About This Manual; Who Should Read This Manual - HP NonStop Pathway/iTS Programming Manual

About This Manual

This is a reference manual for the token-oriented management programming interface
to Pathway/iTS, which, together with TS/MP, is called the Pathway subsystem in HP
Distributed Systems Management (DSM) terminology. It describes Subsystem
Programmatic Interface (SPI) commands used to configure and control Pathway/iTS
objects in a PATHMON environment and to monitor the status and performance of
those objects. This manual also provides syntax and complete descriptions of event,
error, and warning messages issued by TCPs using the Event Management Service
(EMS).
The TS/MP Management Programming Manual is a prerequisite to this manual. For
information about management of the PATHMON environment as a whole and the
management programming interface to TS/MP objects, see the TS/MP Management
Programming Manual.
This manual is also intended to be used in conjunction with the Pathway/iTS System
Management Manual, which discusses how to manage Pathway/iTS objects and
provides strategies for system management.

Who Should Read This Manual

This manual is intended for individuals writing applications that manage Pathway/iTS
objects in a PATHMON environment. Such programmers also need the reference
information in the TS/MP Management Programming Manual and the task-oriented
information in the Pathway/iTS System Management Manual. It is also assumed that
readers have a general knowledge of HP NonStop
To use this manual effectively, you should be familiar with the following subjects:
Basic NonStop server architecture
Programming for the HP NonStop operating system
Programming using the Transaction Application Language (TAL), the HP Tandem
Advanced Command Language (TACL), C, or COBOL
Reading declarations written in the Data Definition Language (DDL), as described
in the SPI Programming Manual
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server programming concepts.
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