.-HPRNCPBF--=--NO------. >>-+----------------------+------------------------------------>< '-HPRNCPBF--=--+-YES-+-' '-NO--'
When coding HPRNCPBF=YES, in general your considerations are possible decrease in network performance but better session availability.
You can change the value of HPRNCPBF with the MODIFY VTAMOPTS command while VTAM® is running. If you change the value from YES to NO, no new RTP connections are activated that would cause session data to go through an NCP twice, but existing such RTP connections may in some cases be used.
See z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide for more information.