Virtual Hometerm Subsystem (VHS) Manual (G06.24+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

Glossary
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filter object file
filter object file. A file containing the compiled filter code that determines which events are
displayed on an events screen.
forwarding distributor. An Event Management Service (EMS) distributor process that
sends selected event messages to an EMS collector on another network node or, if the
node has multiple collectors, to an EMS collector on the same node. Compare
consumer distributor and printing distributor.
FUP. See File Utility Program (FUP).
header token. A special type of token that provides information pertaining to the SPI or
EMS message as a whole. Header tokens differ from other tokens in several ways:
they exist in the buffer at initialization and their values are usually set by SSINIT or
EMSINIT; they can occur only once in a buffer; they are never enclosed in a list; they
cannot be moved to another buffer with SSMOVE. Programs retrieve the values of
header tokens by passing appropriate token codes to SSGET or EMSGET, and can
change the values of some header tokens by passing their token codes to SSPUT or to
EMSADDSUBJECT or EMSADDTOKENS.
information event. This is an event that is neither critical nor requires action, such as an
event that reports a change in the status of a process or device. Compare action event
and critical event.
Inspect. An interactive symbolic debugger for TAL, FORTRAN, COBOL, and Pathway
program development.
last event. A recent event that concerns a particular object. When requested, ViewPoint
displays on the Last Events screen a page of last-event messages whose subject is a
selected object.
Last Events screen. The screen on which ViewPoint displays all events with a particular
subject.
macro. A sequence of TACL commands and built-in functions that can contain dummy
arguments, therefore providing a means for simple argument substitution. These
arguments are not checked for validity. When the macro name is given to TACL, TACL
substitutes the expansion of the command sequence for the name, replacing any
dummy arguments with parameter values supplied in the invocation. See HP Tandem
Advanced Command Language (TACL). Compare routine.
management application. A program or set of programs that issues commands to
subsystems, retrieves event messages, or does both things to assist in managing a
computer system or a network of systems. A management application is a requester
with respect to the subsystems to which it sends commands; the subsystems are
servers with respect to the management application. DSM provides a set of
management applications (including ViewPoint, DSM/PM, and DSMS); customers can
also write their own custom management applications.