Pathway/iTS System Management Manual (G06.24+)

Introduction to Pathway/iTS System Management
HP NonStop Pathway/iTS System Management Manual—426748-002
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System Management Tasks
The following briefly describes the tasks shown in Figure 1-7 on page 1-20:
1. Start the Pathway environment.
This task consists of starting the PATHMON and PATHCOM processes. The
PATHCOM process provides the interactive command interface to the PATHMON
process.
2. Configure and start the PATHMON environment.
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Configure the PATHMON process. You can specify a backup processor and
request error dumping.
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Specify global limits and settings with the SET PATHWAY command. Use the
cold start option to start the environment for the first time. Use the cool start
option to start the environment using an existing configuration.
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Start the PATHMON environment by using the START PATHWAY command.
3. Configure the PATHMON-controlled objects: that is, the set of objects controlled by
the PATHMON process. Note that this step is optional if you cool started the
PATHMON environment in Step 2, that is, if you configured these objects in a
previous session and do not need to configure any of them.
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Define configuration parameters for terminal control processes (TCPs) with the
SET TCP command and then add the TCPs to your PATHMON environment
with the ADD TCP command.
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Define configuration parameters for terminals and other input-output devices
with the SET TERM command and then add the devices with the ADD TERM
command.
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Define configuration parameters for SCREEN COBOL program templates with
the SET PROGRAM command and then add the program templates with the
ADD PROGRAM command.
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Define configuration parameters for server classes with the SET SERVER
command and then add the server classes with the ADD SERVER command.
4. Start the PATHMON-controlled objects.
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Start all the TCP, TERM, and SERVER objects by using the appropriate
START command. For example, the command START SERVER * starts all
static server processes defined for all server classes.
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Run process threads based on your program templates by using the
RUN PROGRAM command.
5. Maintain your PATHMON environment by performing these tasks as needed:
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Monitor the status and performance of PATHMON-controlled objects.
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Monitor exception conditions.
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Send messages to terminal users.