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

Glossary
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outstanding prompt
application for management of important events; it is not an inherent part of the event
message.
outstanding prompt. A prompt sent by an application to VHS that is waiting for a response.
The VHS prompt file contains all outstanding prompts.
owner. In the case of a disk file, the user or program that created the file, or a user or
program to whom the creator has given the file. In the case of a process, the user or
program that created the process or the user or program that owns the code file. In the
case of a token or other definition, the subsystem that provided the definition. In the
case of a subsystem, the company or organization that provides the subsystem, or the
eight-character string identifying that company.
Pathway. An HP subsystem for managing online transaction processing; it uses the
requester-server model with requesters consisting of an HP supplied terminal control
process (TCP) and user-written SCREEN COBOL program units, and servers grouped
into server classes to perform the requested processing. ViewPoint is a Pathway
application. See SCREEN COBOL.
point-of-sale (POS) terminal. A type of terminal used by retail stores for automated sales
transactions.
primary event. An event that is reported to a collector for display at all ViewPoint terminals
at a network control node. Primary events are displayed on the ViewPoint Primary
Events screen.
Primary Event Configuration screen. The one-page ViewPoint event configuration screen
requested from the Primary Events screen on which the operator can specify criteria to
control the display of events on the Primary Events screen for all operators.
primary-events distributor. An EMS consumer distributor that distributes event messages
to a ViewPoint event collection server for display on all terminals at a network control
node. See distributor
.
Primary Events screen. The screen on which ViewPoint displays events configured for all
operators; these are events that pass the filter for primary events and the configuration
criteria specified on the Primary Events Configuration screen.
primary log file. A set of up to five files used to log all messages sent to VHS.
printing distributor. An Event Management Service (EMS) distributor process that sends
selected event messages to printers, devices, processes, or files. Compare consumer
distributor and forwarding distributor.
problem. Any occurrence that has a negative impact on system operations.
problem management. Activities that provide support for resolving problems in a
production environment. One of the operations activities in the operations-
management model. See operations management model
.