ABCs of z/OS System Programming

✍ Scribed by Paul Rogers, Alvaro Salla

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 450
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

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Contents
Notices
Trademarks
Preface
The team that wrote this book
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Chapter 1. Infoprint Server
1.1 z/OS Infoprint Server
1.2 Data streams on JES spool
1.3 Infoprint Server components
1.4 Print Interface
1.5 LPR/LPD Protocol - RFC1179
1.6 IP PrintWay basic mode support
1.7 IP PrintWay extended mode support
1.8 Printer Inventory Manager
1.9 Infoprint Server Transforms
1.10 NetSpool
1.11 SNMP Overview
1.12 Print work submission to Infoprint Server
1.13 Printing using LPR command
1.14 z/OS UNIX shell printing commands
1.15 Using Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
1.16 Printing with Infoprint Port Monitor for Windows
1.17 Printing SAP R/3 documents
1.18 Infoprint Central overview
Chapter 2. UNIX System Services overview
2.1 RACF OMVS segments
2.2 Infoprint Server and RACF OMVS segments
2.3 z/OS UNIX users and groups
2.4 RACF commands to define groups
2.5 RACF commands to define users
2.6 Superusers with appropriate privileges
2.7 BPX.SUPERUSER authority
2.8 SUPERUSER.FILESYS profile
2.9 Assigning UIDs
2.10 Shared UID prevention
2.11 Initializing z/OS UNIX
2.12 z/OS UNIX File Security Packet
2.13 z/OS UNIX interactive interfaces
2.14 ISPF Option 6
2.15 ISHELL ISPF dialog (ISH)
2.16 Files and directories in /var/Printsrv
2.17 OMVS command shell session
2.18 Environment variables
Chapter 3. Infoprint Server customization
3.1 Enabling the Infoprint Server
3.2 Basics of the z/OS UNIX file system
3.3 z/OS UNIX files and Infoprint Server
3.4 Infoprint Server directories/files
3.5 Infoprint Server configuration file (aopd.conf)
3.6 Full format of the aopd.conf file
3.7 Infoprint Server daemons
3.8 Customizing the Printer Inventory Manager
3.9 Functions using Printer Inventory
3.10 Printer Inventory directories and files
3.11 Printer Inventory and security
3.12 Create users for administration and operation
3.13 SYS1.SAMPLIB(AOPRACF) commands
3.14 Create a user file system
3.15 Starting Printer Inventory Manager
3.16 AOPSTART JCL procedure
3.17 Environment variables in /etc/profile
3.18 Additional environment variables in /etc/profile
3.19 Editing aopstart rexx exec
3.20 Stopping Infoprint Server daemons
3.21 AOPSTOP JCL procedure
3.22 Infoprint Server address spaces
3.23 Working with Printer Inventory Manager (AOPD)
3.24 Enabling Infoprint Server ISPF panels
3.25 Inforpint Server configuration panel
3.26 An alternative REXX EXEC - Start ISPF application
3.27 Infoprint Server ISPF primary panel
3.28 Add a printer using ISPF panels
3.29 Add a printer using ISPF panels
3.30 Component name list
3.31 Component definitions
3.32 Specifying printer definition attributes
3.33 Components for IP PrintWay printer definitions
3.34 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Allocation(1/3)
3.35 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Allocation(2/3)
3.36 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Allocation(3/3)
3.37 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Processing (1/3)
3.38 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Processing(2/3)
3.39 Add a printer using ISPF panels - Processing(3/3)
3.40 Add a printer using ISPF panels - IP PrintWay Options (1/2)
3.41 Add a printer using ISPF panels - IP PrintWay Options(2/2)
3.42 Add a printer using ISPF panels - LPR Protocol
