RSC/MP 7.3 Installation and Configuration Guide

Configuring the RSC/MP Transport (Piccolo)
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Configuring Piccolo (general instructions)
On systems that use a single Pipeman process, you should isolate the TDP, the
RSC/MP client application, and the RSCPIPE process from the Piccolo configuration
file on their respective systems. However, on systems requiring multiple concurrent
instances of Piccolo, these processes (through the Piccolo API) must be able to
access the configuration file to find the correct Pipeman process. Instructions for
configuring multiple instances of Piccolo are discussed Configuring Multiple Instances
of Piccolo (for advanced installations) on page 5-5.
Configuring Piccolo (general instructions)
Before configuring Piccolo, determine whether you need to run multiple concurrent
instances of Piccolo. For most installations, a single instance is sufficient. A single
Pipeman instance can support multiple TDP processes (on the host) or multiple
RSCPIPE and/or RSC/MP application processes (on the workstation).
Multiple concurrent instances can be useful when there are classes of users or
services that must be kept isolated from each other, for example, when supporting
development and production environments simultaneously on a single system. Any
given TDP or RSCPIPE can communicate with only a single Piccolo instance, so the
use of multiple Piccolo instances makes sense only when multiple, fully isolated TDP
or RSCPIPE instances are planned.
To configure Piccolo, you will create one or more Piccolo configuration files. These files
are plain text files that can be created and maintained using an ordinary text editor.
The format and content of the Piccolo configuration file is described in Creating the
Configuration File (for all installations) on page 5-10.
Note. The RSC/MP Configuration Wizard (RSCCONFIG.EXE file) is included with Windows
RSC/MP packages. The Wizard provides an alternate, possibly more convenient way, to create
a Piccolo configuration file on the Windows platform only. Because the configuration file format
is simple, and text editors are available on all platforms, this guide describes the configuration
file format itself, rather than specific help on the Wizard.