Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Configuring the Pathway/XM Environment

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

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Configuring Global Parameters

The SET PATHWAY statement enables you to define global limits for your

configuration and to specify node-independent, owner, and security attributes. These

tasks are described in the following paragraphs. For the complete syntax of the SET

PATHWAY statement, including descriptions of all the attributes you can set for the

PATHWAY object, refer to SET PATHWAY

on page 10-32.

Specifying Limits

Limits are global values that determine the maximum number of certain kinds of items

that you can define when you configure individual objects. You can specify limits for

some optional attributes, such as:

•

MAXLINKMONS specifies the maximum number of LINKMON processes that

can communicate with the well-known named PATHMON process at the same time.

(In a Pathway/XM environment, all requests from LINKMON processes are sent to

the well-known named PATHMON process.)

•

MAXPXMCOMS specifies the maximum number of PXMCOM processes that can

communicate simultaneously with each PATHMON process in this Pathway/XM

environment.

These limits indicate the maximum number of items allowed for each PATHMON

process.

For more information about limits and default values for your Pathway/XM

environment, refer to Appendix C, Configuration Limits and Defaults

Specifying the Owner and Security Attributes

You specify Guardian security for your Pathway/XM environment by setting the

OWNER and SECURITY attributes of the SET PATHWAY statement. These attributes

determine who is allowed to alter the states and other settings of Pathway/XM objects

by using PXMCOM.

The OWNER attribute indicates the owner of the Pathway/XM environment. This is the

user who can start and stop the Pathway/XM environment and its objects, reconfigure

distributed server classes, and so on.

The SECURITY attribute specifies the applicable Guardian security value (A, G, O, -,

N, C, or U).

The following example specifies that only the owner—user ID 8,61—can modify the

Pathway/XM environment:

SET PATHWAY OWNER 8,61

SET PATHWAY SECURITY "O"

The next example specifies that any member of user group ID 8 can modify the

Pathway/XM environment:

SET PATHWAY OWNER 8,61

SET PATHWAY SECURITY "G"