SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel Subsystem

STOPMODE { SPI | STANDARD | SYSMSG }
specifies what method the $ZPM persistence manager should use when aborting the generic
process. The default value is STANDARD.
stops the generic process by sending it a SPI STOP command (as defined in the SPI Common
Extensions Manual).
SPI
stops the generic process by using the PROCESS_STOP_ procedure (as defined in the Guardian
Procedure Calls Reference Manual).
STANDARD
stops the generic process by sending it an internal system message.SYSMSG
TYPE { FOXMON | SUBSYSTEM-MANAGER | OTHER }
specifies the type of generic process being altered. The default is OTHER.
specifies that this process is a FOX monitor process, as described in the
ServerNet/FX Adapter Configuration and Management Manual.Note that you
FOXMON
cannot alter to or from TYPE FOXMON without first deleting and readding the
process.
specifies that this process is a subsystem manager process, and that it participates
in the $ZPM reload check-in protocol. Note that $ZZLAN and $ZZFOX are
exceptions; their TYPE values are OTHER and FOXMON, respectively.
SUBSYSTEM-MANAGER
specifies that this process is not a subsystem manager process or FOXMON process.OTHER
USERID { groupname.username | groupnum,usernum }
specifies the creator access ID under which this process executes. USERID must specify an
existing operating system user ID.
The user ID of the current SCF session determines what user IDs can be configured:
• For the super ID (255,255), the user ID can be set to any user on the system.
• For any other super-group user (255,n), the user ID is set to the user ID of the current SCF
session. This is the default.
ALTER PROCESS Considerations
• For a description of how to use the ALTER PROCESS command, see “Altering a Generic
Process” (page 55).
• If you enter a CONFIRM ON command (described in the SCF Reference Manual for G-Series
RVUs or the SCF Reference Manual for J-Series and H-Series RVUs) before the ADD command,
SCF displays this message in response to a successful ADD command:
ALTER accepted by KERNEL: PROCESS \system.$ZZKRN.#process
• Even if you receive a warning message in response to an ALTER command, SCF has accepted
the command (unless you also receive another error message in response to the same
command). If you need to correct or change an attribute in response to the warning message,
use the ALTER command again.
• If $ZZKRN cannot find a specified file on $SYSTEM.SYSTEM, it then searches for the file on
the current $SYSTEM.SYSnn. This search algorithm allows you to change the operating system
version, yet keep the same attribute values for a process.
• When specifying a file name, avoid including the system name (unless the file must reside on
a specific system). Omitting the system name allows the process to be system-independent.
• Wild cards are not supported for the ALTER command.
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