VARY AUTOLOG command

Abbreviations

Purpose

The VARY AUTOLOG command can be used to initiate sessions for one specific controlling application or for all controlling applications that have pending autologon requests. If the specified controlling application or applications are found and are available for sessions, a session initiation request is generated for each SLU that has an automatic logon relationship to that application (if the SLU is available for sessions and does not already have an active session to the controlling application). If a controlling application is not found or is not available for sessions, no attempt is made to initiate automatic logon sessions at this time.

The VARY AUTOLOG command displays the number of searches that were sent to locate the controlling applications. When each search for a controlling application completes, a message is displayed that shows the number of sessions that were initiated to that application (if it was found and available for sessions) or the status of that application (if it was not found or was not available for sessions).

The VARY AUTOLOG,ID=* command affects every controlling application for which there are one or more resources with pending autologon requests. Optionally, the VARY AUTOLOG command can be used to initiate automatic logon processing for a single controlling application by specifying the controlling application name on the ID parameter.

If the controlling application is not session capable at the time the command is issued, all SLUs that are session capable, not in session, and have pending autologon requests with that controlling application are subject to future automatic logon events (AUTOTI, AUTORTRY, or PLU notification) for that controlling application.

See z/OS Communications Server: SNA Network Implementation Guide for more information about AUTOLOGON.

Operands

ID

Specifies the name of the controlling application to be acted upon.

The ID operand is required for this command. Wildcard values cannot be used for this operand.

ID=controlling_appl

Specifies the real or alias name of a controlling application for which there are one or more resources with pending autologon requests. The controlling_appl value can be network qualified. If the controlling_appl value is not network qualified, then the network ID of the host from which the command was issued is used.

ID=*

Specifies that all controlling applications for which there are one or more resources with pending autologon requests are acted upon.

Tip: You can use the DISPLAY AUTOLOG command to determine which controlling applications have resources with pending autologon requests.