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TIBCO® Managed File Transfer Platform Server for z/OS 8.1.0

# Appendix K. XCOM Interface

The Platform Server provides the XCOM interface which can facilitate the migration from CA-XCOM to the Platform Server. The XCOM interface can accept XCOM batch parameters and create 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. In addition, this program eases the transition from XCOM to the Platform Server; both products can be run simultaneously.

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 - 95 percent of a user's request can be executed without any changes. When the Platform Server XCOM interface determines that it cannot perform a particular function, the step terminates with a return code of `0x28` (decimal 40).

The XCOM batch interface program is called XCOMJOB. The following components of XCOMJOB are supported by the Platform Server XCOM interface:

- `TYPE=EXECUTE`: Executes a request and waits for completion.
- `TYPE=SCHEDULE`: Schedules a request with the started task.
- `TYPE=INQUIRE`: Inquires on one or more scheduled requests.

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