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How You Issue Cross-system Commands through Linkages

Once you create a linkage between a local command source and a target system, the command source can issue commands to the target system.

The authority level you assigned to that linkage determines what types of commands the command source can issue through the linkage. When you issue a cross-system command, CA MIC directs the command to the appropriate external system. The format for issuing cross-system commands is:

c (scope) command

c

Specifies the command prefix that tells CA MIM to intercept this command.

Note: For more information, see the description of the CMDPREFIX operand of the SETOPTION MIM or MIMINIT statements in the Statement and Command Reference Guide.

scope

Identifies the target systems to which the command should be routed and executed. (Specify ALL, ALLICMF, ALLSYS, EXTERNAL, EXTSYS, LOCAL, a system ID, a list of system IDs, or an ALIAS defined by the DEFALIAS command.)

command

Identifies the command to be executed. Specify the command as you would if you were issuing it from an MCS console, including a command character if appropriate. For example, include the command character for a CA MIM command, the JES command character ($) for a JES command, and so on. Do not use a command character for z/OS commands.