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Output format

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The exact nature of the output depends on which operand value is selected:

Output with INFORMATION=*LOCAL-ATTRIBUTES

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: yyyy-mm-dd, TIME: hh:mm:ss
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCAL ATTRIBUTES
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HOST NAME               = aaaaaaaa    HOST START DATE (UTC)   = yyyy-mm-dd 
 PROCESSOR NAME          = aaaaaaaa    HOST START TIME (UTC)   = hh:mm:ss 
 SYSID                   = nnn
 SYSTEM VERSION          = Vmm.na
 MSCF VERSION            = Vmm.na
 SERVER TASK LIMIT       = nnn         FAILURE DETECTION LIMIT = nnnn 
 NUMBER OF SERVERS:                    USER TERM LIMIT         = nnnn 
               CURRENT   = nnn         LEAVE LIMIT             = nnnn 
               FREE      = nnn         ABORT LIMIT             = nnnn 
 PROTECTED               = kkk         RECOVERY START          = kkkkkkkkkkk 
 FADING INTERVAL         = nnn         REQ RECOVERY START      = kkkkkkkkkkk
 XCS NAME                = aaaaaaaa    XCS STATE               = kkkkkkkkkkkkk
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = yyyy-mm-dd  XCS CONFIGURATION       = nnnnnnnnnn 
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = hh:mm:ss    HOST PRIORITY           = nn 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Notes on output

Output is split up into three groups:

  • The first group identifies the local system, the BS2000 and MSCF software running on it and the current MSCF session.

  • The second group shows the values currently set for the MSCF configuration for the local system.

  • The third group identifies the XCS network in which the system is participating and shows the values currently set for the XCS configuration parameters of the local system.

Example

/show-mscf-configuration inf=*local-attributes
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: 2019-01-27, TIME: 16:40:04
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LOCAL ATTRIBUTES

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 HOST NAME               = D017ZE15    HOST START DATE (UTC)   = 2019-01-27
 PROCESSOR NAME          = D017ZE15    HOST START TIME (UTC)   = 13:43:53
 SYSID                   = 129
 SYSTEM VERSION          = V21.0A
 MSCF VERSION            = V21.0A

 SERVER TASK LIMIT       = 50          FAILURE DETECTION LIMIT = 352
 NUMBER OF SERVERS:                    USER TERM LIMIT         = UNDEFINED
               CURRENT   = 4           LEAVE LIMIT             = UNLIMITED
               FREE      = 4           ABORT LIMIT             = UNLIMITED
 PROTECTED               = NO          RECOVERY START          = AUTOMATIC
 FADING INTERVAL         = 5           REQ RECOVERY START      = AUTOMATIC

 XCS NAME                = UNDEFINED   XCS STATE               = NOT ALLOWED
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = UNDEFINED   XCS CONFIGURATION       = UNDEFINED
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = UNDEFINED   HOST PRIORITY           = UNDEFINED
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Output with INFORMATION=*REGISTERED-FUNCTIONS

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: yyyy-mm-dd, TIME: hh:mm:ss
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REGISTERED FUNCTIONS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS =  nn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FUNCTION NAME       = aaa             FUNCTION STATE  = kkkkkkkkkk
 FUNCTION TYPE       = kkk             FUNCTION ERROR  = kkkkkkkk
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = kkkkkkkkk
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FUNCTION NAME       = aaa             FUNCTION STATE  = kkkkkkkkkk
 FUNCTION TYPE       = kkk             FUNCTION ERROR  = kkkkkkkk
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = kkkkkkkkk
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Example

/show-mscf-configuration inf=*registered-functions
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: 2019-01-27, TIME: 16:40:42
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGISTERED FUNCTIONS

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS =  6
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = NSM             FUNCTION STATE  = NOT ACTIVE
 FUNCTION TYPE       = XCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = MANDATORY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = XTS             FUNCTION STATE  = NOT ACTIVE
 FUNCTION TYPE       = XCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = MANDATORY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = XPM             FUNCTION STATE  = NOT ACTIVE
 FUNCTION TYPE       = XCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = MANDATORY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = CPM             FUNCTION STATE  = READY
 FUNCTION TYPE       = CCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = MANDATORY
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = DAB             FUNCTION STATE  = NOT ACTIVE
 FUNCTION TYPE       = XCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = OPTIONAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 FUNCTION NAME       = SHC             FUNCTION STATE  = NOT ACTIVE
 FUNCTION TYPE       = CCS             FUNCTION ERROR  = NO ERROR
 FUNCTION ATTRIBUTE  = OPTIONAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Output with INFORMATION=*HOSTS

