SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel Subsystem

• LIBRARY
• INFILE
• STARTUPMSG
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DELETE
A super-group user (255,n) can DELETE a generic process only if he is the owner.
START
A super-group user (255,n) can START any generic process owned by any user.
A super-group user (255,n) can ADD, ALTER, and DELETE the ASSIGN/PARAM/DEFINE attributes
of a process only if he is the owner.
If the user does not specify an object type or object name in the command, SCF uses the assumed
object type and object name (set by the user with a previous ASSUME command) to expand any
missing or partially qualified portions of these arguments. Based on the device type of the object
named in the command, SCF selects the appropriate subsystem to finish processing the command.
Wild-Card Support
SCF commands for the Kernel subsystem allow you to make these wild-card character substitutions:
• A trailing asterisk (*) for #gpname in a PROCESS object name. For more specific information,
see the considerations for each command.
• An asterisk in place of the cpu value in a SERVERNET object name.
ABORT Command (Sensitive Command)
The ABORT command terminates the operation of one or more PROCESS objects as quickly as
possible. The object (or objects if the process is running in more than one processor) are left in the
STOPPED object state, substate ABORTED, but remain configured in the system configuration
database (CONFIG).
ABORT [ /OUT file-spec / ] PROCESS $ZZKRN.gpname
PROCESS $ZZKRN.gpname
is a generic process controlled by the Kernel subsystem manager process. You can omit
PROCESS, $ZZKRN, and #gpname if you have specified them with an ASSUME command.
Considerations
• When aborting a generic process configured in multiple processors, you should consider
entering a TIMEOUT command (described in the SCF Reference Manual for G-Series RVUs or
the SCF Reference Manual for J-Series and H-Series RVUs) to specify a timeout value that is
longer than the default 90 seconds. Several processes can be aborted within 90 seconds, but
if you abort a generic process that has been configured as a group (for example, by the CPU
ALL attribute) or if you abort multiple generic processes (by using a wild card in the ABORT
command), more time may be needed.
• If a generic process does not seem to enter the STOPPED state, but instead appears to be
ABORTING or STOPPING, repeat the ABORT command.
• The ABORT command effectively sets the persistence count to zero.
• After you have entered an ABORT command on a generic process, $ZPM does not restart the
process until the system is loaded. $ZPM does not restart the process if the processor is
reloaded. This is always true regardless of the start mode or persistence settings.
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