NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Configuring Static and Dynamic Application Processes
Configuring the Processing Environment
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If you want the processing environment to support both a minimum workload and
unexpected or unusual increases in workload, you should configure NonStop
NET/MASTER MS to start dynamic processes.
Starting Application
Processes by Using File
Names on Disk
You can start static and dynamic BK, EM, IS, MS, and NC application processes by
using file names on disk. You do so by embedding process creation hints in the names
of the program files used to create the processes.
During NonStop NET/MASTER MS startup, the NCP scans the installation
subvolume for object files (with a file code of 100) that begin with NM. If found, the
NCP assumes that the files are to be used to start application processes. The NCP
analyzes the file names, using process creation hints to determine the class of each
application process, the number of processes to start, and the presence of each process.
The NCP starts each process with the default values for execution attributes (such as
process name and process priority) and logical names.
Note The NCP scans the installation subvolume for object files that begin with NM regardless of whether you
are starting NonStop NET/MASTER MS with a CONFIG file. This allows you to start some application
processes by using file names on disk (using default values), and to configure and start other application
processes by using a CONFIG file.
By default, the name of the application process program file, which is used to create
application processes, is NMNC0001. When NonStop NET/MASTER MS is started
using its default startup configuration (without a CONFIG file), the NCP uses this file
name to create one dynamic NC process.
If you want the NCP to start one or more static NC processes or more than one
dynamic NC process, rename NMNC0001 by changing the last four characters (0001).
If you want the NCP to start one or more static or dynamic BK, EM, IS, or MS
processes, copy NMNC0001, creating one copy for each process class, and rename each
copied file by changing the last six characters (NC0001).
Note Copying the program file uses considerable disk space. It is a more efficient use of disk space to use a
CONFIG file for all application process definitions and to create all application process definitions from the
same program file.