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Shared Linkages

A shared linkage lets a command source issue commands through a target console that CA MIC selects from the console pool. The advantages of using shared linkages are:

• You do not need to define a particular target console to be assigned to each command source.
• Many command sources from multiple external systems can share a relatively small number of local target consoles.

We recommend this type of linkage for most command sources. Once the target console pool reaches its maximum size, CA MIC continually reassigns the least recently used target console to the current source, and then executes the command. The following is an example of a shared linkage:

LINK ALL SYSID=ALL POOL=SHARE