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Create the CICS Agent Config File

The CICS agent communicates with the LPAR Agent through TCP/IP. The CICS Agent configuration file identifies the IP address and TCP port number of the LPAR Agent. This file is accessed as a Transient Data (TD) Queue during agent startup. This data set has attributes: DSORG=PS, RECFM=FB, LRECL=80.

Lines in the file with an asterisk (‘*’) in column 1 are ignored. The first record without an asterisk in column 1 contains the IP address and port number of the LPAR Agent. This record must be in the following format:

The member CONFIG of the control PDS contains the following example:

* ITKO CICS Agent Configuration 
* Columns 1 - 15 contain LPAR Agent IP address (15 chars) 
* Columns 17 - 21 contain LPAR Agent port number (5 chars) 
192.168.0.100    2998