SNA Manager Support for "Assigned To" Column for 3270 LUs

• Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

Using SNA Manager, it's not possible to determine which specific 3270 LUs have been assigned to users and which have not been assigned. This makes it difficult to avoid assignment of the same 3270 LU to multiple users.

NOTE: This problem only applies to assignment of specific 3270 LUs to users. If a pooled 3270 LU is assigned to a user or group, the user automatically accesses the next available 3270 LU from the pool, so conflicts do not occur.

CAUSE

There is no mechanism in SNA Manager to identify 3270 LUs which have not been assigned to users.

RESOLUTION

An update to SNA Server 3.0 is available to correct this problem. The update adds a new Assigned To column in SNA Server Manager for 3270 LUs. This option is selected by default, causing the Assigned To column to appear in any SNA Manager window where 3270 LUs are displayed.

To customize which columns should be displayed by SNA Server Manager, focus on the connection status and click View/Columns.

STATUS

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