DSM/Tape Catalog Management Programming Manual

Communicating With MEDIASRV
DSM/Tape Catalog Management Programming Manual—520481-003
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Starting a MEDIASRV Process Using the RUN
Command
Starting a MEDIASRV Process Using the RUN Command
To start a MEDIASRV process from a command interpreter such as HP Tandem
Advanced Command Language (TACL), issue a RUN command. Specify run options
between the slashes and startup parameters following the run options.
NAME proc-name
specifies the name that is assigned to the resulting MEDIASRV process. This
option is required. All MEDIASRV processes must be named.
$XDMS is the default server for MEDIACOM. If you specify a process other than
$XDMS, the MEDIASRV process can only be used by MEDIACOM processes
using the command OPEN SERVER process-name prior to any other commands.
run-option
is one of:
NOWAIT
specifies that the MEDIASRV process will run independently of the TACL
process that interprets the RUN command. Always specify NOWAIT for a
MEDIASRV process.
CPU cpunum
specifies the processor in which the process runs. If you do not include this
option, the process runs in the same CPU as the command interpreter that
processes the RUN command. (A $CMON process, if one exists, might assign
an alternative CPU. See the Guardian User’s Guide.)
HIGHPIN ON | OFF
specifies whether the MEDIASRV process runs at a high PIN. If you specify
ON and the HIGHPIN attribute of the MEDIASRV object file is set to ON, the
MEDIASRV process runs at a high PIN if one is available. If you specify OFF,
the MEDIASRV process runs at a low PIN. The MEDIASRV program
distributed by HP has the HIGHPIN object-file attribute set to OFF, so
processes derived from it run at a low PIN regardless of the value you specify
for HIGHPIN. For information on setting the HIGHPIN MEDIASRV object file
attribute, see Creating a High-PIN MEDIASRV Process on page 2-7.
OUT filename
identifies the log file used by a MEDIASRV process if either LOG * or
LOGFILE * is declared as a startup parameter. For help selecting an
appropriate log file, see Selecting a LOG File on page 2-7.
[RUN][$vol.][subvol.]MEDIASRV/NAME proc-name[run-option].../]
[,AUTOSTOP time [HRS | MINS | SECS] ]