ViewPoint Manual

Installation, Configuration, and Startup

ViewPoint Manual—426801-001

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NonStop™ TS/MP Configuration

The Install routine lets you set the most commonly used parameters appearing in the

PATHDEFS and PATHCONF configuration files. After installing ViewPoint, you may

need to change other default parameter values that do not apply to your system (see

Appendix A, Server Assigns and Parameters

for examples). Be sure to review these files

for accuracy before starting ViewPoint. To change these parameter values, see

“Changing ViewPoint Configuration.”

Configuration Procedures

The two configuration files, PATHCONF and PATHDEFS, can be used in one of two

ways: either to merge ViewPoint into an existing NonStop™ TS/MP system or to create

a separate new NonStop™ TS/MP system. These two procedures are described below.

Adding ViewPoint to an Existing NonStop™ TS/MP System

To merge ViewPoint into an existing NonStop™ TS/MP system, go to the program

subvolume where the ViewPoint requesters and servers reside and run PATHCOM

using an existing PATHMON name:

VOLUME program-subvol

PATHCOM pathmon-name;OBEY PATHDEFS;EXIT

Creating a New ViewPoint NonStop™ TS/MP System

To create a separate NonStop™ TS/MP system, you must start the PATHMON for the

new NonStop™ TS/MP system on the ViewPoint program subvolume:

VOLUME program-subvol

PATHMON /NAME pathmon-name,NOWAIT,CPU pathmon-cpu/

PATHCOM pathmon-name;OBEY PATHCONF;EXIT

The default PATHMON name for ViewPoint is $ZVPT.

Starting and Stopping a ViewPoint Pathway

ViewPoint provides routines to start and stop a separate NonStop™ TS/MP system.

You always cold start a NonStop™ TS/MP system the first time you run it and again

whenever you change the PATHDEFS configuration file. Use cool start to start a

NonStop™ TS/MP system if you previously exited ViewPoint to use TACL. The three

ViewPoint routines used to start and stop a NonStop™ TS/MP system are:

Note. If the ViewPoint POBJ code does not already exist in the POBJ application, you must

copy it into the POBJ application. See the NonStop™ TS/MP System Management Manual

for instructions.