3.43 Printer Inventory Definition Utility (pidu)
3.44 pidu commands
3.45 pidu -c "display printer pokeps ; "
3.46 Backing up and restoring Printer Inventory
3.47 Setting Workload Manager goals
Chapter 4. Print Interface
4.1 Print Interface software requirements
4.2 Functions provided by Print Interface
4.3 LPR/LPD protocol - RFC 1179
4.4 Print Interface customization
4.5 Print Interface - aoplpd daemon (LPR/LPD)
4.6 Print Interface validating requests
4.7 Print Interface and z/OS UNIX printing commands
4.8 Print requests from z/OS to Print Interface
4.9 Print Interface processing for print requests
4.10 Printing commands customization
4.11 Using attribute files
4.12 RACF OMVS segment and aopd.conf file updates
4.13 Customizing the AOPPRINT JCL procedure
4.14 AOPPRINT examples
4.15 Print Interface and IPP protocol
4.16 Customization tasks for Print Interface IPP server
4.17 AFP authorization for Java libraries
4.18 Customizing z/OS Communication Server (TCP/IP)
4.19 Other hlq.PROFILE.TCPIP and JES considerations
4.20 Print Interface subsystem customization
4.21 Transform configuration file
4.22 Infoprint Server Transform Manager and transforms
4.23 Infoprint Server transforms
4.24 Customizing the Transform Manager
4.25 Transform classes
4.26 Format of a PCL to AFP transform entry
4.27 PostScript and PDF to AFP transform
4.28 Security for the PostScript and PDF to AFP transform
4.29 AFP to PCL, AFP to PDF, and AFP to PostScript transforms
4.30 AFP to PCL, AFP to PostScript, or AFP to PDF transform entry
4.31 AFP to PCL, AFP to PostScript, or AFP to PDF environment variables
4.32 Customization of AFP resources
4.33 Specify AFP resource libraries
4.34 Mapping AFP raster and AFP outline fonts
4.35 Optional environment variables
4.36 Example afp2pcl transform class entry
4.37 Enhanced PDF documents
4.38 To use PDF encryption
4.39 Example - Create an encrypted PDF document
4.40 Scaling fonts using the AOXCF30 program
Chapter 5. IP PrintWay
5.1 IP PrintWay
5.2 IP PrintWay modes of operation
5.3 SAPI process
5.4 SAPI client request to JES
5.5 IP PrintWay extended mode SAPI processing
5.6 IP PrintWay extended mode printing
5.7 IP PrintWay basic mode
5.8 IP PrintWay basic mode FSS/FSA
5.9 IP PrintWay basic mode printing
5.10 One IP PrintWay basic mode FSS/JES and several FSAs
5.11 Multiple IP PrintWay basic mode FSS address spaces
5.12 TCP/IP customization tasks for IP PrintWay basic mode
5.13 IP PrintWay basic mode customization steps
5.14 ANFWPROC - IP PrintWay basic mode startup procedure
5.15 RACF for IP PrintWay basic mode startup procedure
5.16 IP PrintWay transmission-queue and message-log
5.17 View IP Printway basic mode transmission-queue
5.18 IP PrintWay Transmission Queue Selection panel
5.19 IP PrintWay basic mode message log view
5.20 VTAM APPL resource definition and LE run-time
5.21 Define IP PrintWay basic mode functional subsystem
5.22 IP PrintWay basic mode default font and page definitions
5.23 JES FSS/FSA definitions for IP PrintWay basic mode
5.24 Infoprint Server extended mode versus basic mode
5.25 IP PrintWay extended mode enhancements
5.26 Enhanced functions with extended mode
5.27 IP PrintWay extended mode customization
5.28 Job selection rules - IP PrintWay extended mode
5.29 Create IP PrintWay extended mode job selection rules
5.30 Add IP PrintWay extended mode job selection rule
5.31 Job selection rules in the Printer Inventory
5.32 Job selection rule security profiles
5.33 Authorizing JES spool and SMF for Infoprint Server
