Re: ACS console via HMC

Le 23/02/2025 à 12:42, Patrik Schindler a écrit :

Hello Marc,

Am 22.02.2025 um 20:56 schrieb Marc Rauzier <marc.rauzier@xxxxxxxxx>:

Try this https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.2?topic=tools-accessing-service-using-dst

Thanks. But what's that good for? I've checked the settings in the subtly different spots in SST and they're set according to the documentation you linked first.

Oups, I misunderstood your concern and thought that you were asking how to get access to DST.

My goal was to reduce the number of screens to hop through when connecting to the console, a bit like Gerald Magnuson described on Jan 31. When comparing an older 7.2 install, and a newer 7.3 install, both connected to a HMC, 7.3 requests much less screens for a console connection when using a 3rd party 5250 emulator connecting to port 2300 on the HMC. See my post from Jan 31 for details.

OK, after review, I don't have a lot of ideas. I was involved in managing several 7.x, 6.1, V5R4 and V5R3 systems from an HMC, with and without iACS (Personal Communications in that case), most of the times with the console take over feature enabled, and don't remember that a system was requesting this console takeover each time we wanted to use the 5250 console. Sorry!

Maybe, you can create a service tool user id with limited authorities (such as only allowed to open the 5250 console if that authority exists), and record a macro which automates all the steps you describe including login into DST with this limited user id?

However, this way to proceed would not have been allowed within the organization I was working for.

:wq! PoC