doing CEMT command without logging into a CICS region

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

Hi,

Does anyone how to invoke

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:50 pm

Because CEMT and other transactions, need to be placed under restricted access, using the given ESM (External Security Manager), such as RACF, you need to signon first.

What information are you trying to obtain?

Bill

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

Thanks for the reply Bill.... I am trying to find out how to submit it thru JCL.... i need to submit it in batch...

Garry Carroll · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:35 pm

Depending in site configuration you may be able to submit IEFBR14 with the command in JCL. This should run on a console which should be defined to use preauth such that the command is run with the userid of the user who submitted the job. This user must, of course, have authorisation to run CEMT.

Garry

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:39 pm

Review the JES MODIFY command. You'll need to consult with your system's personnel as to whether this is authorized in your shop.

Otherwise, there are several third-party products.

You can also write a BATCH/EXCI program which links to a user-written program in the target-region. The user-written program should use the System Programming API's rather than interfacing with CEMT, via an entry point, such as DFHEMTP and/or DFHEMTA. Their support will eventually go away.

In fact, MacKinney's BATCH/CEMT, which uses DFHEMTA, will eventually be discontinued as a product, because of their fear that DFHEMTA will be gone in the future.

They do have an alternative package.

www.mackinney.com

Bill

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

i have tried the below from search... but the problem is i dunno where to look at job output

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:47 pm

A CEMT INQ TRAN(*), when issued natively from a screen, will return a list of every transaction defined to the particular region, both local and remote and the list could go on and on for many pages.

Is this just an example?

What information do you really need?

You have to be much more specific (exact would be better) because an INQ TRAN(*) doesn't make sense.

Bill

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

sorry for the general asking...

i want to perfrom the below...

Garry Carroll · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:05 pm

The output from CEMT I TRAN(TRN1) should be visible in the CICS JESMSGLG output. If you don't have permission, JESMSGLG shoud have informatory message.

Garry.

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

i have one more doubt.... whether i need to give the cics job name in

Garry Carroll · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:15 pm

The command is an MVS Modify command to the job, so use the CICS jobname - ie what you display in SDSF.

Garry.

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:16 pm

The modify command takes the job name.

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:40 pm

You should probably get confirmation from security personnel regarding the CEMT returned characteristics returned via the JES MODIFY command and the fact that this information becomes available to several (if not more) personnel.

It's a precautionary step so that you'll stay out of trouble with management.

Bill

Earl Haigh · Active User Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 475

If you need to run CEMT from batch JOB or from within your own COBOL batch program, your might want to try BatchCICS-Connect from DSI solutions.

cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_interact_with_a_transaction_from_a_batch_program%3F#3rd_party_Vendor_Software