5.34 Customizing z/OS UNIX sendmail
Chapter 6. NetSpool
6.1 NetSpool overview
6.2 NetSpool features
6.3 NetSpool owner definitions
6.4 Embedding job attributes in the NetSpool print data
6.5 Customizing NetSpool
6.6 Customizing the NetSpool startup procedure
6.7 Defining NetSpool user ID and LUs
6.8 Defining NetSpool printer LUs to VTAM
6.9 Defining NetSpool printers
6.10 Defining printer pools
6.11 Writing NetSpool exits
6.12 Starting and stopping NetSpool
6.13 NetSpool operator commands
Chapter 7. Infoprint Central
7.1 Infoprint Central and Infoprint Server
7.2 Infoprint Central
7.3 Customizing the z/OS HTTP Server configuration file
7.4 Protecting Infoprint Central Web pages
7.5 z/OS HTTP Server environment variables file
7.6 z/OS HTTP Server JCL procedure
7.7 Customization tasks for Infoprint Central
7.8 Customizing aopd.conf file and RACF for Infoprint Central
7.9 Infoprint Central Security - Printer Inventory
7.10 Infoprint Central Security - Protecting IP PrintWay printers
7.11 Infoprint Central and operator command security
7.12 Infoprint Central and NetSpool security
7.13 Infoprint Central and job selection rules
7.14 Infoprint Central security checks
7.15 Logging on to Infoprint Central from the Web
7.16 Infoprint Central action access
7.17 PIDU command to create printer security profiles
7.18 Work with Printers panel
7.19 Working with printers
7.20 IP PrintWay Information window
7.21 Ping a printer
7.22 Redirect a printer
7.23 Using the stop button
7.24 Stop a printer options
7.25 View log for a printer
7.26 Viewing printer log
7.27 Infoprint Server messages in the OPERLOG
7.28 Attributes for the message configuration file
7.29 Infoprint Central work with Print Jobs
7.30 Infoprint Server print jobs
7.31 Print job information
7.32 Change print output priority
7.33 Work with NetSpool Logical Units
7.34 System Status - System Daemons and Tasks
7.35 System Status - IP PrintWay Job Selection Rules panel
7.36 Find Printer Definitions panel
7.37 Printer Definitions
Chapter 8. User interfaces to Infoprint Server
8.1 Printing from z/OS UNIX System Services
8.2 z/OS UNIX user prints a file
8.3 lpstat command options
8.4 z/OS UNIX transform commands
8.5 Infoprint Server and transforms
8.6 Infoprint Server job attributes
8.7 Job attributes and JCL equivalents
8.8 Using job attributes
8.9 Job attributes and NetSpool
8.10 Printing from batch applications using IP PrintWay
8.11 OUTPUT JCL for IP PrintWay
8.12 Infoprint Server sendmail support
8.13 Processing options for e-mail printers
8.14 Infoprint Server ISPF e-mail protocol panel
8.15 Flow for batch job output
8.16 AOPBATCH Program for Data Transforms
8.17 AOPPRINT JCL procedure
8.18 Creating an alias file
8.19 Infoprint Central e-mail display
8.20 Printing from workstations overview
8.21 Adding a z/OS printer to a Windows environment(1 of 5)
8.22 Adding a z/OS printer to a Windows environment (2 of 5)
8.23 Adding a z/OS printer to a Windows environment (3 of 5)
8.24 Adding a z/OS printer to a Windows environment (4 of 5)
8.25 Adding a z/OS printer to a Windows environment (5 of 5)
8.26 Printing from Windows with the z/OS printer
8.27 Using LPR command to submit print requests
8.28 z/OS LPR command syntax
8.29 SDSF view of IP PrintWay data sets
8.30 JES2 filter to display PS output
8.31 Viewing Infoprint Server messages
8.32 Viewing messages with aoplogu command
8.33 Format of common message log messages
8.34 Viewing IP PrintWay basic mode messages
8.35 IP PrintWay and the JSPA
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