If you want to migrate from CA-XCOM to the platform server, you can use the platform server XCOM interface program that can ease this migration.
The platform server has a new user interface that accepts XCOM batch parameters, and creates a platform server request instead of an XCOM request.
With this program:
- Users who are familiar with XCOM batch parameters can get immediately productive using the platform server.
- It eases the transition from XCOM to platform server. Both products can be run simultaneously.
Note: The platform server and XCOM are different products, and as such perform the same tasks differently. The platform server for z/OS XCOM interface does not perform all of the functions that XCOM performs, just like XCOM does not perform all of the platform server functions.
The platform server XCOM interface is designed to support enough XCOM functionality so that 90 to 95 percent of a user's request can execute without any changes. When the platform server XCOM interface determines that it cannot perform a particular function, the step will terminate with a return code
0x28 (decimal 40).
The XCOM batch interface program is called XCOMJOB. The following components of XCOMJOB are supported by the platform server XCOM interface:
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TYPE=EXECUTE: to execute a request and wait for completion.
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TYPE=SCHEDULE: to schedule a request with the started task.
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TYPE=INQUIRE: to inquire on one or more scheduled requests.
