SQL/MX Connectivity Service Administrative Command Reference
MXCS Architecture Overview
SQL/MX Connectivity Service Administrative Command Reference—526350-005
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Error Message Overview
All MXCS objects can be viewed or manipulated with MACL commands supported by 
MXCI. Through MACL and the configuration client library, MXCI establishes and 
terminates connections to the process that makes up the logical service and, in some 
cases, connections directly to the MXCS configuration database.
Although Figure 1-2 shows one system, an Expand network can connect to other 
systems. Each system must have its own copy of the configuration database, MXCI 
and its own MXCS services. 
Server objects owned by one service can run on any CPU specified by the DS 
definition. Service objects can also run on any specified CPU when you manually start 
services from a TACL prompt by using the MXOAS command. No MXCS 
administrative command is available to launch a service. 
The START SERVICE command requires that the MXOAS command has already 
started the processes and, as such, only moves the service from stopped to started 
and allows users to start connecting. Also, the STOP SERVICE command does not kill 
the service process. It merely prevents establishment of new connections and 
terminates existing connections and the servers supporting them.
Error Message Overview
MXCS administrative command error messages for any single event consist of one or 
more lines of error messages (limit of ten), displayed in this general format: 
CS> command
*** Error[15nnn] Primary error message numbered 15200 to 15499 stating reason for 
 failure of the MXCS command.
*** Error[15nnn] (KEYWORD): Detailed error info from client library or usage
 information. Keyword is "SUBSYSTEM" or "USAGE".
*** Error[15nnn] LOWLAYER 1: Report of problems from layers below client library.
*** Error[15nnn] LOWLAYER n: Additional report from layers below client library,
 where n is 2, 3, 4, and so forth, indicating the sequential number
 of the message up to 8.
To easily locate all errors for a particular event, you must be able to recognize all error 
report formats. Some error reports contain several error events, so it can be useful to 
group errors by event. Note that the initial message for an event contains no keyword 
after the error number.
A single error message for one error event looks like:
CS>info ds abc, option;
-- INFO DS \ODBC.$ASM.ABC Failed
*** ERROR[15242] Command has an invalid attribute "OPTION". +++SUGG: Check spelling
 or use of extra commas.
A usage error message for one error event looks like:
CS>info xx abc;
*** ERROR[15453] Unknown object type, XX.
*** WARNING[15288] USAGE: "INFO" command supports object types: DS, EVAR, SERVER,
 SERVICE, USER.
Note.  A message with content as shown in the first line of this example is always displayed. 
Successive lines containing additional details are frequently displayed.










