Distributed Systems Network Management (DSNM) Subsystem Interface Development Guide

The ABORT Command
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DSNM Commands
The ABORT Command
The ABORT command causes DSNM to issue the subsystem-specific command(s) that
stops each object. When an object is stopped, its state changes to the subsystem state
that corresponds to the DSNM DOWN state. The ABORT command stops objects
without waiting for any outstanding operations to be completed. This command is more
emergency-oriented than the STOP command, which stops objects after completing
outstanding operations.
If all objects specified in the command are stopped, there is no command response. If
the command fails to stop any object, a response message lists the objects that were not
stopped. If the command contains a syntax error, you receive an error message, and the
objects are not stopped.
objectspec
is the object specification. The syntax for the object specification is provided in
“Object Specification” on page 2-2.
hierarchy-modifier
determines which objects are affected by the command, based on the subsystem
object hierarchy: ONLY, SUBONLY, or ALL (default).
error-modifier
determines how much information is reported when the command is correct but the
objects against which the command is being applied produce errors. The error
modifier does not affect the command response for errors that result when a
command is entered incorrectly or when a name cannot be resolved. Possible error
modifiers are ERROR-BRIEF (default), ERROR-DETAIL, and
ERROR-SUPPRESS.
state-modifier
restricts the scope of the command to a subset of the specified objects, depending on
their states: UP, NOT-UP, DOWN, or NOT-DOWN.
If you do not specify a value for the state modifier, DSNM applies the command to
all objects that match your object specification, regardless of their states.
Considerations
Since the purpose of the ABORT command is to bring objects into the DOWN state, the
command has no effect on objects already in the DOWN state.
ABORT objectspec [, objectspec ]...
[, hierarchy-modifier ]
[, error-modifier ]
[, state-modifier ]