TS/MP System Management Manual (H06.05+, J06.03+)

Glossary
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PATHMON process
PATHMON process. The central controlling process in the Pathway environment. The
PATHMON process maintains configuration-related data; grants links to server classes
in response to requests from TCPs and LINKMON processes; and performs all
process control (starting, monitoring, restarting, and stopping) of server processes and
TCPs.
pathname. See OSS pathname.
Pathsend procedures. The set of Guardian procedure calls that provide general access to
Pathway server classes from any process on a Tandem system.
Pathsend process. A process, written as a Guardian program in C, C++, COBOL, Pascal,
pTAL, or TAL, that makes calls to Pathsend procedures to request services from a
Pathway server. A Pathsend process can be either a standard requester, which
initiates application requests, or a nested server, which is configured as a server class
but acts as a requester by making requests to other servers. A Pathsend process is
also known as a Pathsend requester.
Pathsend program. A Guardian program, written in C, C++, COBOL, Pascal, pTAL, or TAL,
that makes calls to Pathsend procedures to request services from a Pathway server.
A running Pathsend program is called a Pathsend process. See also Pathsend
process.
Pathsend requester. See Pathsend process.
PATHTCP2. The TCP object file, usually identified by the file name
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.PATHTCP2.
PATHTCPL. The TCP user library object file.
Pathway application. A set of programs that perform online transaction processing tasks in
the Guardian environment, using interfaces defined by Tandem. A Pathway application
can include SCREEN COBOL requesters, Pathsend requesters, and Pathway servers
running on Tandem NonStop systems. It can also include GDSX front-end processes
and clients that use RSC or POET. See also NonStop TUXEDO application and PTP
application.
Pathway application development environment. A set of tools supporting the
development of applications for the Pathway transaction processing environment.
Depending on the customer’s needs and software configuration, this set of tools could
include the SCREEN COBOL compiler and the SCREEN COBOL Utility Program
(SCUP), the POET application development tools, the Pathmaker product, and various
tools from Tandem Alliance partners. See also Pathway transaction processing
environment.
Pathway Domain Management Interface (PDMI). A management interface with a set of
commands for configuring, controlling, and monitoring multiple PATHMON processes.
Typically, it is used to work with multiple PATHMON processes under a single Pathway
domain.