Log on multiple times to TPX with a single userid keeping all the logons active

Products

• TPX - Session Management
• Vman Session Management for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

It may be desirable (or required) for a single TPX userID to be able to log on to the product multiples times and work with those session menus concurrently.  How to set up TPX to allow a single userID to access the product from multiple logons (concurrently)?

Environment

• TPX® Session Management for z/OS
• Vman Session Management for z/OS

Resolution

This can be accomplished by changing the user's transfer option to MULT.

These are the steps to achieve it:

1. Select session TPXADMIN (self-maintenance) from the TPX menu
2. Select TPX User Options (Panelid - TEN0128)
3. Press PF8
4. Enter MULT on field Transfer Option
5. Press PF3 twice
6. Log off TPX
7. Log on to TPX various times (as needed) using the same userID.