Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/XM System Management Manual—426761-001

1-1

What Chapters Do You Need?

Which Sections Do You Need?

This manual is organized into logical groups of information for easy reference.

Table 1-1

is a descriptive map showing which sections of this manual are relevant to

particular system management tasks. For each listed task, the “You Need...” column

provides the page numbers of one or more manual sections or subsections that pertain to

that task.

Table 1-1. Management Tasks and Manual Sections (page 1 of 2)

You Need…

To get overview information:

Understand the benefits and features of a Compaq NonStop™

Pathway/XM environment

2-1

See the relationships between processes in a Pathway/XM

environment

3-3

To configure a Pathway/XM environment:

Run the PXMCFG utility 4-4

Write a PXMCFG source file 4-1, 5-1, and 6-1

Configure global objects in a Pathway/XM environment 4-14, 4-15, and

4-21

Configure client- and requester-related objects 5-1 and 5-9

Configure server-related objects 6-1

Migrate to a new configuration online 7-19

To monitor and manage a Pathway/XM environment:

Use the PXMCOM interface 7-3

Set up status and error logging 7-6

Start a Pathway/XM environment 7-11

Collect and display information about a Pathway/XM environment 7-16

Shut down a Pathway/XM environment 7-32

Provide problem information to your representative 7-37

Manage requester-related objects 8-1

Collect and display information about requesters 8-7

Send messages to terminal users 8-12

Manage server-related objects 9-1

Collect and display information about servers 9-6