RDF System Management Manual for J-series and H-series RVUs (RDF Update 13)

This parameter specifies the user ID under which all RDF processes will always run. This global
configuration parameter provides functionality whereby any super ID group user ID can start
and stop RDF.
Once the OWNER attribute is set, you must limit EXECUTE access to the RDFCOM object so
that only those super group users authorized to manage RDF can run RDFCOM. Failure to do
so is a serious security risk because, thereafter, all RDF objects run as the user ID of the RDF
OWNER.
To illustrate this functionality, imagine ten users are responsible for managing a particular RDF
configuration and that SUPER.RDF is configured as the OWNER. Instead of providing all ten
users access to the SUPER.RDF user ID, each individual user can be assigned a separate super
ID group user ID. If one user is assigned SUPER.FIRST and another SUPER.SECOND, for
example, they can both log on with their user ID and be able to start or stop RDF. The RDF
processes do not run under SUPER.FIRST or SUPER.SECOND, however, but under SUPER.RDF
(the RDF OWNER assigned during configuration). The same principal applies to the other eight
users.
By default, this attribute is not set, and therefore is not included in the INFO RDF output.
The user ID associated with OWNER must be a valid Guardian user ID and must identify an
existing user account on the RDF primary and backup systems. The OWNER must also be a
member of the super ID group, which is a requirement in RDF for stopping and starting RDF.
OWNER is an unalterable value. You need not change the value, unless you configured it
incorrectly (in which case you must reinitialize RDF with the correct value).
If the OWNER parameter is omitted, only the user ID that initializes RDF can start or stop RDF
(as is true for all versions of RDF prior to 1.7).
Where Issued
Primary system only.
Security Restrictions
None.
RDF State Requirements
None.
Usage Guidelines
The SET RDF command enters the global parameter values specified in this command into the RDF
configuration table in memory. This table serves as an input buffer only, and so these values do
not affect the subsystem until they are applied to the RDF configuration file with the ADD command.
SET RDFNET
The SET RDFNET command sets RDFNET process configuration parameters within the RDF
configuration memory table. The supplied values are not applied to the RDF configuration file,
however, until you issue an ADD RDFNET command.
SET RDFNET netsynch-option
where netsynch-option is:
{CPUS primary-CPU : backup-CPU }
{PRIORITY priority }
{PROCESS process-name }
CPUS primary-CPU : backup-CPU
identifies the CPUs in which the RDFNET process is to run as a process pair on the primary
system; primary-CPU is the primary CPU; backup-CPU is the backup CPU. Values range
from 0 through 15. The defaults are 0:1.
RDFCOM Commands 223