OVNPM 1.5.2 - Performance Agent for NonStop Server Monitoring Guide
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3-25 SPN 
3-25-1 SPN Instance Configuration 
Domain 
SPN 
DescriptionDomain  
SPN (Symbolic Path Name) is a way to identify the OSS path of a file 
Syntax  1. SPN <SPN-ID> [<SPN-FATHER-ID>]<oss path name>  
Where: 
<SPN-ID> is an eight character unique identifier  
<OSS PATH NAME> is the path name for an OSS entity like FILE 
or DIRECTORY. It must start by character “/”. If it contains 
space it must be quoted. The maximum length can be 248 
characters. It can be split over several lines using sign + 
at beginning of the line. 
<SPN-FATHER-ID> is identifier of an already define spn. 
The combined length of their corresponding OSS pathnames should not exceed 
1024 characters. 
Example 
SPN websvr /usr/tandem/webserver 
SPN weblog websvr/logs 
SPN webbin websvr/bin 
Comments  The SPN-ID should be: 
•  Unique throughout the USERCFG file 
•  Maximum length of 8 characters 
•  Cannot contain ‘$’, ‘\’ ‘.’ or ‘/’ characters 
•  Identifier and path are case sensitive 
You can use the syntax provided above to make the desired changes in the 
USERCFG file. 
NOTE:
 [Meas] Extract from “Measure Reference Manual”, May 2008, HP. 










