APLMGR SCF Reference Manual

Introduction to SCF for Tandem FTAM

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SCF Online Help

SCF provides online support when you use the HELP command described in the

Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) Reference Manual (for D-series releases) or the SCF

Reference Manual for G-Series Releases. If the HELP command alone is entered, SCF

responds with a menu that guides you through the available help options. Simply select

from the options displayed in the menu for the information you need.

Using this menu-mode help facility, you can obtain general information about SCF basic

components, such as attribute specifications, character strings, commands, file names,

integers, and so on.

In addition to getting general SCF information, you can obtain information specific to

your particular subsystem.

To obtain information on the APLMGR subsystem syntax of object types and the

commands that apply to them, you enter the following command:

HELP OSIAPLMG [ command ] [ object-type ]

To obtain information on the FTAM subsystem syntax of object types and the commands

that apply to them, you enter the following command:

HELP OSIFTAM [ command ] [ object-type ]

SCF Error Messages

SCF displays an error message when it cannot complete the requested action. This

happens when the command is entered incorrectly or is not appropriate for some reason

(for example, the target object cannot be found or is not in the required state, or the user

does not have a proper user ID to perform a sensitive command).

Subsystem Identifier

Error messages for SCF commands sent to Tandem FTAM processes can originate from

the APLMGR subsystem, from the FTAM subsystem, from SCF, or from SCP. Each

error message is preceded by the name of the subsystem that returns the error; parsing

errors do not include a subsystem identifier. All errors returned by the APLMGR

subsystem are identified by the string OSIAPLMG at the beginning of the error

message; all errors returned by the FTAM subsystem are identified by the string

OSIFTAM; errors returned by SCF are identified by the string SCF; and errors returned

by SCP are identified by the string SCP.