Communications with TLS
How to enable TLS for the z/OS Agent and JORS through IBM AT-TLS policies, including ApplicationControlled settings for JORS and SMAFT.
How to enable TLS for the z/OS Agent and JORS through IBM AT-TLS policies, including ApplicationControlled settings for JORS and SMAFT.
Reference for the z/OS Agent's CSA, ECSA, and ESQA storage allocations, including the formulas used to size each tracking queue.
How the XPRLIST filter table controls which datasets are protected from automatic cleanup during job restarts and duplicate dataset processing.
Reference for the Dynamic JCL Facility (DJF), including variable substitution, conditional statements, and DJF statement syntax.
How to run multiple z/OS Agent instances on a single z/OS system: separate cataloged procedures, unique XPSIDs, INSTLIB and INITLOG separation, and SYSPLEX considerations.
Overview of the z/OS Agent reference material, including SAF resources, multiple agents on one system, standalone file transfer, the Dynamic JCL Facility, translation tables, TLS, FAQs, and known issues.
Consolidated reference for the SAF resource checks the z/OS Agent performs, including SURROGAT, FACILITY, DATASET, and STARTED classes, and EXTRACT calls.
How to run the SMAFT agent as a standalone job step, including JCL examples and the keyword reference for the XPSIN parameters.
How the SMAFT server and agent locate translation tables on z/OS, including the search order and the TCPXLBIN override.
Reference for the XPUSER01 user-written exit that the z/OS Agent calls for every JCL record during job submission.
Reference for the z/OS Agent's modules, run-time options, console commands, and Sysplex fail-over procedures.
Frequently asked questions about the z/OS Agent, including JCL Error troubleshooting and useful z/OS exit display commands.
Pre-installation checklist for the z/OS Agent: file allocations, communications, parameters, security, SMF, performance, TSO/ISPF, SMAFT, and IVP schedule import.
Known issues and unsupported configurations for the z/OS Agent.
Reference for z/OS Agent machine messages, including syntax, IBM message types, and XPR390 and XPS390 message catalogs.
Version history and change details for the z/OS Agent, including new features, improvements, and bug fixes.