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Find NetView System Recognition Character

Once you have defined NetView autotasks for all of your consoles, you can issue NetView commands from z/OS consoles or from CA OPS/MVS using the OPSCMD function in OPS/REXX or the ADDRESS OPER host environment. However, you also need to know the subsystem recognition character to issue commands.

To find the NetView system recognition character

1. The OPSNETV function of OPS/REXX returns the names and subsystem recognition characters of all NetView copies. This function has the following syntax:

   rc= OPSNETV('I','SRC')
   

   This function returns a character string composed of one or more three-word substrings called triplets. In each triplet:

   • The first word is the subsystem recognition character.
   • The second word is the name of the job running NetView.
   • The third word is the name of the NetView subsystem address space.
2. Review the DEFNVCON sample program and the OPNFFNET and OPNFSEC sample rules.

   They demonstrate the use of the OPSNETV function.

Example:Find the Recognition Character

Suppose that the OPSNETV function returns the following string:

% NETV230 NETVSSI # NV240 NV240SSI

This string indicates that you have two versions of NetView running. The first runs in address space NETV230; its address space is NETVSSI and its subsystem recognition character is %. The other NetView version runs in address space NV240 with a subsystem recognition character of #.