Bringing a CICS region up and it is ACTIVE TPX is not updating the session menu as ACTIVE.

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

When we bring a CICS region up and it is ACTIVE, TPX is not updating the session menu with the new status of ACTIVE. 

We have CICS regions that we only bring up on demand. Their normal session status on the TPX menu is INACTVE.

However, when we do bring a CICS region up and it is ACTIVE, TPX is not updating the session menu with the new status of ACTIVE even when the user signs off TPX and re-logs on the session is still reported as INACTIVE. 

 

 

Environment

TPX® Session Management for z/OS

Cause

Configuration

Resolution

TEN0041 will show the status of an application, using the ZVAR UENTWSTS & APPLSTAT macro. 

In TPXADMIN, in the terminal options table you need to setup a rule for the terminal names that you use to logon to TPX with. You can set this up to use every terminal that logs on, or only specific terminals. 

1. The rule looks like this: 
   Terminal Mask: A------- (if your terminals begin with an 'A'. 
2. Set the following option to Y: 
   Terminal does not support highlighting: Y 
3. This will require you to reload this table in TPXOPER with the reload command. RELOAD TRM=XXXXXXX  << Table Name >>

    Main Menu Example:

    Sessid       Sesskey  Session Description            Status
   _CICSP       PF       Production CICS                 N/A
   _CICST       PF       Test CICS                       N/A
   _IMSP        PF       Production IMS                  N/A
   _IMST        PF       Test IMS                        N/A
   _TSO         PF       Production TSO
   _TSO1        PF       Production TSO

After the above procedure is done it will not show with a status value of active. It will be blank when it is active. If it is not active it will show a status of N/A.