{"id":35,"category_id":4,"slug":"vtam-switch","type":null,"name":"VTAM\/Switch","code":"SWI","content":"<p><strong>VTAM session manager<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Keep z\/OS and z\/VSE users from wasting time logging on and off of different VTAM applications.<\/strong> With VTAM\/Switch users can switch between multiple VTAM sessions (CICS, TSO, ICCF, IMS, TESTCICS, etc.) by either pressing a PF\/PA key, trigger command strings or by entering a special two position character string in conjunction with a PF key (even one reserved by an application). Multiple VTAM sessions with the same application is also allowed. Your users can have as many sessions as you are willing to give them. For instance, programmers can have multiple sessions in CICS and in their text editor.<strong><br>\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><img src=\"\/public\/multimedia\/userfiles\/image\/SWI\/SWI64-screen.jpg\" class=\"screen-image\" alt=\"VTAM\/Switch screen\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\"><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Systems Supported<\/strong><br>\r\n<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong> operates as a standard multiple VTAM sessions application for z\/OS and z\/VSE. Under z\/OS, it runs in its own address space. Under z\/VSE, it runs in its own partition (including dynamic partitions).<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Easy to Install<\/strong><br>\r\nA pre-generated 'EASY INSTALL' version is supplied and installs in minutes.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Easy to Use<\/strong><br>\r\nMany session managers require initial entry schemes. The user must sign-on entering a user-id and password. Then the user must select the various applications. Not with&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>. It can be set up so the only thing the users have to know is the PF\/PA key to switch sessions. Users need not know that&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>&nbsp;even exists, just that they 'suddenly' have the ability to run multiple VTAM sessions, do screen prints and receive messages from a central administrator.<\/p>\r\n<p>Predefined LOGON procedures can be set up for each user or for groups of users. Users who currently do not signon can be defined so they are automatically signed on to&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>&nbsp;and preset VTAM applications when&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>&nbsp;is activated (for example users can automatically have multiple CICS sessions available without having to go through LOGON procedures). VTAM\/Switch can be transparent to the point that users are never required to see a&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>&nbsp;menu. If you wish, some or all users can be given the ability to sign onto&nbsp;<strong>VTAM\/Switch<\/strong>&nbsp;and LOGON to various VTAM applications.<\/p>","summary":"","featured":1,"status":1,"passwords":1,"extended_info":"0","deleted_at":null,"created_at":"2017-11-14T23:21:27.000000Z","updated_at":"2017-12-02T02:28:56.000000Z","sorted_releases":[{"id":1034,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"7.1.04","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul><li>SWITCH release 7.1.004 has enhanced logic to remove expired SWITCH messages.\r\n  <\/li><li>SWITCH release 7.1.003 has new option (AXRACF) to <u>A<\/u>llow access to applications using ALIAS name instead of APPL name for applications defined to RACF.\r\n    <\/li><li>SWITCH release 7.1.003 includes a new sample CICS good morning program for custom CICS signon logic for customers.   <\/li><li>Performance improvement by removing Store Into Instruction Stream (SIIS) within the VTAM\/Switch programs\r\n    <\/li><li>Major performance improvement in the method used to clear storage buffers.\r\n  <\/li><li>New logon data variables, reference 1.9.4 LOGDATA Support.\r\n  <\/li><li>For installations using external security, new option to verify the User ID and password passed to VTAM\/Switch. In the event the verification fails, the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen is displayed, reference Control Table FLAGC parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>For installations using external security, new option to provide a generic authentication failure message to prevent bad actors from guessing which bad information is being supplied during sign-on, reference Control Table FLAGC parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>The SEGMENT command uses the IPWSEGM macro with KEEP=YES, making the Control Table SEGMENT parameter obsolete (VSE only).\r\n  <\/li><li>New feature for users using Menu=Married. The ROTATE command displays the page with the current application with the cursor positioned at the application,\r\n reference User Table FLAG1(6) parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>Load module routine enhanced to verify the module\u2019s RENT\/REUS attribute. In the event the module does not have the RENT\/REUS attributes, continue to load the module and issue a warning message (GSRLDPHH).\r\n  <\/li><li>Menu Divider Line feature added, reference section 5.15.1 Online Administration \u2013 Application Menus Select.   <\/li><li>Increases the limit of VTAM LOGDATA passed from the physical terminal to VTAM\/Switch from 62 to 126 bytes.\r\n  <\/li><li>Control Table Option TIMER and SHUT command enhancement to continue the shutdown after waiting a specified number of seconds to allow physical terminals to close.\r\n  <\/li><li>Control Table Option Flag B(8) enhanced to allow the User ID and password or phrase to be passed to VTAM\/Switch as VTAM LOGDATA.\r\n Reference Control Table FLAGB(8) and Section 4.2 Logging on to VTAM\/Switch.\r\n  <\/li><li>The \u201c?\u201d character assigned to the VTAM\/Switch command RETRIEVE.\r\n  <\/li><li>Timeout feature added to release the physical terminal back to VTAM after waiting a number of seconds for a sign-on screen response, reference Control Table TIMEOUT parameter. Event number 131 Sign-on wait time exceeded added.\r\n  <\/li><li>VTAM\/Switch definition filters are saved to be retrieved later and available for all users.\r\n  <\/li><li>Support for new MacKinney License Keys routine. The Control Table and $INIT member PWD1 through PWD6 parameters are obsolete. Reference section 1.3 MacKinney License Key<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Event number 98 Appl maximum sessions allowed added.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Logical Terminal table macro GS$DFL changed to generate multiple definitions from a single statement using alphabetic characters. Reference Logical Terminal <\/span>TERMID<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Automatically updates the user's control block after an Administration change to the user's <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">record. The automatic update occurs when the user's Session Selection screen is refreshed.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">For physical SNA terminals only, an option to use exception response mode was added. Reference Control Table <\/span>RESPONSE<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter.<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">New<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> <\/span>Director Session Selection menu screen available, reference 4.5.5 Director Session Selection.<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li>New Session Selection menu option called \u201cDirector\u201d. This option displays the Session Selection screen listing each application to open or select in a single line entry with 2 applications per line format. Only the application description and its status are listed. Applications are opened or selected by any of the following methods:\r\n  <ul><li>1.&nbsp; Select the application from screen.<\/li><li>2.&nbsp; Pressing a PF KEY listed next to application.&nbsp;<\/li><li>3.&nbsp; Cursor select by moving cursor over the application name.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Added a new setting to the <\/span>LASTOFF<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter in the GSFDFCT table to limit the LASTOFF function to only applications with a specific name or prefix. The LASTOFF parameter directs VTAM\/Switch to logoff the user from VTAM\/Switch if the user is logging off the last application the user has open in VTAM\/Switch.<\/span>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<p><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n  <\/p>\r\n<p><br><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;\r\n<\/p>","released_on":"2025-11-20T20:59:33.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":954,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.7","notes":"<p><\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For z\/OS installations only, provides support for Secured Sign-on using PassTickets. &nbsp;<\/li><li>For z\/VSE installations only, the Control Table (GSFDFCT) SEGMENT parameter\u2019s default changed to KEEP=YES. &nbsp;This keeps all the output attributes from the last segment and applies them to the next segment.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2019-07-31T16:57:34.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":840,"parent_id":954,"product_id":35,"release":"6.7.01","notes":"<p><br><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For z\/OS installations only, provides support for Secured Sign-on using PassTickets. &nbsp;<\/li><li>For z\/VSE installations only, the Control Table (GSFDFCT) SEGMENT parameter\u2019s default changed to KEEP=YES. &nbsp;This keeps all the output attributes from the last segment and applies them to the next segment.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2019-07-31T16:57:51.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":798,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.6","notes":"<ul><li>Support for Model 3\/4\/5 and larger screen sizes added to all VTAM\/Switch paging screens (excluding the GSFDIFL screen).<\/li><li>Trace added to display the RPL information when a VTAM Issue Conditional fails.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2018-10-16T21:22:11.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":712,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Dynamic Logical Terminal feature was added. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>\n <div>\n  Added the terminal's TCP\/IP address to events numbers 86 (terminal open) and 87 (terminal close).\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>Execute any VTAM\/Switch commands in a source member through VTAM\/Switch command line.