Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Configuring the Pathway/XM Environment
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Using Existing Object Attributes for New Objects
Overriding Working-Set Values
When you add an object, you can temporarily override the current attribute values in the
PXMCFG working set by specifying other values in the ADD statement. For example,
the following statement creates a SERVER named JOHN, using the working-set values
for all SERVER attributes except the HIGHPIN attribute (which will have the value
ON):
ADD SERVER JOHN, HIGHPIN ON
Notice that this statement does not change the values currently recorded in the working
set—it only overrides them for this particular instance of the ADD statement.
Reinitializing Working-Set Values
You can reset any or all PXMCFG working-set values to their initial state (the values
that existed when PXMCFG was started) by using the RESET statement. For example,
to reset the AUTORESTART and NUMSTATIC values for SERVER objects to their
initial settings, you enter:
RESET SERVER AUTORESTART, NUMSTATIC
To reset all SERVER attributes to their initial values, you enter:
RESET SERVER
If an attribute for an object has no standard initial default value, PXMCFG resets that
attribute to indicate that the value is not yet specified.
Using Existing Object Attributes for New Objects
You can use object definitions already added to the SuperCTL file as the basis for
defining values in the PXMCFG working set. For example, suppose you want to add a
new SERVER object named JACK, using the same attributes that applied to the
SERVER named ANNA (except for the TMF attribute). You could do this by using the
SET statement with the LIKE option, as follows:
SET SERVER LIKE ANNA
ADD SERVER JACK, TMF ON
The LIKE option requests PXMCFG to set the working-set values exactly the same as
those for the attributes of the object whose name follows LIKE. This feature is useful
for defining and adding multiple objects of the same kind with similar definitions. For
example, when specifying multiple SERVER objects, you need enter only those
attributes that are different from those of a previously added SERVER. Alternatively,
you can define a SERVER object that is exactly like a previously added SERVER
object.