Starting the Attach Manager

Users can start and stop the attach manager while the SNA node is active. Each time the attach manager starts, it begins to process incoming Attaches. When the attach manager stops, it purges any queued Attaches. Refer to System Management Programming for the applicable verbs.

The attach manager needs to be started only in nodes that run remotely started transaction programs. The attach manager does not need to be started in a node if all transaction programs in the node initiate conversations (that is, they all issue APPC [MC_]ALLOCATE or [MC_]SEND_CONVERSATION verbs). Personal Communications and Communications Server node operations facility enables authorized users to start or stop the attach manager at any time. Authorized programs issue the Enable Attach Manager and Disable Attach Manager node operations verbs to start or stop the attach manager.