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Profile Group Table GSFDFDG is added. \u00a0This new table defines multiple VTAM\/Switch application groups and other applications available to the user. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Three new VTAM\/Switch features added for the ROTATE command:\u00a0<strong>1.<\/strong> The ROTATE command 2nd parameter OPENX option added. In the event the user does not currently have a session with the alias, the ROTATE command attempts to start a session with the alias not defined to VTAM\/Switch. <strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Option to automatically add the 2nd parameter option OPENX to the ROTATE command. \u00a0<strong>3.<\/strong> The LOGDATA parameter added to the ROTATE command.<\/li>\n <li>Exit GSFEX03 is added to control the APPLID used by VTAM\/Switch to start of new session.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New Script Table (GSFDFSC) TEST option to check the user variables %USER, %DEPT, %PRM1, %PRM2, %PRM3 and %PRM4.<\/li>\n <li>Option to control the maximum length for a password phrase added for z\/OS installation. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Option added to the LIBRARYL command to display DISABLED logical terminals only.<\/li>\n <li>Programs GSMDFAP, GSMDFAX, GSMDFLG, GSMDFMC, GSMDFPH, GSMDFPX and GSMDFUS to create the VTAM\/Switch tables GSFDFAP, GSFDFAX, GSFDFLG, GSFDFMC, GSFDFPH, GSFDFPX and GSFDFUS from the definitions on the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Batch program GSMMIGR to migrate the VTAM\/Switch tables GSFDFAP, GSFDFAX, GSFDFLG, GSFDFMC, GSFDFPH, GSFDFPX and GSPFDFUS to the VTAM\/Swich VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Program GSMLIST produces a listing of all definitions on the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Change applications, logical terminals, physical terminals and printers, users, application groups and physical groups through the VTAM\/Switch command line.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Entering the FIND command immediately after the GSCFINDA string is not found message, re-starts the command from the top of the display.<\/li>\n <li>Retrieve the previous VTAM\/Switch commands added.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the export\/import dataset name is saved.<\/li>\n <li>Added support to display VTAM\/Switch definitions using a filter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2016-09-19T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":769,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.16","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-03-29T16:46:21.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":762,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.12","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-02-02T17:46:15.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":723,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.05","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2017-01-06T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":580,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.4","notes":"<ul>\n<li>Added ability to specify the VTAM\/Switch license information\n(password(s)) in PDS source member $INIT.<\/li>\n<li>Added Application Menus.<\/li>\n<li>Added the VTAM\/Switch RETURN command.<\/li>\n<li>Added scripting variable %PHRPWD. The %PHRPWD variable is populated\nwith the password phrase (when available) or the password when the\npassword phrase is not available. \u00a0Reference Script Table SCRIPT\nvariable.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to start a new session with an application and\nprevent the assigned script from executing. \u00a0Reference the OPEN\nand OPENN commands.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to display all VTAM\/Switch users currently using an\nalias. \u00a0Reference the LIBRARYL command.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to display the number of active, break and total\nusers. \u00a0Reference the LIBRARYU command.<\/li>\n<li>Added four VTAM\/Switch scripting parameters %PRM1, %PRM2, %PRM3 and\n%PRM4. \u00a0Reference new Profile Options screen and Script Table\nSCRIPT variable.<\/li>\n<li>Added scripting variable %DEPT. \u00a0The %DEPT variable is\npopulated with the RACF Work Attribute WADEPT. \u00a0Reference Script\nTable SCRIPT variable.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced the TRACE command to terminate all tracing with a single\ncommand. \u00a0Reference the TRACE command.<\/li>\n<li>Added VTAM\/Switch command PROFILEA to allow VTAM\/Switch\nadministrators to access another VTAM\/Switch user's profile\ninformation. \u00a0Reference the PROFILEA command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to trace all RACF security calls. \u00a0Reference the\nTRACE command.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced LIBUX command to display Printer, Last Logon Date and Type\nof User. \u00a0Reference the LIBUX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to bypass the Menu List screen for single item\ndisplays<\/li>\n<li>Reference the User Table FLAG1(3) parameter.\u00a0Added 128 Byte\nBuffer pool expansion in VTAM exit processing.<\/li>\n<li>Prevents S106-E ABEND when the NEWCOPY command is issued for the\nmodule causing the z\/OS VTAM\/Switch load library to take another\nextent. \u00a0Previous VTAM\/Switch releases required defining the\nVTAM\/Switch load library with zero secondary allocation. \u00a0Now the\nVTAM\/Switch load library can be defined with a non-zero secondary\nallocation<\/li>\n<li>Added option to list another user's PFkey\nsettings. \u00a0Reference the KEYSX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to list another user's application\nlist. \u00a0Reference the APPLX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to omit fields from the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.\n\u00a0Reference Logon Screen Fields section.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to pass the VTAM\/Switch user id and password in the\nVTAM LOGDATA. \u00a0Reference Control Table FLAGB(8) and Section 4.2\nLogging on to VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n<li>Added Timeout Purge feature for logical sessions. \u00a0Reference\nControl Table TIMEOUT.<\/li>\n<li>For z\/VSE installations, both console communication methods (WTOR\nand MODIFY) are available at the same time.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2014-09-08T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":642,"parent_id":580,"product_id":35,"release":"6.4.08","notes":"\n<p>\u00a0Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2015-07-22T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":467,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>For z\/OS installations, RACF password phrase support was added.<\/strong><\/span> Reference the Control Table SECURE parameter.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>For z\/OS installations, option to pass the physical terminal TCP\/IP address to CICS has been added.<\/strong><\/span> Reference Section 2.12 Passing VTAM\/Switch Information to Applications.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to the TRACE command to automatically turn on a FULL trace for any physical terminals starting a session with VTAM\/Switch.Reference the TRACE command.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, in the event a VTAM\/Switch dynamic module load fails, the LOAD macro ABEND and Reason codes are displayed.<\/li>\n <li>Macro GS$DFS was changed to generate a GONE +EXIT statement when a TEST statement is the last statement for the application within the group.<\/li>\n <li>Option to display all VTAM\/Switch users currently using an application has been added. Reference the LIBRARYL command.<\/li>\n <li>Option to bypass the need to press PF1 to acquire VTAM\/Switch user after entering the correct password has been added. Reference the Control Table ACQUIRE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, new VTAM\/Switch exit GSFEX01 provided to determine when a SAF security call will be used to verify the user's ID and password or immediately prevent access to VTAM\/Switch.\u00a0 Reference section 2.13.1 GSFEX01.<\/li>\n <li>Masking option for the variable &USER was created. Reference section 1.9.4 LOGDATA support.<\/li>\n <li>New administration option \"14: Refresh User Application Menu\". The new option will start the procedure to refresh the application menu and any \"Administration Users\" changes for all users currently using VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the physical terminal's TCP\/IP address will be placed on the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, places the SID name on the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the VTAM\/Switch user will receive a message when the RACF password will expire within the specified number of days. Reference Control Table parameter SECURE.<\/li>\n <li>New feature to toggle between File Transfer Mode ENABLED and File Transfer Mode DISABLED has been added. Reference the ROTATE command.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, option to set the VTAM\/Switch user's Macro Group and\/or Application Group name to the RACF ACEE Group name has been added. Reference Control Table FLAGB(1) and FLAGB(2) parameters.<\/li>\n <li>New IMMED option added to the VTAM\/Switch PURGE command. This option will use VTAM commands to close both the user's physical terminal all logical terminals. Reference the PURGE command.<\/li>\n <li>New VTAM\/Switch events added. Reference 3.13.2 VTAM\/Switch Events.<\/li>\n <li>New option to control logical terminal sharing between different VTAM application has been added at the logical terminal level. Reference the Logical Terminal SHARE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to display the VTAM\/Switch Session Selection screen when a user in break mode reconnects to VTAM\/Switch. Reference the User Table UFLAG(1) parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to specify the VTAM LOGMODE in the user profile application entry or in the Application Group Table has been added. Reference the Application Group Table LOGMODE parameter, User profile application entry LOGMODE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to determine when to filter down the global application definition LOGMODE and LOGDATA information to the user's profile application definition. Reference Control Table AXFLAG and Application Group Table FLAG1 parameters.<\/li>\n <li>Administration and Profile menu screens have been modified to process all line commands.