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: yyyy-mm-dd, TIME: hh:mm:ss
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOSTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NUMBER OF HOSTS = nn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HOST NAME               = aaaaaaaa    HOST START DATE (UTC)   = yyyy-mm-dd
 PROCESSOR NAME          = aaaaaaaa    HOST START TIME (UTC)   = hh:mm:ss
 SYSID                   = nnn         HOST SITE               = kkkkkk
 SYSTEM VERSION          = Vmm.na      PARTNER TYPE            = kkk
 MSCF VERSION            = Vmm.na      HOST STATE              = kkkkkkkkkk
 CONTROL CONNECTIONS:                  CONNECTION TYPE         = kkkkkkkkk
    (REQUESTED,IN USE)   = (l,m)       CONNECTION STATE        = kkkkkkkkkkkkk
 OVERLOADED:                           PROTECTED               = kkk
       (REQUEST,REPLY)   = (k,k)
 REQ CONN RECOVERY START = kkkkkkkkkkk REQ CONTROL GROUP       = a
 CONN RECOVERY START     = kkkkkkkkkkk CONTROL GROUP           = a
 PARTNERS RECOVERY START = kkkkkkkkkkk CONTROL STATE           = kkkkkkkkkkkk 
 XCS NAME                = aaaaaaaa    RECONFIGURATION STATE   = kkkkkkkkkkkkk
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = yyyy-mm-dd  JOINING ORDER           = nnnnnnnnn
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = hh:mm:ss    HOST PRIORITY           = nn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Note on output

Output is split up into four groups:

  • The first group identifies the partner system, the BS2000 and MSCF software running on it and its MSCF session, and it shows the network status.

  • The second group identifies the status of the MSCF connection to the partner.

  • The third group shows the current settings for partner-specific monitoring parameters and the control status of the partner.

  • The fourth group shows the current settings for the partner-specific XCS configuration parameters.

Example

/show-mscf-configuration inf=*hosts
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: 2019-01-27, TIME: 16:41:09
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOSTS

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NUMBER OF HOSTS = 3

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 HOST NAME               = D017ZE15    HOST START DATE (UTC)   = 2019-01-27
 PROCESSOR NAME          = D017ZE15    HOST START TIME (UTC)   = 13:43:53
 SYSID                   = 129         HOST SITE               = LOCAL
 SYSTEM VERSION          = V21.0A      PARTNER TYPE            = CCS
 MSCF VERSION            = V21.0A      HOST STATE              = ACTIVE

 CONTROL CONNECTIONS:                  CONNECTION TYPE         = UNDEFINED
     (REQUESTED,IN USE)  = (-,-)       CONNECTION STATE        = LOCAL
 OVERLOADED:                           PROTECTED               = NO
       (REQUEST,REPLY)   = (-,-)
 REQ CONN RECOVERY START = UNDEFINED   REQ CONTROL GROUP       = UNDEFINED

 CONN RECOVERY START     = UNDEFINED   CONTROL GROUP           = UNDEFINED
 PARTNERS RECOVERY START = UNDEFINED   CONTROL STATE           = UNDEFINED

 XCS NAME                = UNDEFINED   RECONFIGURATION STATE   = NOT ACTIVE
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = UNDEFINED   JOINING ORDER           = UNDEFINED
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = UNDEFINED   HOST PRIORITY           = UNDEFINED
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 HOST NAME               = JUANA1      HOST START DATE (UTC)   = 2019-01-21
 PROCESSOR NAME          = JUANA1      HOST START TIME (UTC)   = 08:58:50
 SYSID                   = 150         HOST SITE               = REMOTE
 SYSTEM VERSION          = V21.0A      PARTNER TYPE            = CCS
 MSCF VERSION            = V21.0A      HOST STATE              = ACTIVE

 CONTROL CONNECTIONS:                  CONNECTION TYPE         = CCS
     (REQUESTED,IN USE)  = (1,1)       CONNECTION STATE        = CONNECTED
 OVERLOADED:                           PROTECTED               = NO
       (REQUEST,REPLY)   = (N,N)
 REQ CONN RECOVERY START = STD         REQ CONTROL GROUP       = NONE

 CONN RECOVERY START     = STD         CONTROL GROUP           = NONE
 PARTNERS RECOVERY START = CONS BY OP  CONTROL STATE           = ACTIVE

 XCS NAME                = DANTEXCS    RECONFIGURATION STATE   = NOT ACTIVE
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = 2018-11-26  JOINING ORDER           = UNDEFINED
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = 13:43:20    HOST PRIORITY           = UNDEFINED
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 HOST NAME               = JUANA11     HOST START DATE (UTC)   = 2019-01-27
 PROCESSOR NAME          = JUANA11     HOST START TIME (UTC)   = 10:39:37
 SYSID                   = 115         HOST SITE               = REMOTE
 SYSTEM VERSION          = V21.0A      PARTNER TYPE            = CCS
 MSCF VERSION            = V21.0A      HOST STATE              = ACTIVE

