Operator Server Facility

As an integral part of CA OPS/MVS, the Operator Server Facility (OSF) permits users to schedule OPS/REXX programs, TSO/E REXX programs or CLISTs, and TSO commands for CA OPS/MVS to execute.

There are three main features of the OSF:

OPSOSF servers
OPSOSF address spaces are servers that execute the OPS/REXX programs, TSO/E REXX programs or CLISTs, and TSO commands by using the TSO TMP running in batch mode.
Control facility
The OPSMAIN address space contains a facility that controls and monitors OPSOSF servers. You use the ADDRESS OPSCTL OSF host command environment in OPS/REXX to invoke the facility.
ECF Support
- Support in the ECF for intercepting z/OS console commands that are prefixed by the OSF command string and routing them to an OPSOSF server for execution.
- Support for returning output to the z/OS console from which the command was issued.

Various CA OPS/MVS product components use the OSF services. The following sections describe their relationships to the OSF.

Note: By default, the OSF command string is the exclamation point (!). Use the OPSPRM OPS/REXX function or the OPSPARM TSO command to change the OSFCHAR string value.