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Understanding the MSF

The Multi-System Facility(MSF) allows multiple copies of the product running on different z/OS images to communicate with each other through a variety of communication protocols. These z/OS images may be in a single data center, or they may be spread out around the world. Many of the CA OPS/MVS command processors, OPS/REXX host command environments, and OPS/REXX functions can perform their operations on any connected system. For example, when the MSF is installed and configured, you can perform any of these actions:

• Issue z/OS or subsystem commands to another system and retrieve the responses.
• Issue WTOs to consoles on other systems.
• Execute an OPS/REXX program in an OSF server address space that is on another system and retrieve the output.
• Issue SQL commands to retrieve or update rows in a relational table that resides on another system.
• Manage System State Manager resources on another system.
• Retrieve or update global variables that reside on another system.
• Browse the OPSLOG of another system.
• Control these CA OPS/MVS components on another system:
  • COF
  • MSF
  • OSF
• Issue commands and messages to CA Automation Point

The MSF supports the following communication protocols:

• LU 6.2
• XCF (through CAICCI)
• XES (through CAICCI)
• TCP/IP (through CAICCI)