ViewPoint Manual

Functional Description
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Operation of Status Components
The subsystem process generically represents the source of status information. This can
be a process for command processing (such as COMMGR for SNAX), a monitor
process (such as PATHMON for Pathway), or simply a collection of callable procedures,
as in the case of Measure.
Status collection servers are server classes—one or more processes sharing the work
load but having a single server class name. The servers collect the requested status
information and forward the information to the ViewPoint TCP.
The sequence of operations begins when you press the Status function key (F2). To
satisfy this first request for status information, your task in the ViewPoint TCP obtains
configuration data from the current status configuration file (through the status
configuration server) for the first 16 items in the file. Your task formulates 16 individual
status-item requests and sends them to the appropriate subsystems through the status
collection servers in each network node.
Figure 5-9. Main Components of Status Reporting Function
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