OpenVMS: TCP/IP Access Method

SAS/CONNECT Server Tasks

Configure the OpenVMS spawner service.
Start the OpenVMS spawner at the server.

Note: If the OpenVMS spawner is not being used, there are no server tasks. [cautionend]

Note: SAS/CONNECT enables TCP/IP connections from clients outside a firewall to spawners that run on servers inside a firewall. For details, see Configuring SAS/CONNECT for Use with a Firewall. [cautionend]

Configuring the OpenVMS Spawner Service

To enable clients to connect to an OpenVMS server by using the OpenVMS spawner, configure the spawner service in the SERVICES file at the server. For details, seeConfiguring the SERVICES File.

Starting the OpenVMS Spawner

You must start the OpenVMS spawner on an OpenVMS server to enable clients to connect to it. The spawner program resides on a server and listens for SAS/CONNECT client requests for connection to the server. After the spawner program receives a request, it starts a server session. For details, see OpenVMS Spawner.

If encryption has been configured at the server, set the appropriate encryption options when starting the spawner.

SAS/CONNECT Server Example

The following command starts the spawner VMSSPAWN on an OpenVMS computer. The absence of the -SASCMD option in the spawner start-up command implies that the client will use a script to specify the SAS command that starts SAS on the OpenVMS computer.

!sasroot/utilities/bin/sastcpd -service vmsspawn

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