OSI/FTAM Configuration and Management Manual

FTAM Management Environment
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Using SCF to Manage Tandem FTAM
The Print Trace utility (PTrace) formats trace data for output to terminals, printers, and
disk files. You use the SCF TRACE command to collect traces of various kinds of
process activity and then use PTrace to display and analyze the traced information.
These three DSM tools create the management environment for the Tandem FTAM
product. The remainder of this section discusses how each of these tools applies to
Tandem FTAM.
Using SCF to Manage Tandem FTAM
The Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) is a command interpreter for monitoring and
controlling the activities of subsystems such as APLMGR and FTAM on your local
system and on remote systems. You can perform the following management functions
using SCF:
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Control how APLMGR configures Tandem FTAM initiator and responder processes
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Monitor the operation of FTAM initiator and responder processes
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Control APLMGR, FTAM initiator, and FTAM responder process states
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Trace APLMGR, FTAM initiator, and FTAM responder process activity
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Manage the subdevices of FTAM processes
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Display profiles for FTAM responder processes
Figure 2-2
on page 2-4 illustrates how you enter commands interactively to SCF, which
forwards commands to the Subsystem Control Point (SCP). SCP, in turn, forwards
commands to the APLMGR, FTAM initiator, or FTAM responder process indicated by
the SCF command. These processes return responses to SCP, which forwards them to
SCF. If necessary, SCF returns information (in the form of SCF displays or messages) to
your terminal.
The intermediate SCP process provides the interface between SCF and Tandem FTAM
processes. Commands that SCP sends to FTAM initiator and responder processes can be
sent in two ways: either directly to the individual process or indirectly through
APLMGR. The dotted lines in Figure 2-2
on page 2-4 indicate how commands are
passed to processes indirectly, through the APLMGR process. Whether the first, the
second, or both of these options is available depends on the command. Commands
pertaining to the APLMGR subsystem are always sent directly to the APLMGR process.