Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Migrating Pathway Applications to the Pathway/XM
Environment
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5. Run the PXMCNVRT utility, using as input the output from BUILDCFG:
RUN PXMCNVRT /IN PCFGSRC, OUT out-file/
where out-file is the disk file where you want your initial Pathway/XM
configuration file to be placed.
The output file from PXMCNVRT is a PXMCFG source file. In subsequent steps,
you can use a text editor such as PS Text Edit (TEDIT) to edit the statements in this
file.
6. Check the SERVER object definitions in this file to be sure the TYPE attribute of
each server class is defined as you want it to be.
PXMCNVRT defines all server classes to be of type DISTRIBUTED unless their
configuration prohibits their being DISTRIBUTED; this enables your server classes
to take maximum advantage of Pathway/XM load balancing and online
reconfiguration. If MAXSERVERS is set to 1 or if ASSOCIATIVE is set to ON for
a server class, PXMCNVRT defines the server class as DIRECT. If neither of these
is true but the TMF attribute is set to OFF, PXMCNVRT defines the server class as
REPLICATED. Otherwise, PXMCNVRT defines the server class as
DISTRIBUTED.
However, you may have other reasons to avoid defining certain server classes as
DISTRIBUTED, at least initially. If so, edit the TYPE definitions as needed.
7. Run the PXMCFG utility on the resulting PXMCFG source file to build the
SuperCTL file.
8. Run PXMCOM, open the new SuperCTL file, and start the Pathway/XM
environment. Test your new Pathway/XM environment.
9. If your application consists of multiple PATHMON environments, repeat steps 2
through 8 for each additional PATHMON environment. Then edit the NODE object
names in each PXMCFG source file so that each name is unique in your
Pathway/XM environment, and combine the PXMCFG source files into a single
source file.
10. Identify related groups of terminals and related groups of server classes that you
want to be able to manage together. Incorporate these groups as follows:
•
Edit your PXMCFG source file to include SET TERM and SET SERVER
statements with the GROUP option to define these groups with meaningful
names.
•
Reconfigure your Pathway/XM environment to incorporate these changes (shut
down the Pathway/XM environment, run PXMCFG on the new source file, and
then cold start the Pathway/XM environment).