SNACFG Does Not Add an LUA Pool to a TN3270 Server (175773)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 SP2

This article was previously published under Q175773

SYMPTOMS

When using the SNACFG utility to add an LUA pool to a TN3270 server, SNACFG indicates that the update was successfully written, however, SNA Server Manager does not show the pool assigned to the TN3270 service.

STATUS

The SNACFG utility has been updated to correct this problem.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

The commands and options listed below are available for configuring TN3270 session information when using the SNACFG utility.

NOTE: SNACFG does not support any TN3270 configuration options prior to SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 2.
   SNACFG TN3SESSION /LIST
   SNACFG TN3SESSION tn3sessionname
   SNACFG TN3SESSION tn3sessionname /PRINT
   SNACFG TN3SESSION tn3sessionname /ADD [options]
   SNACFG TN3SESSION tn3sessionname [options]
   SNACFG TN3SESSION tn3sessionname /DELETE
				
Available options are:
   /TN3SERVER:text
   /ASSOCNAME:text
   /MAXSESSIONS:value
   /POOLTYPE:{ GenericDisplay | SpecificDisplay | GenericPrinter |
      SpecificPrinter | AssocPrinter }
   /MODELTYPES:model[,model,...]
   /PORTNUMBER:value
				
Values for TN3270 model types are:
  Model2 | Model3 | Model4 | Model5 |
  3275_2 | 3276_2 | 3277_2 | 3278_2 | 3278_2_E | 3279_2 | 3279_2_E |
  3276_3 | 3278_3 | 3278_3_E | 3279_3 | 3279_3_E |
  3276_4 | 3278_4 | 3278_4_E | 3279_4 | 3279_4_E |
  3278_5 | 3278_5_E | 3279_5 | 3279_5_E |
  Dynamic | 3287_1
				
An administrator can use the following syntax to add an LUA pool named LUAPOOL1 to a TN3270 server called SRV-01-GJS:
   SNACFG TN3SESSION LUAPOOL1 /ADD TN3SERVER:SRV-01-GJS /MAXSESSIONS:30000
   /POOLTYPE:GenericDisplay /MODELTYPES:Model2
				

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/23/2005
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB175773