TS/MP System Management Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

NonStop TS/MP System Management Manual—541819-001
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Starting and Stopping SERVER
Objects
After you configure and start your PATHMON environment and define and add
SERVER objects, you issue the START command to activate each SERVER object or
process.
When the PATHMON process executes the START command, it checks the status of
the object named and then performs the operations needed to start the object.
Starting SERVER Objects
To start a server class, an individual server process in a server class, or all server
classes controlled by a given PATHMON process, use the START SERVER
command.
There are two types of server processes: static and dynamic.
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A static server is a server process that the PATHMON process creates when you
issue the START SERVER command.
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A dynamic server is a temporary server process that is started by the PATHMON
process under certain circumstances. This type of server is not dependent on the
START SERVER command.
For more information about static and dynamic servers and how you configure them,
see Configuring Server Classes on page 3-16.
Static Server Processes
When you issue a START SERVER command, the PATHMON process starts the
number of static servers defined for the server class. This number is defined by the
NUMSTATIC attribute in the SET SERVER command.
(You do not have to issue the START SERVER command for the PATHMON process
to create a static server process; the PATHMON process starts server processes as
they are needed. However, issuing a START SERVER command provides for better
startup and transaction performance. See Link Requests on page 4-3.)
As an example, if the value for the NUMSTATIC attribute for the server class ORDER-
SRV is 5, this command starts five static server processes in the server class named
ORDER-SRV:
= START SERVER ORDER-SRV
Note. If your PATHMON environment includes objects provided by the Pathway/iTS product,
such as TCP s and TERM and PROGRAM objects, for information on starting and stopping
these objects, see the Pathway/iTS System Management Manual .