RE: fun with virtual devices QPADEV* -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Andrei -

>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:47:28 -0500
>From: "Andrei Centea" <acentea@canadelle.com>
>Subject: RE: fun with virtual devices QPADEV*
>
>This is not accurate.
>
>As I posted yesterday, check APAR 12112. You can open multiple 
>sessions on the same device name. You need Client Express. 
>APAR docs say ask you to have the last service pack, but it 
>works with the prior one too.

Your statements are not accurate.  You cannot ever have more than one
session with the same device name.

What you can have, as described in APAR II12112, is a single session
configuration that can be started multiple times, each instance having a
different device name, and the device names are not QPADEVxxxx.

The device names can be based off either the computer name (see Control
Panel > Network > Identification) or the name of the user logged on.  To
make multiple instances available, you also specify to append at the end
either the session identifier or an increasing character 1-9,A-Z finding the
first available device.

The APAR states that this support is available from service pack SF60698 on.

The APAR text for this particular function is ...

7) Additional Workstation ID support

  A new and non-arbitrary device name will be generated
  for each session, without the requirement of workstation
  profile customization or the use of a complicated
  user exit program.

  The TN5250 client will automatically derive a device
  name by using the client's Windows Computer Name or
  Windows User Name as a seed value.  The client will
  also be able to increment and resubmit the device name
  if the previously derived value was rejected by the
  server.

  This enhancement applies to both display and printer
  sessions.

  Example:
  Workstation ID=[+][%](workstation_name/&COMPN/&USERN)[*][=]

  - Anything between a bracket pair "[ ]" means the symbol is
    optional.
  - Anything between a set of parens "(  )"means you need to
    select one of the options.
  - Options are separated by slashes "/".
  - Options must be specified as listed in the order specified
    above.

  Description of parameters:
  - workstation_name = Use hardcoded workstation id
     (for example "WS1") for Workstation ID.
  - "&COMPN" means use Windows Computer Name for Workstation ID
  - "&USERN" means use Windows Users Name for Workstation ID.
  - "+" means, if Computer name or Users Name is greater than
    10 characters, truncate extra characters from end.  If not
    specified, characters will be truncated from the beginning.
  - "%" means preface workstation name with "P" for printer
    and "S" for display session.
  - "*" means append session id (eg, A, B, C, etc) to
    Workstation Name.
  - "=" means append "1" to workstation ID and if ID is
    in use, increment appended number by one (increments go
    from 1-9, then from A-Z).

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.

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