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APPC/VM Communication Path

Initiate APPC/VM communication through the APPC/VM CONNECT function and terminate it through the APPC/VM SEVER function. Because there is no difference between IUCV and APPC/VM, the previous IUCV example also applies to APPC/VM. The rule allows TLCAMS to issue an APPC/VM CONNECT to communicate with a resource ID known as VMSYSU.

Establishing and terminating the APPC/VM communication path is logged only if you specify LOG in the rule entry. If this is the case, CA ACF2 for VM creates an SMF record during the APPC/VM CONNECT function (to indicate when the APPC/VM path was initiated) and during the APPC/VM SEVER function (to indicate when the APPC/VM path was terminated).

The VMSAF LID attribute is required for APPC/VM CONNECT with password validation that is done for APPC security level SECURITY(PGM). This includes an APPC/VM VTAM support (AVS) service machine. See the IBM manuals for more information on APPC/VM and AVS.