How to check a successful CCI connection between AP and OPS/MVS

Products

• Automation Point

Issue/Introduction

When a MSF connection needs to be established between Automation Point and OPS/MVS this needs to be done via CCI.
In Automation Point configuration Manager, the setup and connections are done via the option Expert Interface, Automation, Events Interface, CA OPS/MVS EMA.
In the CCI setting, LOCAL and REMOTE statements are set and it works.
However after a reboot of the AP server, recycle of AP, or an ,IPL of an LPAR, it's not working anymore.

 What could be the cause?

Resolution

You can enter the RMTCNTRL STATUS, or CCII command to check if there is a connection at all

C:\Users\Administrator>rmtcntrl status
SUCCESS: information returned
Sysid           State                 Last Send Time       Last Receive Time
---------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------
SYS1            ACTIVE
SYS2            ACTIVE                Aug-24-2022 09:13:13 Aug-24-2022 09:13:13

Above it shows what lpars are active and possibly inactive.
With the CCII command you see all the lpars found and the products that have CCI links active..
The TYPE at the lines is the type of line (LOCAL or REMOTE statement in the CCIRMTD.RC file.

C:\Users\Administrator>ccii
Oid(SYS1,OPS/MVS.uuuuuu    ) Did( , )  type(L)
Oid(SYS2,W410_SPAWN_SERVER   ) Did( , )  type(R)
Oid(SYS2,MVS_START_SERVER    ) Did( , )  type(R)
Oid(SYS2,OPS/MVS.OPS0      ) Did( , )  type(R)
Oid(SYS2,XSMS0990GSVXSYS2    ) Did( , )  type(R)
Oid(SYS2,CSM60$$$140R        ) Did( , )  type(R)
Oid(SYS2,CSM60SRV            ) Did( , )  type(R)

The first line indicates the LOCAL machine and the 4th line gives the MSF connection to REMOTE lpar SYS2 and OPS/MVS SSID OPS0.