Named (VRTDEV) devices in PASTHR -- MIDRANGE-L

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Since I began leaving the workstation ID blank on some devices, we're having issues where these devices are using a workstation ID created specifically for the PASTHR from our parent in Japan. These devices are in controller QPACTL01 along with the QPAD* devices.

I thought that by recreating the PASTHR device names in the QVIRCD0001 controller our issues would disappear. But from what I could gather from the translated Japanese, our parent was not able to PASTHR when looking for VRT(abc) when the device was in controller QVIRCD001. Am I missing something or would this be the expected result?

I'm wondering what named device do for pasthru anyway. Our parent uses this command in a program:

STRPASTHR RMTLOCNAME(S1029110) VRTDEV(abc) RMTUSER(USERX) RMTPWD(xxxxxx)

What can specifying device abc accomplish? Is this a holdover from 90's era OS? From what I understand, the OS should be able to create the necessary device to fit the pasthru users workstation on the fly.

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
ECHO, Incorporated
Lake Zurich, Illinois

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