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Process SYSOUT Enhancements
Process SYSOUT Enhancements
This section describes process SYSOUT enhancements that you can use with
Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport.
External Writer Support
You can set the WRITER operand equal to the name of an external writer instead
of a destination name for when Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport looks for
reports to extract from the JES spool. WRITER can be used with DEST. To use a
DEST and WRITER for a single LU, you must define two groups with different
group names for the same LU.
Reasons for Using the External Writer
Reasons to use the external writer include the following:
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You do not need to define external writers to JES.
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Held output is processed immediately.
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External writers can facilitate the replacement of Network Job Entry (NJE)
with Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport.
External writers give you more options when sending output to remote
computers. For example, you can link remote host computers to particular
external writers; destination names are passed to the remote host, which
then equates them to a particular printer.
Sample Scenario
The following scenario illustrates how external writer support can be used.
Unicenter CA-XCOM Data Transport is directed to transfer SYSOUT between
two MVS hosts (MVS1 and MVS2). Each has an external writer (also MVS1 and
MVS2) predefined by the other host computer in their respective Unicenter CAXCOM Data Transport Destination Tables, but not to JES. A problem might arise
if a different JES destination (RMT2) on the remote host, other than the LOCAL
predefined destination, was needed.
Note: The remote computer and a particular destination on it form what is
called a compound destination.
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