NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Operating Modes
Configuring the Processing Environment
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When You Should Use Basic Mode
Use the following guidelines to determine when you should use basic mode:
You have a smaller computer installation with no more than 10 interactive user
logons and no more than one INMC link. You need only minimum resources
(virtual memory, physical memory, process resources, and so on) to satisfactorily
run NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
You want to minimize the resources (virtual memory, physical memory, process
resources, and so on) required to run NonStop NET/MASTER MS. Perhaps you
have a larger computer with scarce resources.
You want to start and run NonStop NET/MASTER MS to examine it. You may
not be particularly interested in operating modes or configuring NonStop
NET/MASTER MS, or you may want to see how NonStop NET/MASTER MS
performs in basic mode. For example, use basic mode if you are considering
whether to buy NonStop NET/MASTER MS and you want to see for yourself how
quick and easy it is to get up and running in this operating mode.
You want to be able to start NonStop NET/MASTER MS quickly after an
installation or upgrade. Minimizing NonStop NET/MASTER MS startup time is
important, and you do not require a CONFIG file when you start NonStop
NET/MASTER MS.
You want to run NonStop NET/MASTER MS using its default startup
configuration. You expect NonStop NET/MASTER MS to perform satisfactorily
on your computer using its default startup configuration, and you do not require a
CONFIG file when you start NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
You want to make NonStop NET/MASTER MS available to users quickly. For
example, you have received an installation or upgrade and you want users to use
the new release of NonStop NET/MASTER MS, perhaps while you determine its
optimal configuration at your installation. You may plan to make a fully
configured NonStop NET/MASTER MS available later.
NonStop NET/MASTER MS has a constant minimum workload. The NCP does
not periodically create additional NC processes to supplement the workload
performed by the existing NC process. See “Supporting Multiple INMC Links”
and “Managing Interactive User Logon Processing,” later in this section, for more
information.
You do not want to enhance the persistency of the functions performed by the NC
process. If the NC process fails, you can cope if the functions normally performed
by the failed NC process are temporarily not performed. See “Configuring
Application Process Persistency,” later in this section, for more information.