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Extended MCS Consoles

In the z/OS environments, Automation Services can use extended MCS virtual consoles.

The advantages in using extended MCS consoles are:

• There is no theoretical limit to the number of extended MCS consoles in an z/OS configuration. JES consoles are limited to 99 across a sysplex.
• You can have a MASTER authority level.
• In a sysplex configuration, extended MCS consoles are more flexible.

Automation Services uses extended MCS consoles as follows:

• The eight-character name of consoles is constructed by using the convention specified in the CONSOLES parameter group, which is accessible through the /PARMS panel shortcut. The extended MCS console prefix is further prefixed with a Z and padded to five characters with Zs. The last three characters are a decimal number from 001 through 255. The region can use up to 254 extended MCS consoles.
• Console authority of MASTER can be set and honored.