must be an APF-authorized library, or in a concatenation of APF-authorized libraries.
Procedure
To enable VTAM to use DB2:
You can use the following VTAM command,
assuming that the member DB2APPLS contains definitions for DB2:
V NET,ACT,ID=DB2APPLS