NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Specifying System File and Subvolume Locations
Configuring NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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Specifying the Distributed Panel Object File
Tandem distributes some panel description files required by NonStop NET/MASTER
MS as source files. Other panel description files required by NonStop NET/MASTER
MS are precompiled and distributed in a single object file, called the distributed panel
object file.
Panel description files distributed as source files can be customized. Appendix A,
“File Reference,” lists the panel description files for which the source files are
distributed. Other panel description files, distributed in the distributed panel object
file, are not designed for customization.
Note You can obtain the source code for panel description files in the distributed panel object file if you wish.
Contact your Tandem account representative for more information.
By default, the name of the distributed panel object file is $isv-vol.ZNNMPDS.PCODE:
that is, it resides in the distribution panel library. You can specify the name of the
distributed panel object file using the PNLDISTCODE operand of the PARAM
command.
(The PARAM PNLDISTCODE command also sets the default value of the SYSPARMS
PNLOBJPATH command, which is used to customize the panel search path. See
Section 5, “Customizing the Operations Environment,” and refer to the NonStop
NET/MASTER NCL Programmer’s Guide for information about how to customize the
panel search path.)
You must specify the name of the distributed panel object file in the CONFIG file if
either of the following two conditions exist:
The NCP program file and the distributed panel object file reside on different
volumes.
The name of the distributed panel object file is changed to a name other than its
default.
For example, if you change the name of the distributed panel object file to
$DATA1.ZNNMPOBJ.DISTPNL, include the following command in the CONFIG file:
PARAM PNLDISTCODE=$DATA1.ZNNMPOBJ.DISTPNL
Note If NonStop NET/MASTER MS cannot find the distributed panel object file, it cannot start.
You can use the SHOW PNLOBJECT command, which must specify a file name, to
display the names of panels in a panel object file.
The Default Panel Search Path
By default, when an NCL procedure attempts to display a panel, NonStop
NET/MASTER MS searches for the panel description file using a path called the
default panel search path. It is helpful to think of the default panel search path in two