OSI/FTAM Configuration and Management Manual

FTAM Management Environment

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SCF Help Utility

The SCF interface to the FTAM and APLMGR subsystems includes online help.

Table 2-3 lists the commands you can issue and the type of information returned by the

SCF help utility.

Note. The owner, or process accessor ID, of the Tandem FTAM responder process changes

depending on the particular remote application process that is using the responder services.

This condition does not affect the operation of sensitive commands that are issued to a

responder through the APLMGR process, because the ownership of the APLMGR process

determines whether these commands can be executed.

However, changes in responder ownership can affect the execution of the following

nonsensitive commands, which cannot be executed through the APLMGR process but must be

sent directly to the responder: TRACE PROCESS and STATS PROCESS or STATS SU with

the RESET option. You must either issue these commands through super ID access or you

must ensure that all applications using the responder log on using user IDs in the same

Guardian user group and that you do the same when issuing these commands to the

responder.

Table 2-3. SCF Help Utility Commands

HELP Command Format Information Returned

HELP subsystem Provides overview information about the Tandem

FTAM or APLMGR subsystem, including lists of

supported commands and objects.

HELP subsystem object-

type

Describes the specified object type as it is used in the

specified subsystem.

HELP [subsystem] command Describes the specified command as it is used in the

specified subsystem. (If the APLMGR or FTAM

subsystem is set as the current subsystem, subsystem-

specific information is displayed even if the subsystem

name is omitted.)

HELP subsystem command

object-type

Describes how the specified command is applied to

objects of the specified object type in the specified

subsystem.

HELP subsystem error Displays the error message corresponding to the

specified number. The display includes an explanation

of the error message.