<\/li>\n <li>New option to bypass the Administration and Profile delete confirmation screen. Reference the User Table UFLAG(2) parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New DELETE command added to remove administration and profile records from the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file. Reference the DELETE command.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-09-28T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":527,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.41","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2013-02-28T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":496,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.28","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2012-05-30T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":476,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.09","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-11-30T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":400,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.2","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Support for larger 3290 screen size was added.<\/li>\n <li>Trigger parameter option &PARM was added, reference Section 2.9 Trigger Feature.<\/li>\n <li>Automatic Restart Manager (ARM) facility was added. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>Multiple line console command responses changed to MLWTO to keep all the lines together on the console and in the SYSLOG. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>Moved the VTAM\/Switch internal task work area(s) and 128 byte buffers above the line reducing the private space requirements. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>The TCP\/IP address of the Telnet terminal is retrieved from the CINIT RU vector data. The TCP\/IP address can be passed to the application as LOGDATA.<\/li>\n <li>Option to use \"Close Dest\/Pass\" for any application.<\/li>\n <li>New TRACE command option $CINIT was added.<\/li>\n <li>VTAM Generic Resource function has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Removed the requirement to calculate the VTAM\/Switch buffer pools. The following Control Table GSFDFCT parameters have been removed: BUFDSL, BUF128, BUF64, BUF2K, BUF4K and XDSPCT.<\/li>\n <li>Added tracing facility for failed scripting TEST commands.<\/li>\n <li>Support for generic scripting using the APPL parameter has been added.<\/li>\n <li>New feature to start the procedure to refresh the application menu and any \"Administration Users\" changes for all users currently using VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2010-07-22T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":414,"parent_id":400,"product_id":35,"release":"6.2.22","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-01-19T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":369,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added support to specify the VTAM APPLID on the JCL EXEC statement via PARM= parameter.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Appends the VTAM\/Switch USERID to the VTAM\/Switch command messages written to the GSLOG dataset.<\/li>\n <li>Added field sensitive help for the VTAM\/Switch administration screens.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to place the cursor at the command line for VTAM\/Switch administration screens.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>More help information was added for the LIBx screens.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations, the RACF calls to verify the user will be done on a separate TCB to prevent VTAM\/Switch from hanging when RACF waits on an operator reply.<\/li>\n <li>Added audit logging of VTAM\/Switch definition changes through the administration menus.<\/li>\n <li>Refresh command added for VTAM\/Switch LIBx commands to reissue the command without re-keying the command.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Added option to PURGE command to terminate logical sessions for user.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations, VTAM\/Switch will write SMF records.<\/li>\n <li>Improves the generic processing to filter VTAM\/Switch definitions on the Administration screens and line commands by allowing the masking characters defined in the Control Table to be used in any position of the definition name.<\/li>\n <li>Provided a generic APPLID\/ALIAS for the logical terminal to application restriction.<\/li>\n <li>For VSE installations only; allows the console interface \"MSG partition|jobname,DATA=command\".\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Message suppression to either the SYSLOG or GSLOG has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Optional feature to rebuild the VTAM\/Switch internal storage files.\u00a0 Feature created for MVS installations using the VSAM RLS feature.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Support for external security mixed case passwords has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to not timeout an application in auto refresh mode.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, pressing the ATTN key immediately a 2nd time will simulate the ATTN key to the application and return the user to session mode.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allowing the PF3 key to LOGOFF the user on the VTAM\/Switch Session Selection screen.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations; option to change the console route code from 1 to 13 for all VTAM\/Switch messages.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows users with OPENX authority to add applications to their application menu through the user PROFILE feature.<\/li>\n <li>Support for a repeat FIND command for VTAM\/Switch screens.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows a \"trigger string\" keyed on an application screen to perform a VTAM\/Switch command.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows the user to control which applications will be opened when the user signs onto VTAM\/Switch.\u00a0 This option is available to installations using the Online User Profile option.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature to clone the VTAM\/Switch user profile records.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature to export\/import VTAM\/Switch user profile records.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Added VTAM Logdata field to Administration Application Groups, Profile Applications and Application Group Table GSFDFAX.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2009-11-09T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":376,"parent_id":369,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1.13","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2010-02-01T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":374,"parent_id":369,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1.10","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release<\/p>\n","released_on":"2010-01-26T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":745,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.0","notes":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2007-11-29T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":268,"parent_id":745,"product_id":35,"release":"6.0.55","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Removed support for the VSE VIO option .<\/li>\n <li>Removed support for executing VTAM\/SWITCH as a VTAM subtask.<\/li>\n <li>Added feature to automatically expand the VTAM\/SWITCH buffer pools.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for extended data streams on VTAM\/SWITCH screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added option to customize PFKeys on VTAM\/SWITCH screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added paging support for the alternate VTAM\/SWITCH Session Selection screen.<\/li>\n <li>Added new VTAM\/SWITCH Session Selection screen to combine application available and applications currently open.<\/li>\n <li>Added on-line administration panels to customize VTAM\/SWITCH replacing the assembled tables.<\/li>\n <li>Created a new buffer pool above the 16MB line for many control blocks using 128 byte buffers.<\/li>\n <li>Improved the VTAM\/SWITCH help screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added the FIND command to locate text on a VTAM\/SWITCH screen.<\/li>\n <li>Added generic logical terminal support to the ENABLEL command.<\/li>\n <li>Added the DISABLEL command to disable a logical terminal.<\/li>\n <li>Added the PROFILE command to allow the user to customize their PFkeys and printer.<\/li>\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH scripting changes. \n <ol>\n  <li>Added option to the VTAM\/SWITCH scripting TEST command to scan the entire line rather than a specific column.<\/li>\n  <li>Added conditional IF\/GOTO logic.<\/li>\n  <li>Added scripting masking feature for the VTAM\/SWITCH userid.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/li>\n <li>Added support for VSE\/ESA SAF security calls.<\/li>\n <li>Added options to Control Table AXRACF parameter: \n <ol>\n  <li>Not allow access to applications undefined to RACF.<\/li>\n  <li>ADM class users can use application group rather than RACF definitions.<\/li>\n  <li>RACF application resource class can be modified.<\/li>\n  <li>Number of active sessions with same application can be limited.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/li>\n <li>TIMEOUT PURGE feature is now always active.<\/li>\n <li>Created EVENT #92, Physical Terminal Error<\/li>\n <li>Messages are assigned an expiration date and time and will be purged when they expire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2007-11-29T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":269,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.5","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Option to build the Application Selection menu from RACF definitions rather than the GSFDFAX table has been added, reference Control Table (GSFDFCT) parameter AXRACF.<\/li>\r\n <li>SHOW command is issued when VTAM\/SWITCH is terminated to display the buffer usage.<\/li>\r\n <li>Option to generate multiple logical terminal definitions with a single definition has been added, reference Logical Terminal Table parameter TERMID.<\/li>\r\n <li>Scripting test has been changed to be case insensitive.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"2000-07-26T23:34:05.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":270,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.4","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Prints the user and terminal IDs along with the date and time for VTAM\/SWITCH screen prints printed on a printer with the option TSTAMP=YES specified.