If you use the CPI-C CICS driver, you must use CEDA to define an entry in the CICS PARTNER Table. Due to an IBM requirement, each Partner entry must be exactly 8 characters in length and use A-Z, 0-9. If your actual server name is not 8 characters, put an alias for it in your interfaces file. For example:
Enter the PARTner and Remote TP name field values as follows:
PARTner – This must be exactly 8 characters long. An alias for the 8-character name should be added to the interfaces file if necessary.
Remote TP name – If the name of your server is in uppercase, enter it in the Tpname field. If the name of your server is in lowercase, enter the EBCDIC hexadecimal name in the Xtpname field.
If you enter a lowercase name in the Tpname field, CEDA
changes it to uppercase and an erroneous entry is passed.
