5.2. RLS terminology
The terminology used in RLS books is sometimes different from the terms used more widely in z/OS and SMS. Therefore, it is worthwhile to define the RLS terms to avoid confusion.
SMSVSAM
This is the z/OS jobname of the RLS address space. This is created on each z/OS image according to PARMLIB specifications. It is responsible for centralizing in one z/OS all processing necessary for cross system sharing, that is, the access to the CF (with data, control block structures and locks) and connect among its peers through XCF.
VSAM sphere
A sphere is the name used to represent the components (data/index) and all the AIX of several related VSAM clusters.
RLS client
This is any address space which invokes a RLS function which ...
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