NonStop System Glossary

OSS environment
See Open System Services (OSS) environment.
OSS Monitor
See Open System Services (OSS) Monitor.
OSS process ID
In the Open System Services (OSS) environment, the unique identifier that identifies a process
during the lifetime of the process and during the lifetime of the process group of that process. See
also PID.
OSS signal
See Open System Services (OSS) signal.
OSS user ID
See HP NonStop operating system user ID.
outage
Condition during which a computer system is not capable of doing useful work. Outages can be
planned or unplanned. From the end user’s perspective, an outage is any time an application
being used is not available. See also planned outage and unplanned outage.
outage minutes
A metric for measuring outages that translates percentages into minutes/year of downtime.
output destination
The resource to which Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) sends its responses to commands. SCF can
direct output to a disk file, an application process, a terminal, or a printer. The initial output
destination is determined by the form of the RUN command used to initiate SCF. The output
destination can be changed dynamically during an SCF session.
owner
1. In the case of a disk file, the user or program that created the file, or a user or program to
whom the creator has given the file with the File Utility Program (FUP) GIVE command.
2. In the case of a process, the user or program that created the process or, if the PROGID option
was specified in the FUP SECURE command for the code file, the user or program that owns the
code file.
3. In the case of a token or other definition, the subsystem that provided the definition.
4. In the case of a subsystem, the company or organization that provides the subsystem, or the
8-character string identifying that company.
P
packet
A block of information that contains fields for addressing, sequencing information, possible priority
indicators, and a portion of a message or an entire message. See also ServerNet packet.
P 141