OK folks :-)

I was too lazy to RTFM so I've made some tests and what happened:
0. I have both "COMMmethod TCPip" and "COMMmethod SHAREdmem" enabled.
Shared memory ought to be faster than TCP/IP over loopback.
1. If "COMMmethod TCPip" is commented out the TCP port becomes disabled
just as expected! Same for "COMMmethod SHAREdmem".
2. If both "COMMmethod TCPip" and "COMMmethod SHAREdmem" are commented out
TCP/IP port IS enabled. Just a guess - this is a feature not a bug. If a
beginner forgets to uncomment both why not to enable TCP/IP for him.
3. If "COMMmethod HTTP" was the only uncommented TCP/IP port was still
enabled. IMHO this is really a bug. If I do want to disable all clients
just to perform loooong administrative tasks through browser it will not
happen this way.
4. At the end if "COMMmethod NONE" was defined no port was enabled even
when I left "COMMmethod HTTP" at next row. The server had to be stopped
killing the process.

TSM server on AIX does not have SNA connectivity so I was not able to test
what-if APPC was the only uncommented COMMmethod but it has to be the same.
People with mainframes can play with this. Anyway if someone feels the need
to donate a mainframe count me on :-))


Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant






"Matthew A. Bacchi" <mbacchi AT BTV.IBM DOT COM> on 21.09.2001 21:36:31
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Subject:        disabling TCPIP commmethod

OK folks, this one has bothered me for years.  I want to disable the TSM
server
 completely while I do some work.  Rather than using the "disable sessions"

command, I want to in effect disable TCPIP connections altogether.  I have
attempted commenting out "COMMmethod TCPIP" in the dsmserv.opt file, but it

appears that this is the default, so it has no affect.

Besides the obvious answer of disconnecting the network cable, how can I
force
the TSM server to ignore every TCPIP request.  When sessions are disabled,
the
activity log shows connection started, than a message indicating that user
access is disabled.  I want to avoid this.

Thanks in advance.
-Matt
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