OSI/FTAM Configuration and Management Manual

Planning, Installing, and Configuring Tandem FTAM
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Adding, Changing, and Deleting VFS Profiles
Adding Profiles
You must configure one VFS profile for each unique OSI address to be used by one or
more responder processes.
Profiles should be configured before you add responder processes, although this is not
required. You must, however, have profiles configured before you start responder
processes associated with those profiles; otherwise, you will be unable to start the
processes. The following command configures the profile VFS1 for the Example FTAM
Configuration on page 3-38:
ADD PROFILE $AMGR.#VFS.VFS1, COMNAME "APPL1A"
This command configures VFS1 with the specified common name but does not provide
a default user ID and password. If you specify both a common name and the four
address components that make up the OSI address, the OSI address overrides the
common name listed in the directory. It is recommended that you add profiles using
common names to simplify configuration and use of these processes.
You can configure several responder processes to use the same profile (and thus the
same OSI address), or you can configure a unique profile (and OSI address) for each
responder process, up to a maximum of 256 profiles. You do this when you use ADD
PROCESS commands to configure the processes, as described later in this section. The
sample configuration file in Appendix A, Example FTAM Configuration Command
Files, includes two responder processes, FTR1 and FTR2, configured to use the same
profile, VFS1.
Changing Profile Configurations
If you need to change one or both of the PROFILE attributes, you should first make
certain that all responder processes using the profile are in the STOPPED state. This
allows the responder to access the new attribute values from the profile when the
responder is restarted. If these responder processes are not in the STOPPED state when
you change the profile, they will be unable to access the new values. The processes will
continue to run using the old values until they are stopped and restarted. You can use the
ALTER command in SCF with the PROFILE object to reconfigure a profile:
ALTER PROFILE $AMGR.#VFS.VFS1, DEFUSER "FNET.CNFG,FTMUSER"
This command causes the responder or responders using this profile to receive a new set
of attributes when you start the process(es).