DSM/Tape Catalog Management Programming Manual

DSM/Tape Catalog Management Programming Manual—520481-003
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About This Manual
This manual contains information for programmers developing applications to manage
a DSM/Tape Catalog (DSM/TC) system using the Subsystem Programmatic Interface
(SPI):
This manual describes the programmatic interface to DSM/TC. You should be familiar
with the DSM/TC subsystem as described in these manuals:
•
DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual
•
DSM/Tape Catalog User’s Guide
•
DSM/Tape Catalog Messages Manual
Manuals describing the Distributed Systems Management (DSM) environment are:
•
Introduction to Distributed Systems Management (DSM) (D-series)
•
SPI Programming Manual
•
SPI Common Extensions Manual
•
EMS Manual
Information on the language used to define tokens and related data elements is in the:
•
Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual.
Information on messages output from SQL is found in the:
•
NonStop SQL/MP Messages Manual
Section Description
Section 1, Introduction to
DSM/TC
Summarizes both the DSM/TC system and the
management functions that are controlled through SPI.
Section 2, Communicating
With MEDIASRV
Describes how to start, open, and stop the DSM/TC server
process, MEDIASRV.
Section 3, SPI Programming
Considerations
Describes how the MEDIASRV process handles SPI
messages.
Section 4, Common
Definitions
Lists ZMCS data definitions that management applications
use when managing the DSM/TC system.
Section 5, Commands and
Responses
Describes the MCS commands supported by the
MEDIASRV process.
Appendix A, Errors
Describes all MCS message types.
Appendix B, RPC Event
Messages
Describes event messages generated by the Remote
Procedure Call (RPC) facility.
Appendix C, SSI Event
Messages
Describes event messages generated by the Storage
Server Interface (SSI) process.
Appendix D, Tape Server
Event Messages
Describes event messages generated by the NonStop
Kernel tape server process ($ZSVR).