GDSX Management Programming Manual

Common Definitions
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Common Definitions for the GDS Subsystem
ZCOM-TKN-OBJNAME
contains the name of a GDSX object.
The object name of a line object or subdevice object is the name of a specific line
or subdevice, respectively, usually configured on a single system. These names
are assigned at system generation time, and they are unique within a system.
The object name of a process object can be any name, but it cannot be the same
as the name of a line object (that is, $GDS.#GDS is not valid).
The object name of a task object can be the name of a line or subdevice. It can
also be a special task name, such as SGMON, LISTENER, or BACKUP.
ZCOM-TKN-OBJTYPE
contains the object type of a GDSX object. The possible object types for GDSX are
process, task, line, and subdevice.
ZCOM-TKN-SWITCH-CPU
indicates that the SWITCH command is to switch processes between processors.
For more information, refer to the SWITCH Command on page 5-73.
ZCOM-TKN-TRACE-OPT
indicates what items are to be traced by the TRACE command. For information on
the possible values of this token, refer to the TRACE Command on page 5-75.
Common Definitions for the GDS Subsystem
Definitions whose names begin with ZGDS- are relevant to the GDS subsystem.
All the GDS subsystem definitions that appear in several commands, responses, or
event messages are described in this section. Information about these definitions that
is specific to particular commands, responses, or event messages is discussed where
those commands, responses, or event messages are described in Section 5,
Commands and Responses of this manual.
Other GDS definitions that are not described elsewhere in this manual are explained
here.
Definitions are listed in alphabetical order within each category.
Predefined Token and Field Values
ZGDS-VAL-BUFLEN
is the recommended buffer size in bytes for command messages sent to the GDS
subsystem when a single response record is to be returned.