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, EXTDS, controls which extended datastreams VTAM\/SWITCH will request the terminal to return when saving the screen's image.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional feature to prevent a VTAM\/SWITCH user from getting any mail or broadcast messages. Requires that the user be assigned to the message group \"NOMAIL\".<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, AXORDER, allows the applications listed on the Application Selection screen to be in the order listed in the Application table (GSFDFAP) or the Application Group table (GSFDFAX).<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional application table parameter, NETID, allows the VTAM NETID to be specified for an application. This allows duplicate application names on more than one VTAM network.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGMOD, for installations using the VTAM MSGMOD parameter.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, TIMEOUT, has been changed to specify the amount of time, up to 999 seconds, that VTAM\/SWITCH waits for a response from the physical terminal before attempting to terminate the non-responding task.<\/li>\r\n <li>All dates displayed by VTAM\/SWITCH now include the century.<\/li>\r\n <li>A logging facility has been added to record all messages sent to the system console. (Sent to SYSLST for VSE, SYSPRINT for MVS). A new command, SEGMENT makes this log available for viewing in VSE installation or will \"SPIN\" the log for MVS. In addition, any VTAM\/SWITCH internal tracing information is now written to this log rather than the console.<\/li>\r\n <li>Several VTAM\/SWITCH messages have been changed to add parameter information to the message. For example, using the VTAM\/SWITCH command \"NEWCOPY GSFDFLG\" produces message \"(GSCNEWCA) ** NEW COPY OF MODULE LOADED **\". This message has been changed to \"(GSCNEWCA)** NEW COPY OF MODULE GSFDFLG LOADED **\".<\/li>\r\n <li>New VTAM\/SWITCH command, LIBRARYC, has been added to display the information in the current command table.<\/li>\r\n <li>Event logging has been added to record when certain VTAM\/SWITCH events occur. (i.e., when logical sessions are opened and\/or closed.) Installations may choose which VTAM\/SWITCH events will be recorded.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDINT, allows the broadcast screen (GSFDIBR) to be initialized.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDCST, controls when the broadcast message is displayed to the user. This makes the control table parameter BRDNOA obsolete.<\/li>\r\n <li>In addition to the CLEAR key, the PF3 key will now clear a VTAM\/SWITCH message or broadcast.<\/li>\r\n <li>Control table parameter USSMENU and user table parameter SSMENU has been changed to allow the original Session Selection screen to be compressed.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional feature to route a message based on application ID has been added.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-09-10T23:02:07.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":271,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.2","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added year 2000 compatibility.<\/li>\r\n <li>Reduction in network traffic and dramatically improved response time on the VTAM\/SWITCH OPEN screen. This screen has been changed from issuing synchronous requests for an application status to asynchronous requests. In addition, logic is in place to significantly reduce the number of requests issued. These changes will result in nearly instantaneous response on this screen. You may see a status of \"checking\" as an application status on some slower remote applications. This means the asynchronous request has not yet completed. Simply press the enter key again to update the status<\/li>\r\n <li>Elimination of potential VTAM\/SWITCH hangs on the VTAM\/SWITCH OPEN screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>In very large networks, some Synchronous Application Status Requests were not being completed causing the SWITCH user to hang and potentially causing the entire SWITCH to hang as it reached its maxuser value. All Synchronous Application Status Requests have now been removed entirely from SWITCH.<\/li>\r\n <li>For MVS\/ESA, OS\/390 or VSE\/ESA installations, most VTAM\/SWITCH storage is allocated above the 16mb line. This will increase the number of users a single VTAM\/SWITCH will support.<\/li>\r\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH feature to notify a user after a printing failure has been changed. When multiple VTAM\/SWITCH screen prints are to be printed, the last user requesting the screen print will be notified instead of the first when a print error occurs.<\/li>\r\n <li>A new parameter has been added to the NEWS command to prevent VTAM\/SWITCH messages or broadcasts from interrupting the user. This can be very useful while performing file transfers.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, SELCHR, is available to allow any character, other than \"C\", to select an application on the VTAM\/SWITCH SESSION SELECTION screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGNLG, is available to prevent any VTAM\/SWITCH message from being routed to a user who is not currently logged on.<\/li>\r\n <li>For MVS TOP SECRET installations, the actual TOP SECRET message is returned to the user rather than the VTAM\/SWITCH message generated from the SAF return codes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, PFKNO, is available to remove the PFkey line used on the bottom of VTAM\/SWITCH screens<\/li>\r\n <li>New physical terminal table option for the FEED parameter to perform two form feeds after each VTAM\/SWITCH screen print.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, SCRCLR, is available to allow the VTAM\/SWITCH scripting logic to process a CLEAR screen command from a VTAM application.<\/li>\r\n <li>New LIBRARYU parameter, ACTIVE, is available to limit the VTAM\/SWITCH user display to only users currently logged on to VTAM\/SWITCH<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGNPR, is available to disable the VTAM\/SWITCH print screen key for messages only.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, PRTDEL, is available to delete the VTAM\/SWITCH screen print request after a printer error.<\/li>\r\n <li>Application table parameter, LOGDATA, has been increased from 20 to 40 bytes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, CLRSGN, has been changed to specify the number of unsuccessful VTAM\/SWITCH signon attempts before the terminal will be released by VTAM\/SWITCH to VTAM USSTAB.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDNOA, is available to prevent the automatic VTAM\/SWITCH broadcast display when issued.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, LGAPPL, is available to determine whether the value specified for logical terminal table APPL= parameter is the application's ACB or ALIAS name.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, APPLVR, is available to determine whether the applications on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection screen are displayed vertically or horizontally.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, DYNTYPE, is available to determine how VTAM\/SWITCH will generate the TERMTYP for all dynamic physical terminals.<\/li>\r\n <li>The VTAM\/SWITCH group name will be displayed with the message for all VTAM\/MESSAGE messages sent using the ROUTE G,xxxx command.<\/li>\r\n <li>Highlights active applications on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, CLRCMD, is available to clear the VTAM\/SWITCH command line whenever an error message is returned on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection or<br>\r\n session selection screens.<\/li>\r\n <li>New application group table parameter, MAXSESS, is available to restrict the number of logical sessions per application.<\/li>\r\n <li>Control table parameter, HIDEOFF, has been changed to allow a HIDE user to return to the VTAM\/SWITCH signon screen rather than the VTAM USSTAB after closing their current session.<\/li>\r\n <li>Improved the PURGE user, TASK facility. VTAM\/SWITCH will close the physical terminal and wait for the hung task to complete before cleaning up the internal control blocks.<\/li>\r\n <li>Automatic purge facility for hung task. Using the existing timeout feature, VTAM\/SWITCH will close the physical terminal (based upon the control table TERMERR parameter), close all logical terminals or the current logical terminal, and wait for the hung task to complete before cleaning up the internal control blocks for any task older than 60 seconds.<\/li>\r\n <li>Allows for forward and backward paging on any VTAM\/SWITCH display screen by number of lines rather than by full pages.<\/li>\r\n <li>Applications displayed on the applications selection screen are now in the order of the application group table.<\/li>\r\n <li>New VTAM\/SWITCH commands, LIBRARYG and LIBRARYH, have been added to display the application group and physical terminal group tables respectively.<\/li>\r\n <li>\"Point and Shoot\" has been added to the session selection screen. Applications can be selected by placing the cursor and pressing enter.<\/li>\r\n <li>Paging for the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection and session selection screens has been added.<\/li>\r\n <li>TOP SECRET for VSE support is now available<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-05-05T23:02:39.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":272,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Options BUF128W and BUF128M monitor the 128 byte buffer usage.<\/li>\n <li>Optional IMMED parameter to the SHUT command to immediately terminate VTAM\/SWITCH<\/li>\n <li>Optional LOGMODE parameter in the LOGICAL Terminal Table (GSFDFLG) to be used in the BIND when opening a new session.<\/li>\n <li>Applications may be restricted to only the logical terminals defined with the APPL parm<\/li>\n <li>Optional physical terminal query to determine screen sizes and terminal type<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1994-03-04T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":273,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.0","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Error recovery has been improved. VTAM\/SWITCH's outstanding VTAM request, hung terminals, may be canceled using the PURGE command<\/li>\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH messages may be printed.