Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development Guide

The $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM File
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Configuring a New Subsystem Into DSNM
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The following are changes to the processing of the DSNM configuration file:
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If no DSNM configuration file is specified, each DSMS process uses the file
named DSNMCONF, located on the same subvolume as the object file of the
process.
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If a nonexistent DSNM configuration file is specified (explicitly or by default),
the DSNM processes behave as if the file is present, but empty.
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All DSNM configuration file parameters for DSMS processes supplied by
Tandem now have internal default values. Additionally, a number of DSNM
configuration file parameters have been added or altered for C31 and subsequent
releases. Refer to the Distributed Systems Management Solutions (DSMS)
System Management Guide for the complete description of a DSNM
configuration parameters.
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The following are changes to the processing of the $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM
file:
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If $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM does not exist or is unreadable, each DSMS
process uses the default DSNM configuration file (DSNMCONF) and the
default value STARTUP PARAMS YES.
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The CONFIG parameter in $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM is now optional. If
present, it may contain a search list of one to three files, all of which must be in
the format of a DSNM configuration file. (The specified files are searched for
parameters in the order listed.) If CONFIG is absent, the default DSNM
configuration file is used. In either case, $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.ZDSNCONF is
searched for parameters after all other DSNM configuration files. Refer to the
Distributed Systems Management Solutions (DSMS) System Management Guide
for details on the search order.
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Comments are now allowed in the $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM file.
The $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM File
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DSNM is an edit file that all DSNM processes in a production
environment read as part of their startup function. It points to the DSNMCONF file
from which configuration parameters are retrieved, and specifies whether parameter
values in the DSNMCONF file can be overridden by parameter values from the startup
message (startup message parameters are discussed in Section 5, “DSNM Process
Startup Functions”).
Note. In a test environment, you specify a DSNMCONF file with the CONFIG process
parameter in your I process RUN command.