Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Configuring Servers
Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/XM System Management Manual—426761-001
6-13
Required and Optional Attributes
Required and Optional Attributes
The following SERVICE object attributes are required:
•
FILE specifies the SuperCTL file that contains the server definitions to be imported.
•
NODE specifies the NODE object to which the imported servers are to be linked
When you add a SERVICE object, you must specify an object name. This same name is
used to create a server group name; all server processes associated with the server
classes imported from this SERVICE object are automatically assigned this group name
to make server management easier.
In addition, you can specify optional attributes to be used to define server groups and
server default values, as follows:
•
GROUP allows you to specify additional logical names to which the group of
imported SERVER objects are associated.You may specify new group names or you
may use already existing group names. The groups defined with this attribute are in
addition to the group automatically created when the SERVICE object is added.
•
The VARIABLE attribute allows you to specify new values for values that are
included in the imported SERVER object definitions. When the new definitions are
imported, the specified imported values are replaced with the values defined in the
VARIABLE attribute.
Overwriting File Names in Server Class Definitions
Imported SERVER object definitions may contain file names or may resolve to default
file names that are not valid in the importing environment. To solve that problem, you
can specify names or default names for different types of variables.
When server class definitions are imported, the PXMCFG utility in the importing
environment looks at the definition of the SERVICE object to determine the new file
names for any variables. If no file name is specified, then the exported name is used; in
both cases the file name is resolved using the NODE associated with the SERVICE
object.
The following example shows a statement in an export configuration source file that
defines a variable name for a server class process and the corresponding statement in the
configuration source file of the importing environment that overrides the imported
process name and specifies the name $SALES:
Export configuration source file statement:
SET SERVER PROCESS <PROCESS:PRNAME=$PR1>
Import configuration source file statement:
SET SERVICE VARIABLE PROCESS:PRNAME=$SALES