Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.29+, H06.07+)

Managing Servers
Open System Services Management and Operations Guide—527191-005
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Configuration Files Used for the OSS Name Servers
HP strongly discourages changes in node (system) numbers. However, in a few
situations, such as during the first startup of a newly delivered system, you must
change node numbers.
When an Enscribe alternate-key database file such as ZOSSFSET is created, the
current node number might be embedded in its ALTFILE attributes. If that happens, the
attributes become invalid after the node number is changed.
If your system was ordered with the OSS environment preconfigured, then the OSS
Monitor was started at least once before you received the system. That action created
Figure 4-2. Relationship Among OSS Configuration Files, Processes, and Disk
Volumes
VST006.VSD
Disk volumes for the ROOT fileset listed in the ZOSSPOOL storage-pool file
Catalog volume for the ROOT fileset with catalog files
Disk volumes with ROOT fileset OSS regular files
OSS Monitor process
OSS name server process (with the server name #ZPNS)
$ZPMON
SCF
$ZPNS
$DATA1.ZYQ00000.Z0000011
$ROOTCAT.ZX000000.PXINODE
$ROOTCAT.ZX000000.PXLINK
$ROOTCAT.ZX000000.PXLOG
$DATA2.ZYQ00000.Z0000435
$SYSTEM.ZXOSSMON.ZOSSFSET
$SYSTEM.ZXOSSMON.ZOSSPOOL
$SYSTEM
Legend
$DATA1 $DATA2
1
2
3
4
5
4
5
1
2
3
3
$ROOTCAT
Application
Disk names
$DATA1
$DATA2