<\/li>\n <li>A new SESSION SELECTION screen is available. This screen displays the opened sessions and a list of applications available to the user.<\/li>\n <li>Masking is available for userids and physical terminal ids.<\/li>\n <li>An alias may be defined for any printer.<\/li>\n <li>Added optional new password verification for external security installations.<\/li>\n <li>Added optional timeout feature for users in BREAK mode<\/li>\n <li>MVS modify command is supported for VTAM\/SWITCH's console interface<\/li>\n <li>LIBUX command is enhanced to display the user's logical sessions.<\/li>\n <li>LIBPX command was added to display all physical terminal information<\/li>\n <li>Printer control has been enhanced with options EJECT, FEED, LINESKP, and TSTAMP.<\/li>\n <li>Optional VTAM logdata or logmode, used during session open, may be assigned to each application<\/li>\n <li>An alias may be defined for any application.<\/li>\n <li>Option DYNUSER to NOT allow dynamic user for external security installations has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Logical terminals may be displayed for a specified logical group only<\/li>\n <li>Control Table (GSFDFCT) may be new copied (some limitations apply).<\/li>\n <li>Multiple scripts for same application are allowed.<\/li>\n <li>Logon macros may be displayed with the LIBRARYM command<\/li>\n <li>PFkeys are displayed on SWITCH screens<\/li>\n <li>VTAM applid for SWITCH displays in the console command interface message<\/li>\n <li>Extended Data Streams are restored after a session rotate.<\/li>\n <li>An interface to the product NETSPY is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1993-08-03T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}],"releases":[{"id":269,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.5","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Option to build the Application Selection menu from RACF definitions rather than the GSFDFAX table has been added, reference Control Table (GSFDFCT) parameter AXRACF.<\/li>\r\n <li>SHOW command is issued when VTAM\/SWITCH is terminated to display the buffer usage.<\/li>\r\n <li>Option to generate multiple logical terminal definitions with a single definition has been added, reference Logical Terminal Table parameter TERMID.<\/li>\r\n <li>Scripting test has been changed to be case insensitive.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"2000-07-26T23:34:05.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":270,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.4","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Prints the user and terminal IDs along with the date and time for VTAM\/SWITCH screen prints printed on a printer with the option TSTAMP=YES specified.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, EXTDS, controls which extended datastreams VTAM\/SWITCH will request the terminal to return when saving the screen's image.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional feature to prevent a VTAM\/SWITCH user from getting any mail or broadcast messages. Requires that the user be assigned to the message group \"NOMAIL\".<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, AXORDER, allows the applications listed on the Application Selection screen to be in the order listed in the Application table (GSFDFAP) or the Application Group table (GSFDFAX).<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional application table parameter, NETID, allows the VTAM NETID to be specified for an application. This allows duplicate application names on more than one VTAM network.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGMOD, for installations using the VTAM MSGMOD parameter.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, TIMEOUT, has been changed to specify the amount of time, up to 999 seconds, that VTAM\/SWITCH waits for a response from the physical terminal before attempting to terminate the non-responding task.<\/li>\r\n <li>All dates displayed by VTAM\/SWITCH now include the century.<\/li>\r\n <li>A logging facility has been added to record all messages sent to the system console. (Sent to SYSLST for VSE, SYSPRINT for MVS). A new command, SEGMENT makes this log available for viewing in VSE installation or will \"SPIN\" the log for MVS. In addition, any VTAM\/SWITCH internal tracing information is now written to this log rather than the console.<\/li>\r\n <li>Several VTAM\/SWITCH messages have been changed to add parameter information to the message. For example, using the VTAM\/SWITCH command \"NEWCOPY GSFDFLG\" produces message \"(GSCNEWCA) ** NEW COPY OF MODULE LOADED **\". This message has been changed to \"(GSCNEWCA)** NEW COPY OF MODULE GSFDFLG LOADED **\".<\/li>\r\n <li>New VTAM\/SWITCH command, LIBRARYC, has been added to display the information in the current command table.<\/li>\r\n <li>Event logging has been added to record when certain VTAM\/SWITCH events occur. (i.e., when logical sessions are opened and\/or closed.) Installations may choose which VTAM\/SWITCH events will be recorded.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDINT, allows the broadcast screen (GSFDIBR) to be initialized.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDCST, controls when the broadcast message is displayed to the user. This makes the control table parameter BRDNOA obsolete.<\/li>\r\n <li>In addition to the CLEAR key, the PF3 key will now clear a VTAM\/SWITCH message or broadcast.<\/li>\r\n <li>Control table parameter USSMENU and user table parameter SSMENU has been changed to allow the original Session Selection screen to be compressed.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional feature to route a message based on application ID has been added.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-09-10T23:02:07.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":271,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.2","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added year 2000 compatibility.<\/li>\r\n <li>Reduction in network traffic and dramatically improved response time on the VTAM\/SWITCH OPEN screen. This screen has been changed from issuing synchronous requests for an application status to asynchronous requests. In addition, logic is in place to significantly reduce the number of requests issued. These changes will result in nearly instantaneous response on this screen. You may see a status of \"checking\" as an application status on some slower remote applications. This means the asynchronous request has not yet completed. Simply press the enter key again to update the status<\/li>\r\n <li>Elimination of potential VTAM\/SWITCH hangs on the VTAM\/SWITCH OPEN screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>In very large networks, some Synchronous Application Status Requests were not being completed causing the SWITCH user to hang and potentially causing the entire SWITCH to hang as it reached its maxuser value. All Synchronous Application Status Requests have now been removed entirely from SWITCH.<\/li>\r\n <li>For MVS\/ESA, OS\/390 or VSE\/ESA installations, most VTAM\/SWITCH storage is allocated above the 16mb line. This will increase the number of users a single VTAM\/SWITCH will support.<\/li>\r\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH feature to notify a user after a printing failure has been changed. When multiple VTAM\/SWITCH screen prints are to be printed, the last user requesting the screen print will be notified instead of the first when a print error occurs.<\/li>\r\n <li>A new parameter has been added to the NEWS command to prevent VTAM\/SWITCH messages or broadcasts from interrupting the user. This can be very useful while performing file transfers.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, SELCHR, is available to allow any character, other than \"C\", to select an application on the VTAM\/SWITCH SESSION SELECTION screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGNLG, is available to prevent any VTAM\/SWITCH message from being routed to a user who is not currently logged on.<\/li>\r\n <li>For MVS TOP SECRET installations, the actual TOP SECRET message is returned to the user rather than the VTAM\/SWITCH message generated from the SAF return codes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, PFKNO, is available to remove the PFkey line used on the bottom of VTAM\/SWITCH screens<\/li>\r\n <li>New physical terminal table option for the FEED parameter to perform two form feeds after each VTAM\/SWITCH screen print.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, SCRCLR, is available to allow the VTAM\/SWITCH scripting logic to process a CLEAR screen command from a VTAM application.<\/li>\r\n <li>New LIBRARYU parameter, ACTIVE, is available to limit the VTAM\/SWITCH user display to only users currently logged on to VTAM\/SWITCH<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, MSGNPR, is available to disable the VTAM\/SWITCH print screen key for messages only.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, PRTDEL, is available to delete the VTAM\/SWITCH screen print request after a printer error.<\/li>\r\n <li>Application table parameter, LOGDATA, has been increased from 20 to 40 bytes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, CLRSGN, has been changed to specify the number of unsuccessful VTAM\/SWITCH signon attempts before the terminal will be released by VTAM\/SWITCH to VTAM USSTAB.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, BRDNOA, is available to prevent the automatic VTAM\/SWITCH broadcast display when issued.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, LGAPPL, is available to determine whether the value specified for logical terminal table APPL= parameter is the application's ACB or ALIAS name.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, APPLVR, is available to determine whether the applications on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection screen are displayed vertically or horizontally.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, DYNTYPE, is available to determine how VTAM\/SWITCH will generate the TERMTYP for all dynamic physical terminals.<\/li>\r\n <li>The VTAM\/SWITCH group name will be displayed with the message for all VTAM\/MESSAGE messages sent using the ROUTE G,xxxx command.<\/li>\r\n <li>Highlights active applications on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Optional control table parameter, CLRCMD, is available to clear the VTAM\/SWITCH command line whenever an error message is returned on the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection or<br>\r\n session selection screens.<\/li>\r\n <li>New application group table parameter, MAXSESS, is available to restrict the number of logical sessions per application.