ON THE USE OF SPO AND PPO

Products

• NetMaster Network Automation
• NetMaster Network Management for SNA
• NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP
• NetMaster File Transfer Management
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Issue/Introduction

Customer was asking us on the use of SPO and PPO in NetMaster.

Environment

OS : z/OS

Release : 12.2

Component : CA NetMaster Network Management for SNA

Cause

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Resolution

We provided the response on the phone to our colleague to forward it to customer: SPO is used for issuing VTAM commands while PPO is used particularly

to receive unsolicited VTAM messages.

These NetMaster techdocs links are also informative:

Network Management Facility

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-netmaster-network-management-for-sna/12-2/using.html#concept.dita_92bd75ebd8fd2b0179172217b15350cc6d4002f0_NetworkManagementFacility

Enable the Logging of SPO and Unsolicited PPO Messages

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-netmaster-network-management-for-sna/12-2/administrating/product-customization.html#concept.dita_df49e0b4f489e9cac2d4f6049433532c68177a0f_EnabletheLoggingofSPOandUnsolicitedPPOMessage

Region Setup

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/performance-and-storage/ca-netmaster-shared-content-library/12-2/install-or-upgrade-ca-netmaster-products/prepare-to-install/installation-worksheet-for-all-options.html#concept.dita_cf64020e1b2e7f4039ab8e578cefb4625dfa89f3_RegionSetup