OSI/AS Configuration and Management Manual

Management Environment
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Using SCF to Manage Your OSI/AS Subsystem
Using SCF to Manage Your OSI/AS Subsystem
SCF commands are your means of controlling an OSI/AS subsystem. You use the SCF
command interface to configure the subsystem, to monitor and evaluate its performance,
and to make alterations when necessary.
For simple subsystem management functions, you can use the SCF command interface
interactively. You start the SCF process from a TACL command interpreter and enter
SCF commands individually from your terminal. When you are finished, you exit SCF
and return to your command interpreter.
For complex management functions, however, you can build command files or TACL
macros that you invoke to perform routine sequences of SCF commands. This is
especially useful when you initially configure OSI/AS. Typically, you design and save
the initial configuration of your subsystem by building a command file containing SCF
commands. Then if you need to bring your OSI/AS subsystem down, you can easily
restart it using the OBEY command to invoke the command file. see Appendix A,
Examples of Configuration Command Files, for examples of command files that contain
sequences of SCF commands to set up an OSI/AS subsystem.
SCF Help Utility
The SCF interface to the OSI/AS subsystem includes online help. Table 2-1 lists the
commands you can issue and the type of information returned by the SCF help utility.
Table 2-1. SCF Online Help Commands
This Help Command... Returns This OSI/AS Information...
HELP subsystem
Returns generic information on the
subsystem, including lists of supported
commands and objects.
HELP subsystem object
Describes information on the subsystem
as it pertains to that particular object.
HELP subsystem command
Describes the specified command as it is
used in the subsystem.
HELP subsystem command object
Describes how the specified command is
applied to the specified object in the
subsystem.
HELP subsystem error
Displays the error message corresponding
to the specified error number. The display
includes an explanation of the error
message.