Open System Services Installation Guide (H06.16+, J06.05+)

2 OSSSETUP Utility
Overview
The OSSSETUP utility performs various tasks involved in setting up the OSS environment. It:
• Performs validation checks (see “Validation Check Errors” (page 49))
• Configures and starts necessary OSS processes as NonStop Kernel generic processes
Unless the EASYSETUP^STARTUP param is set with either $NULL, $ZSMP or both of these
processes prior to executing the OSSSETUP utility, $NULL and $ZSMP will not be configured
as generic processes. If these processes are configured as NonStop Kernel generic processes,
the persistence manager ($ZPM) starts them when the operating system is loaded.
• Configures the OSS servers
• Configures and starts the ROOT fileset (independently of other filesets)
• Installs the OSS product files from pax archives by using the COPYOSS utility to install files
from the relevant pax archives on the ZOSSUTL subvolume
The ZOSSUTL subvolume is not required to be on the $SYSTEM volume if the
EASYSETUP^UTILVOL param is used. To run the OSSSETUP utility in interactive or
non-interactive mode, use the EASYSETUP^UTILVOL param. (For a comparison of these modes,
see “Modes of Running OSSSETUP” (page 22).)
• Configures the HOME and TEMP filesets
• Starts the OSS servers and filesets that the OSS Monitor ($ZPMON) manages; that is, servers
and filesets that the OSSINF file refers to (for a description of the OSSINF file, see Table 2
(page 14))
These processes start on each processor when that processor becomes active (whether or not
the OSS subsystem is installed):
NameProcess
File manager$ZFMxx
OSS sockets local server 2 server$ZLSxx
Pipe server$ZPPxx
OSS server process (OSP) server$ZSPxx
Transport agent server$ZTAxx
Terminal helper server$ZTTxx
• Creates the /etc/profile file
• Runs the merge_whatis utility
• Creates symbolic links to TCP/IP configuration files. This feature is available beginning with
the T0585H01^AAF SPR, present in the J06.16 and H06.27 RVUs. By default, symbolic links
are created to the configuration files in the $SYSTEM.ZTCPIP subvolume. Setting the
EASYSETUP^TCPIP^SUBVOL param to point to a different subvolume allows you to create
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