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[amit4u79]

I know a non-APF authorized module cant call a APF-auth module which does processing requires APF authorization.

The caller load also needs to be in APF Auth lib for same.

But can a APF authorized module call a non-APF auth module.
I think it can but want to make sure. I hope there will not be any KEY issues.
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[dbzTHEdinosauer]

according to this link no, but that is assuming your site has implemented APF according to the book. Topic 21.3.1 (next page of link above) goes into what should be done to insure a non-APF authorized module is not called.

Why don't you try it? It says in the NOTE at the bottom of the page, this kind of thing should result in a 306 abend.

anyway, the link I provided should provide enough guidance for you. If not, check out the library server and do a search on authorized program facility - it is mentioned in about 79 shelves.
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[amit4u79]

Hi Dick,
Thank you very much for the link. I understood the whole APF thing now. I can not try coding it because i was planning to modify a exit routine for TWS OPCA. My exit routine must call a another routine B which may be in LLA but not in APF.
My manager is not considering making the module B APF authorize as it will be tedious process to justify and get necessary approvals from higher level.

According to the link my routine B should follow all the rules. Thanks a lot...

I have another quick question to you...
If i can make my routine B APF Auth, then can I XCTL it from the exit routine? and if i XCTL it, where my routine B brach to after completion?.. Weird question I guess.

Basically, i want to return back control to the caller ASAP without much processing in exit. And in the meantime I want my routine B to do all the processing for me.

We have a heavy workload in OPCA here, so definitely this exit will be called no of times. So performance needs to be considered.

I will appreciate if u could guide me and suggest to get out of this.

Regards,
Dinesh
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[Bill Dennis]

Do you want control returned to "A" right away while "B" goes about doing the work?

We do a similar "asynchronous" thing using MQSeries. A msg is queued by "A" and it ends. The msg triggers "B" to run PIF and add Applications to the plan.
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Bill Dennis

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[dbzTHEdinosauer]

couple things.

1. Here is a link to a PDF called, interestingly enough, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Best Practices (SG24-7156-01 - IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler for z/OS Version 8.2.) It is 8.+ mg, so it takes time to load. If you don't have it, suggest that you download it to your library.

There are a lot of other REDBOOKS about Tivoli, (check out this site), suggest you read them if you have not already. If your shop does not have them, share them with your co-workers. REDBOOKS contain stuff that you will never find in the documentation- I just did a search on REDBOOKS about Tivoli, 365 hits..... There are links to 'JUST PUBLISHED', .....

2. This is not TWS related, but if your mainframe is being pinched for cycles here is something I picked up a few days ago:

[amit4u79]

Thanks Dick,
I am going through the docs.

Bill,
Thanks for your suggestion. I am going to explore option suggested by you.


Regards,
Dinesh
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