TFDS Manual

Introduction to TFDS
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How to Find Out More About TFDS
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Software developers and your service provider use the data TFDS captures to
speed the repair of the root cause of the failure.
How to Find Out More About TFDS
For an illustration and description of a typical TFDS operating process, see How TFDS
Works on page 2-1.
TFDS is highly configurable to meet your needs. To learn how to create a custom
configuration file, see Section 3, Starting and Configuring TFDS.
To learn how to use TFDSCOM, the TFDS user interface, to change or override
configuration file defaults and to perform actions such as manual dumps, see
Section 4, Using TFDSCOM Commands.
TFDS is a standard product shipped with every copy of the NonStop Kernel and should
already be installed on your system. If you need to install it on your system, use the
Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM). See
the DSM/SCM User’s Guide.