<\/li>\r\n <li>Control table parameter, HIDEOFF, has been changed to allow a HIDE user to return to the VTAM\/SWITCH signon screen rather than the VTAM USSTAB after closing their current session.<\/li>\r\n <li>Improved the PURGE user, TASK facility. VTAM\/SWITCH will close the physical terminal and wait for the hung task to complete before cleaning up the internal control blocks.<\/li>\r\n <li>Automatic purge facility for hung task. Using the existing timeout feature, VTAM\/SWITCH will close the physical terminal (based upon the control table TERMERR parameter), close all logical terminals or the current logical terminal, and wait for the hung task to complete before cleaning up the internal control blocks for any task older than 60 seconds.<\/li>\r\n <li>Allows for forward and backward paging on any VTAM\/SWITCH display screen by number of lines rather than by full pages.<\/li>\r\n <li>Applications displayed on the applications selection screen are now in the order of the application group table.<\/li>\r\n <li>New VTAM\/SWITCH commands, LIBRARYG and LIBRARYH, have been added to display the application group and physical terminal group tables respectively.<\/li>\r\n <li>\"Point and Shoot\" has been added to the session selection screen. Applications can be selected by placing the cursor and pressing enter.<\/li>\r\n <li>Paging for the VTAM\/SWITCH application selection and session selection screens has been added.<\/li>\r\n <li>TOP SECRET for VSE support is now available<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1999-05-05T23:02:39.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":272,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Options BUF128W and BUF128M monitor the 128 byte buffer usage.<\/li>\n <li>Optional IMMED parameter to the SHUT command to immediately terminate VTAM\/SWITCH<\/li>\n <li>Optional LOGMODE parameter in the LOGICAL Terminal Table (GSFDFLG) to be used in the BIND when opening a new session.<\/li>\n <li>Applications may be restricted to only the logical terminals defined with the APPL parm<\/li>\n <li>Optional physical terminal query to determine screen sizes and terminal type<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1994-03-04T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":273,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"5.0","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Error recovery has been improved. VTAM\/SWITCH's outstanding VTAM request, hung terminals, may be canceled using the PURGE command<\/li>\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH messages may be printed.<\/li>\n <li>A new SESSION SELECTION screen is available. This screen displays the opened sessions and a list of applications available to the user.<\/li>\n <li>Masking is available for userids and physical terminal ids.<\/li>\n <li>An alias may be defined for any printer.<\/li>\n <li>Added optional new password verification for external security installations.<\/li>\n <li>Added optional timeout feature for users in BREAK mode<\/li>\n <li>MVS modify command is supported for VTAM\/SWITCH's console interface<\/li>\n <li>LIBUX command is enhanced to display the user's logical sessions.<\/li>\n <li>LIBPX command was added to display all physical terminal information<\/li>\n <li>Printer control has been enhanced with options EJECT, FEED, LINESKP, and TSTAMP.<\/li>\n <li>Optional VTAM logdata or logmode, used during session open, may be assigned to each application<\/li>\n <li>An alias may be defined for any application.<\/li>\n <li>Option DYNUSER to NOT allow dynamic user for external security installations has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Logical terminals may be displayed for a specified logical group only<\/li>\n <li>Control Table (GSFDFCT) may be new copied (some limitations apply).<\/li>\n <li>Multiple scripts for same application are allowed.<\/li>\n <li>Logon macros may be displayed with the LIBRARYM command<\/li>\n <li>PFkeys are displayed on SWITCH screens<\/li>\n <li>VTAM applid for SWITCH displays in the console command interface message<\/li>\n <li>Extended Data Streams are restored after a session rotate.<\/li>\n <li>An interface to the product NETSPY is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1993-08-03T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":369,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added support to specify the VTAM APPLID on the JCL EXEC statement via PARM= parameter.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Appends the VTAM\/Switch USERID to the VTAM\/Switch command messages written to the GSLOG dataset.<\/li>\n <li>Added field sensitive help for the VTAM\/Switch administration screens.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to place the cursor at the command line for VTAM\/Switch administration screens.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>More help information was added for the LIBx screens.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations, the RACF calls to verify the user will be done on a separate TCB to prevent VTAM\/Switch from hanging when RACF waits on an operator reply.<\/li>\n <li>Added audit logging of VTAM\/Switch definition changes through the administration menus.<\/li>\n <li>Refresh command added for VTAM\/Switch LIBx commands to reissue the command without re-keying the command.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Added option to PURGE command to terminate logical sessions for user.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations, VTAM\/Switch will write SMF records.<\/li>\n <li>Improves the generic processing to filter VTAM\/Switch definitions on the Administration screens and line commands by allowing the masking characters defined in the Control Table to be used in any position of the definition name.<\/li>\n <li>Provided a generic APPLID\/ALIAS for the logical terminal to application restriction.<\/li>\n <li>For VSE installations only; allows the console interface \"MSG partition|jobname,DATA=command\".\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Message suppression to either the SYSLOG or GSLOG has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Optional feature to rebuild the VTAM\/Switch internal storage files.\u00a0 Feature created for MVS installations using the VSAM RLS feature.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Support for external security mixed case passwords has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to not timeout an application in auto refresh mode.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, pressing the ATTN key immediately a 2nd time will simulate the ATTN key to the application and return the user to session mode.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allowing the PF3 key to LOGOFF the user on the VTAM\/Switch Session Selection screen.<\/li>\n <li>For MVS installations; option to change the console route code from 1 to 13 for all VTAM\/Switch messages.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows users with OPENX authority to add applications to their application menu through the user PROFILE feature.<\/li>\n <li>Support for a repeat FIND command for VTAM\/Switch screens.<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows a \"trigger string\" keyed on an application screen to perform a VTAM\/Switch command.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature added, allows the user to control which applications will be opened when the user signs onto VTAM\/Switch.\u00a0 This option is available to installations using the Online User Profile option.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature to clone the VTAM\/Switch user profile records.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New feature to export\/import VTAM\/Switch user profile records.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Added VTAM Logdata field to Administration Application Groups, Profile Applications and Application Group Table GSFDFAX.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2009-11-09T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":376,"parent_id":369,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1.13","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2010-02-01T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":374,"parent_id":369,"product_id":35,"release":"6.1.10","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release<\/p>\n","released_on":"2010-01-26T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":400,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.2","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Support for larger 3290 screen size was added.<\/li>\n <li>Trigger parameter option &PARM was added, reference Section 2.9 Trigger Feature.<\/li>\n <li>Automatic Restart Manager (ARM) facility was added. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>Multiple line console command responses changed to MLWTO to keep all the lines together on the console and in the SYSLOG. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>Moved the VTAM\/Switch internal task work area(s) and 128 byte buffers above the line reducing the private space requirements. For z\/OS installations only.<\/li>\n <li>The TCP\/IP address of the Telnet terminal is retrieved from the CINIT RU vector data. The TCP\/IP address can be passed to the application as LOGDATA.<\/li>\n <li>Option to use \"Close Dest\/Pass\" for any application.<\/li>\n <li>New TRACE command option $CINIT was added.<\/li>\n <li>VTAM Generic Resource function has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Removed the requirement to calculate the VTAM\/Switch buffer pools. The following Control Table GSFDFCT parameters have been removed: BUFDSL, BUF128, BUF64, BUF2K, BUF4K and XDSPCT.<\/li>\n <li>Added tracing facility for failed scripting TEST commands.<\/li>\n <li>Support for generic scripting using the APPL parameter has been added.<\/li>\n <li>New feature to start the procedure to refresh the application menu and any \"Administration Users\" changes for all users currently using VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2010-07-22T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":414,"parent_id":400,"product_id":35,"release":"6.2.22","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-01-19T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":467,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>For z\/OS installations, RACF password phrase support was added.<\/strong><\/span> Reference the Control Table SECURE parameter.<\/li>\n <li><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);\"><strong>For z\/OS installations, option to pass the physical terminal TCP\/IP address to CICS has been added.