TMF Management Programming Manual (H06.05+)

About This Manual
HP NonStop TMF Management Programming Manual—540140-002
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Who Should Read This Manual
Who Should Read This Manual
You should read this manual if you are an experienced application programmer in one
of the following categories:
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A Transaction Application Language (TAL), C, C++, or COBOL85 programmer
writing applications that need to control or monitor TMF
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A TACL user writing macros or routines that control or monitor TMF
To use this manual effectively, you should be familiar with the following subjects:
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Basic NonStop system architecture
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Programming for the HP NonStop OS
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Programming using TAL, TACL, C, C++, or COBOL85
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Reading declarations written in the Data Definition Language (DDL), as described
in the “Summary of DDL for SPI” appendix in the SPI Programming Manual.
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The Distributed Systems Management (DSM) facilities
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The tasks necessary for managing TMF
How This Manual is Organized
In this manual, Sections 1 through 3 give background information and programming
considerations, including the following:
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The architecture of TMF and how a management application fits into it (Section 1)
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The types of objects managed by TMF and the operations necessary to manage
these objects (Section 1)
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The kinds of events reported by TMF (Section 1)
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How to set up communications with TMF, including how to start the TMFSERVE
process (Section 2
)
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Programming considerations for management applications that manage TMF
(Section 3)
Sections 4 through 7 provide reference information, as follows:
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Subsystem-specific information about tokens, token values, and related definitions
defined by other sources (such as SPI and EMS) and used by the DSM interfaces
to TMF (Section 4)
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Descriptions of tokens, token values, and related definitions defined by TMF
(Section 4)
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Detailed descriptions of all programmatic commands that can be directed to TMF
and their corresponding responses from TMF (Section 5)