Running Multiple Versions of XCOM for AS/400 Concurrently

Products

• XCOM Data Transport

Issue/Introduction

If you need to run multiple version of XCOM concurrently for background processing, you can create an additional environment for each of the versions.

Environment

XCOM™ Data Transport® for AS/400 i5/OS

Resolution

There are two commands for defining and activating the environments.

• CRTXCOMBGE - Create CA-XCOM background environment
• CHGXCOMBGE - Change CA-XCOM background environment

CRTXCOMBGE creates and optionally activates an environment for the background processor consisting of a subsystem, controller and devices. Each library can have its own environment (as long as each environment uses a different subsystem name), but only one of these environments in a library can be active at a time.

The table below describes the CRTXCOMBGE keywords and values:

Keyword	Value	Default	Description
LIB	Any valid AS/400 name up to 10 characters	None	The library in which the environment is created
SUBSYSTEM	Any valid AS/400 name up to 10 characters	None	The subsystem under which the environment runs
COMMENTRY	*YES or *NO	*YES	Specifies whether a communications entry for APPC *ALL is added to the subsystem description
AUT	*CHANGE *ALL *USE *EXCLUDE *LIBCRTAUT	*LIBCRTAUT	The authority granted to *PUBLIC for objects created for the environment.
ACTIVATE	*YES or *NO	*YES	Specifies whether the environment is activated after it is created

CHGXCOMBGE lets you change from the currently active background environment to another previously defined environment.

The table below describes the CHGXCOMBGE keywords and values:

Keyword	Value	Description
LIB	Any valid AS/400 name up to 10 characters	The library that contains the background environment
SUBSYSTEM	Any valid AS/400 name up to 10 characters	The subsystem under which the environment runs