OPS/MVS Configure ISPEXEC to run in OSF Server

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

I'm trying to configure our OSF Servers to support ADDRESS IPSEXEC

I have confirmed that both ISPLINK and IPSEXEC are in the LPA.

I have updated OSFSTART to use HowToAllocSPF = "ALLOCSPF"      /* Use the Broadcom sample ISPF allocation */

I have also updated ALLOCSPF for our site specifications and using PROFDSN = "DYNAMIC"

All these OSFSTART and ALLOCSPF appear to run ok and the OSF server starts

but when I run my rexx(TSTESTER) I get the following error.

OPS0997T >>>     SLB1DSN=hlq.OPS.OPSSLIB.USER                    
OPS0997T *-* 184:  ADDRESS "ISPEXEC"                              
OPS0997T *-* 185:    "LIBDEF ISPSLIB DATASET ID('"SLB1DSN"') COND"
OPS3092O No ISPF host command environment is available            
OPS0997T +++      RC(20)  

Is there additional required configuration that is missing?

Environment

OPS/MVS,   All releases

Resolution

There needs to be an ISPSTART before issuing any ISPEXEC calls.

For example, from an OPS rule:

ADDRESS 'OSF' "ISPSTART CMD(OI ISPFTEST)"

where ISPFTEST is the name of a REXX program that uses ISPF services