<\/strong><\/span> Reference Section 2.12 Passing VTAM\/Switch Information to Applications.<\/li>\n <li>Option added to the TRACE command to automatically turn on a FULL trace for any physical terminals starting a session with VTAM\/Switch.Reference the TRACE command.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, in the event a VTAM\/Switch dynamic module load fails, the LOAD macro ABEND and Reason codes are displayed.<\/li>\n <li>Macro GS$DFS was changed to generate a GONE +EXIT statement when a TEST statement is the last statement for the application within the group.<\/li>\n <li>Option to display all VTAM\/Switch users currently using an application has been added. Reference the LIBRARYL command.<\/li>\n <li>Option to bypass the need to press PF1 to acquire VTAM\/Switch user after entering the correct password has been added. Reference the Control Table ACQUIRE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, new VTAM\/Switch exit GSFEX01 provided to determine when a SAF security call will be used to verify the user's ID and password or immediately prevent access to VTAM\/Switch.\u00a0 Reference section 2.13.1 GSFEX01.<\/li>\n <li>Masking option for the variable &USER was created. Reference section 1.9.4 LOGDATA support.<\/li>\n <li>New administration option \"14: Refresh User Application Menu\". The new option will start the procedure to refresh the application menu and any \"Administration Users\" changes for all users currently using VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the physical terminal's TCP\/IP address will be placed on the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, places the SID name on the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the VTAM\/Switch user will receive a message when the RACF password will expire within the specified number of days. Reference Control Table parameter SECURE.<\/li>\n <li>New feature to toggle between File Transfer Mode ENABLED and File Transfer Mode DISABLED has been added. Reference the ROTATE command.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, option to set the VTAM\/Switch user's Macro Group and\/or Application Group name to the RACF ACEE Group name has been added. Reference Control Table FLAGB(1) and FLAGB(2) parameters.<\/li>\n <li>New IMMED option added to the VTAM\/Switch PURGE command. This option will use VTAM commands to close both the user's physical terminal all logical terminals. Reference the PURGE command.<\/li>\n <li>New VTAM\/Switch events added. Reference 3.13.2 VTAM\/Switch Events.<\/li>\n <li>New option to control logical terminal sharing between different VTAM application has been added at the logical terminal level. Reference the Logical Terminal SHARE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to display the VTAM\/Switch Session Selection screen when a user in break mode reconnects to VTAM\/Switch. Reference the User Table UFLAG(1) parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to specify the VTAM LOGMODE in the user profile application entry or in the Application Group Table has been added. Reference the Application Group Table LOGMODE parameter, User profile application entry LOGMODE parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New option to determine when to filter down the global application definition LOGMODE and LOGDATA information to the user's profile application definition. Reference Control Table AXFLAG and Application Group Table FLAG1 parameters.<\/li>\n <li>Administration and Profile menu screens have been modified to process all line commands.<\/li>\n <li>New option to bypass the Administration and Profile delete confirmation screen. Reference the User Table UFLAG(2) parameter.<\/li>\n <li>New DELETE command added to remove administration and profile records from the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file. Reference the DELETE command.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-09-28T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":527,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.41","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2013-02-28T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":496,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.28","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2012-05-30T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":476,"parent_id":467,"product_id":35,"release":"6.3.09","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2011-11-30T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":580,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.4","notes":"<ul>\n<li>Added ability to specify the VTAM\/Switch license information\n(password(s)) in PDS source member $INIT.<\/li>\n<li>Added Application Menus.<\/li>\n<li>Added the VTAM\/Switch RETURN command.<\/li>\n<li>Added scripting variable %PHRPWD. The %PHRPWD variable is populated\nwith the password phrase (when available) or the password when the\npassword phrase is not available. \u00a0Reference Script Table SCRIPT\nvariable.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to start a new session with an application and\nprevent the assigned script from executing. \u00a0Reference the OPEN\nand OPENN commands.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to display all VTAM\/Switch users currently using an\nalias. \u00a0Reference the LIBRARYL command.<\/li>\n<li>Added an option to display the number of active, break and total\nusers. \u00a0Reference the LIBRARYU command.<\/li>\n<li>Added four VTAM\/Switch scripting parameters %PRM1, %PRM2, %PRM3 and\n%PRM4. \u00a0Reference new Profile Options screen and Script Table\nSCRIPT variable.<\/li>\n<li>Added scripting variable %DEPT. \u00a0The %DEPT variable is\npopulated with the RACF Work Attribute WADEPT. \u00a0Reference Script\nTable SCRIPT variable.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced the TRACE command to terminate all tracing with a single\ncommand. \u00a0Reference the TRACE command.<\/li>\n<li>Added VTAM\/Switch command PROFILEA to allow VTAM\/Switch\nadministrators to access another VTAM\/Switch user's profile\ninformation. \u00a0Reference the PROFILEA command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to trace all RACF security calls. \u00a0Reference the\nTRACE command.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced LIBUX command to display Printer, Last Logon Date and Type\nof User. \u00a0Reference the LIBUX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to bypass the Menu List screen for single item\ndisplays<\/li>\n<li>Reference the User Table FLAG1(3) parameter.\u00a0Added 128 Byte\nBuffer pool expansion in VTAM exit processing.<\/li>\n<li>Prevents S106-E ABEND when the NEWCOPY command is issued for the\nmodule causing the z\/OS VTAM\/Switch load library to take another\nextent. \u00a0Previous VTAM\/Switch releases required defining the\nVTAM\/Switch load library with zero secondary allocation. \u00a0Now the\nVTAM\/Switch load library can be defined with a non-zero secondary\nallocation<\/li>\n<li>Added option to list another user's PFkey\nsettings. \u00a0Reference the KEYSX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to list another user's application\nlist. \u00a0Reference the APPLX command.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to omit fields from the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen.\n\u00a0Reference Logon Screen Fields section.<\/li>\n<li>Added option to pass the VTAM\/Switch user id and password in the\nVTAM LOGDATA. \u00a0Reference Control Table FLAGB(8) and Section 4.2\nLogging on to VTAM\/Switch.<\/li>\n<li>Added Timeout Purge feature for logical sessions. \u00a0Reference\nControl Table TIMEOUT.<\/li>\n<li>For z\/VSE installations, both console communication methods (WTOR\nand MODIFY) are available at the same time.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2014-09-08T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":642,"parent_id":580,"product_id":35,"release":"6.4.08","notes":"\n<p>\u00a0Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2015-07-22T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":712,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Dynamic Logical Terminal feature was added. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>\n <div>\n  Added the terminal's TCP\/IP address to events numbers 86 (terminal open) and 87 (terminal close).\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <li>Execute any VTAM\/Switch commands in a source member through VTAM\/Switch command line.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Profile Group Table GSFDFDG is added. \u00a0This new table defines multiple VTAM\/Switch application groups and other applications available to the user. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Three new VTAM\/Switch features added for the ROTATE command:\u00a0<strong>1.<\/strong> The ROTATE command 2nd parameter OPENX option added. In the event the user does not currently have a session with the alias, the ROTATE command attempts to start a session with the alias not defined to VTAM\/Switch. <strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Option to automatically add the 2nd parameter option OPENX to the ROTATE command. \u00a0<strong>3.<\/strong> The LOGDATA parameter added to the ROTATE command.<\/li>\n <li>Exit GSFEX03 is added to control the APPLID used by VTAM\/Switch to start of new session.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>New Script Table (GSFDFSC) TEST option to check the user variables %USER, %DEPT, %PRM1, %PRM2, %PRM3 and %PRM4.<\/li>\n <li>Option to control the maximum length for a password phrase added for z\/OS installation. \u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Option added to the LIBRARYL command to display DISABLED logical terminals only.<\/li>\n <li>Programs GSMDFAP, GSMDFAX, GSMDFLG, GSMDFMC, GSMDFPH, GSMDFPX and GSMDFUS to create the VTAM\/Switch tables GSFDFAP, GSFDFAX, GSFDFLG, GSFDFMC, GSFDFPH, GSFDFPX and GSFDFUS from the definitions on the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Batch program GSMMIGR to migrate the VTAM\/Switch tables GSFDFAP, GSFDFAX, GSFDFLG, GSFDFMC, GSFDFPH, GSFDFPX and GSPFDFUS to the VTAM\/Swich VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Program GSMLIST produces a listing of all definitions on the VTAM\/Switch VSAM file.<\/li>\n <li>Change applications, logical terminals, physical terminals and printers, users, application groups and physical groups through the VTAM\/Switch command line.\u00a0<\/li>\n <li>Entering the FIND command immediately after the GSCFINDA string is not found message, re-starts the command from the top of the display.