ACBNAME


   .-ACBNAME--=--value_of_name_operand-.   
>>-+-----------------------------------+-----------------------><
   '-ACBNAME--=--acb_name--------------'

statements:

APPL

dependencies:

name

Specifies the minor node name assigned to this application program. This name must be unique within the domain in which the application program resides.

This operand is needed if application programs with the same APPLID are started in multiple hosts and the application programs are to set up a cross-domain session. If this name is not identical to the network name, it cannot be network qualified and used in any VTAM® command or macroinstruction. The ACBNAME can be used by an LU (including an application program LU) only in a command issued in the same domain where the ACBNAME is defined.

If you do not code this operand, the network-unique name (the name of the APPL definition statement) is used as the ACBNAME.

For application programs used in extended recovery facility (XRF) sessions, the network name and the ACBNAME must be the same. Therefore, do not code the ACBNAME operand; use the default, which is the network name.

acb_name must follow the rules for naming application programs as described in the z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide and can include the following wildcard characters:

Asterisk (*): Represents 0 or more unspecified characters. An asterisk can be used as the second to eighth character.
Question mark (?): Represents a single unspecified character. A question mark can be used as the first to eighth character.

For information about how to use wildcard characters to create model application program definitions, see z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide.