Appendix C. Automated Operations

The platform server provides several standardized messages to realize automated operations for many organizations.

Many organizations want to automate file transfer processes. In some cases, the data that is transferred must be further processed at the remote side. Therefore, many software packages for the host can scan for certain Write To Operator (WTO) messages and perform different transactions based on the contents of the WTO message.

The need to automate file transfer processes requires that certain z/OS messages be standardized. To interface with these automation packages, the platform server has standardized several messages that are issued for every transaction.