<\/li>\n <li>Retrieve the previous VTAM\/Switch commands added.<\/li>\n <li>For z\/OS installations, the export\/import dataset name is saved.<\/li>\n <li>Added support to display VTAM\/Switch definitions using a filter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2016-09-19T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":769,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.16","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-03-29T16:46:21.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":762,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.12","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-02-02T17:46:15.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":723,"parent_id":712,"product_id":35,"release":"6.5.05","notes":"\n<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>\n","released_on":"2017-01-06T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":745,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.0","notes":"\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2007-11-29T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":268,"parent_id":745,"product_id":35,"release":"6.0.55","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Removed support for the VSE VIO option .<\/li>\n <li>Removed support for executing VTAM\/SWITCH as a VTAM subtask.<\/li>\n <li>Added feature to automatically expand the VTAM\/SWITCH buffer pools.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for extended data streams on VTAM\/SWITCH screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added option to customize PFKeys on VTAM\/SWITCH screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added paging support for the alternate VTAM\/SWITCH Session Selection screen.<\/li>\n <li>Added new VTAM\/SWITCH Session Selection screen to combine application available and applications currently open.<\/li>\n <li>Added on-line administration panels to customize VTAM\/SWITCH replacing the assembled tables.<\/li>\n <li>Created a new buffer pool above the 16MB line for many control blocks using 128 byte buffers.<\/li>\n <li>Improved the VTAM\/SWITCH help screens.<\/li>\n <li>Added the FIND command to locate text on a VTAM\/SWITCH screen.<\/li>\n <li>Added generic logical terminal support to the ENABLEL command.<\/li>\n <li>Added the DISABLEL command to disable a logical terminal.<\/li>\n <li>Added the PROFILE command to allow the user to customize their PFkeys and printer.<\/li>\n <li>VTAM\/SWITCH scripting changes. \n <ol>\n  <li>Added option to the VTAM\/SWITCH scripting TEST command to scan the entire line rather than a specific column.<\/li>\n  <li>Added conditional IF\/GOTO logic.<\/li>\n  <li>Added scripting masking feature for the VTAM\/SWITCH userid.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/li>\n <li>Added support for VSE\/ESA SAF security calls.<\/li>\n <li>Added options to Control Table AXRACF parameter: \n <ol>\n  <li>Not allow access to applications undefined to RACF.<\/li>\n  <li>ADM class users can use application group rather than RACF definitions.<\/li>\n  <li>RACF application resource class can be modified.<\/li>\n  <li>Number of active sessions with same application can be limited.<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/li>\n <li>TIMEOUT PURGE feature is now always active.<\/li>\n <li>Created EVENT #92, Physical Terminal Error<\/li>\n <li>Messages are assigned an expiration date and time and will be purged when they expire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2007-11-29T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":798,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.6","notes":"<ul><li>Support for Model 3\/4\/5 and larger screen sizes added to all VTAM\/Switch paging screens (excluding the GSFDIFL screen).<\/li><li>Trace added to display the RPL information when a VTAM Issue Conditional fails.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2018-10-16T21:22:11.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":954,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"6.7","notes":"<p><\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For z\/OS installations only, provides support for Secured Sign-on using PassTickets. &nbsp;<\/li><li>For z\/VSE installations only, the Control Table (GSFDFCT) SEGMENT parameter\u2019s default changed to KEEP=YES. &nbsp;This keeps all the output attributes from the last segment and applies them to the next segment.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2019-07-31T16:57:34.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":840,"parent_id":954,"product_id":35,"release":"6.7.01","notes":"<p><br><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul><li>For z\/OS installations only, provides support for Secured Sign-on using PassTickets. &nbsp;<\/li><li>For z\/VSE installations only, the Control Table (GSFDFCT) SEGMENT parameter\u2019s default changed to KEEP=YES. &nbsp;This keeps all the output attributes from the last segment and applies them to the next segment.<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2019-07-31T16:57:51.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":1034,"parent_id":null,"product_id":35,"release":"7.1.04","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul><li>SWITCH release 7.1.004 has enhanced logic to remove expired SWITCH messages.\r\n  <\/li><li>SWITCH release 7.1.003 has new option (AXRACF) to <u>A<\/u>llow access to applications using ALIAS name instead of APPL name for applications defined to RACF.\r\n    <\/li><li>SWITCH release 7.1.003 includes a new sample CICS good morning program for custom CICS signon logic for customers.   <\/li><li>Performance improvement by removing Store Into Instruction Stream (SIIS) within the VTAM\/Switch programs\r\n    <\/li><li>Major performance improvement in the method used to clear storage buffers.\r\n  <\/li><li>New logon data variables, reference 1.9.4 LOGDATA Support.\r\n  <\/li><li>For installations using external security, new option to verify the User ID and password passed to VTAM\/Switch. In the event the verification fails, the VTAM\/Switch sign-on screen is displayed, reference Control Table FLAGC parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>For installations using external security, new option to provide a generic authentication failure message to prevent bad actors from guessing which bad information is being supplied during sign-on, reference Control Table FLAGC parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>The SEGMENT command uses the IPWSEGM macro with KEEP=YES, making the Control Table SEGMENT parameter obsolete (VSE only).\r\n  <\/li><li>New feature for users using Menu=Married. The ROTATE command displays the page with the current application with the cursor positioned at the application,\r\n reference User Table FLAG1(6) parameter.\r\n  <\/li><li>Load module routine enhanced to verify the module\u2019s RENT\/REUS attribute. In the event the module does not have the RENT\/REUS attributes, continue to load the module and issue a warning message (GSRLDPHH).\r\n  <\/li><li>Menu Divider Line feature added, reference section 5.15.1 Online Administration \u2013 Application Menus Select.   <\/li><li>Increases the limit of VTAM LOGDATA passed from the physical terminal to VTAM\/Switch from 62 to 126 bytes.\r\n  <\/li><li>Control Table Option TIMER and SHUT command enhancement to continue the shutdown after waiting a specified number of seconds to allow physical terminals to close.\r\n  <\/li><li>Control Table Option Flag B(8) enhanced to allow the User ID and password or phrase to be passed to VTAM\/Switch as VTAM LOGDATA.\r\n Reference Control Table FLAGB(8) and Section 4.2 Logging on to VTAM\/Switch.\r\n  <\/li><li>The \u201c?\u201d character assigned to the VTAM\/Switch command RETRIEVE.\r\n  <\/li><li>Timeout feature added to release the physical terminal back to VTAM after waiting a number of seconds for a sign-on screen response, reference Control Table TIMEOUT parameter. Event number 131 Sign-on wait time exceeded added.\r\n  <\/li><li>VTAM\/Switch definition filters are saved to be retrieved later and available for all users.\r\n  <\/li><li>Support for new MacKinney License Keys routine. The Control Table and $INIT member PWD1 through PWD6 parameters are obsolete. Reference section 1.3 MacKinney License Key<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Event number 98 Appl maximum sessions allowed added.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Logical Terminal table macro GS$DFL changed to generate multiple definitions from a single statement using alphabetic characters. Reference Logical Terminal <\/span>TERMID<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Automatically updates the user's control block after an Administration change to the user's <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">record. The automatic update occurs when the user's Session Selection screen is refreshed.<\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">For physical SNA terminals only, an option to use exception response mode was added. Reference Control Table <\/span>RESPONSE<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter.<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">New<\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> <\/span>Director Session Selection menu screen available, reference 4.5.5 Director Session Selection.<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"><\/span>\r\n  <\/li><li>New Session Selection menu option called \u201cDirector\u201d. This option displays the Session Selection screen listing each application to open or select in a single line entry with 2 applications per line format. Only the application description and its status are listed. Applications are opened or selected by any of the following methods:\r\n  <ul><li>1.&nbsp; Select the application from screen.<\/li><li>2.&nbsp; Pressing a PF KEY listed next to application.&nbsp;<\/li><li>3.&nbsp; Cursor select by moving cursor over the application name.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">Added a new setting to the <\/span>LASTOFF<span class=\"MsoHyperlink\"> parameter in the GSFDFCT table to limit the LASTOFF function to only applications with a specific name or prefix. The LASTOFF parameter directs VTAM\/Switch to logoff the user from VTAM\/Switch if the user is logging off the last application the user has open in VTAM\/Switch.<\/span>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul>\r\n<p><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\">&nbsp;<\/span>\r\n  <\/p>\r\n<p><br><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;\r\n<\/p>","released_on":"2025-11-20T20:59:33.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}]}