APLMGR SCF Reference Manual

Objects for Tandem FTAM

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null Object

The null object type is not an actual object type: “null” is a term used to represent the

absence of an object type in the command. If an SCF command supports the null object

type, you can issue it without specifying an object type.

For Tandem FTAM, the NAMES and VERSION commands support the null object type.

The NAMES null command refers to a collection of object types, for the VERSION null

command, the object type is irrelevant.

When issuing an SCF command to a Tandem FTAM process using the null object type,

you specify the command, followed only by a valid Guardian process name.

The following are examples of SCF commands that use the null object type:

NAMES \MARS.$AMGR

NAMES $FTI1

VERSION $FTR1

PROCESS Object

A PROCESS object is used to direct commands to specific processes. There are three

types of processes: the APLMGR process itself, initiator processes, and responder

processes. You can send an SCF command to an initiator or responder process directly

or through the APLMGR process. The naming conventions described in the following

subsection allow you to specify how you want to send the command to the process.

Naming Conventions for the PROCESS Object

There are three forms of process names. The first refers to APLMGR processes; the

other two forms refer to initiator and responder processes.

Naming APLMGR Processes

The following name format allows you to send an SCF command to the APLMGR

process. Specify the command, followed by the PROCESS specification and the name of

the APLMGR process:

PROCESS [\system-name.]$appl-mgr-name

system-name identifies the system in which the APLMGR process is running.

appl-mgr-name is the name of the APLMGR process and is a valid Guardian

process name. Use this command only when you want to direct a command to the

APLMGR process.