 CONTROL CONNECTIONS:                  CONNECTION TYPE         = CCS
     (REQUESTED,IN USE)  = (1,1)       CONNECTION STATE        = CONNECTED
 OVERLOADED:                           PROTECTED               = NO
       (REQUEST,REPLY)   = (N,N)
 REQ CONN RECOVERY START = STD         REQ CONTROL GROUP       = NONE

 CONN RECOVERY START     = STD         CONTROL GROUP           = NONE
 PARTNERS RECOVERY START = AUTOMATIC   CONTROL STATE           = ACTIVE

 XCS NAME                = UNDEFINED   RECONFIGURATION STATE   = NOT ACTIVE
 XCS CREATION DATE (UTC) = UNDEFINED   JOINING ORDER           = UNDEFINED
 XCS CREATION TIME (UTC) = UNDEFINED   HOST PRIORITY           = UNDEFINED
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Output with INFORMATION=*SUMMARY

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: yyyy-mm-dd, TIME: hh:mm:ss 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 XCS NAME = aaaaaaaa                     XCS STATE = kkkkkkkkkkkkk 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 HOSTS:
 HOST     PROCESSOR MSCF   SYS CONN   CTRL OVL PART HOST   CONTROL     RECOVERY 
 NAME     NAME      VERS   ID  STATE  CONN     TYPE STATE  G STATE     START  P 
 --------+---------+------+---+------+----+---+----+------+-+---------+------+- 
 aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa  Vmm.na nnn LOCAL           kkk  kkkkkk             kkkkkk 
[         aaaaaaaa                                                     kkkkkk  ] (1)
 aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa  Vmm.na nnn kkkkkk l,m  k,k kkk  kkkkkk k kkkkkkkkk kkkkkk k 
[         aaaaaaaa                                         k           kkkkkk  ] (1)
    .        .        .     .    .     .    .   .     .    .    .        .    . 
    :        :        :     :    :     :    :   :     :    :    :        :    : 
 aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa  Vmm.na nnn kkkkkk l,m  k,k kkk  kkkkkk k kkkkkkkkk kkkkkk k 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 REGISTERED FUNCTIONS:
 NAME TYPE ATTRIBUTE STATE      ERROR
 ----+----+---------+----------+--------
 aaa  kkk  kkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkk  kkkkkkkk
  .    .       .         .         .
  :    :       :         :         :
 aaa  kkk  kkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkk  kkkkkkkk
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY 

Notes on output

  • The first block or the first line of the section “HOSTS” always describes the local system. The information relating to an MSCF partner comprises identification, connection, network and monitoring data.

  • The connection is identified by the processor name, i.e. the name under which the partner can be accessed from the system via BCAM. Several connections can exist simultaneously to a partner using different processor names, however, only one MSCF connection can be established between two systems. The systems within the network are identified by the system name (see section “Processor identification”).

  • The connection is managed by the communication system; the network is managed by configuration management. In the output, the data is combined partner-specifically into logical blocks, provided an MSCF connection exists to the partner. If there is no MSCF connection to the partner, the data is output in two blocks, one containing the connection data and the other containing the network and monitoring data. The connection data is identified through the processor name and the network and monitoring data through the system name.

  • During the connection recovery the connection status remains as “connected”, which means that the MSCF connection exists. But communication is not possible because the connection is displayed as overloaded. The non-availability of the connection is displayed in the monitoring status and the reconfiguration status of the partner.

  • This line is additionally output if the connection parameter RECOVERY-START is currently being changed. It shows the values of the intended change.

Example

/show-mscf-configuration inf=*summary
SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                       DATE: 2019-01-27, TIME: 16:41:44
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

XCS NAME = UNDEFINED                    XCS STATE = XCS NOT ALLOWED
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOSTS:

HOST     PROCESSOR MSCF   SYS CONN   CTRL OVL PART HOST   CONTROL     RECOVERY
NAME     NAME      VERS   ID  STATE  CONN     TYPE STATE  G STATE     START  P
--------+---------+------+---+------+----+---+----+------+-+---------+------+-

D017ZE15 D017ZE15  V21.0A 129 LOCAL           CCS  ACTIVE             AUTO
JUANA1   JUANA1    V21.0A 150 CONN   1,1  N,N CCS  NOT-J    COMM-ACT  STD    C
JUANA11  JUANA11   V21.0A 115 CONN   1,1  N,N CCS  ACTIVE   ACTIVE    STD    A
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REGISTERED FUNCTIONS:

NAME TYPE ATTRIBUTE STATE      ERROR
----+----+---------+----------+--------

CPM  CCS  MANDATORY READY      NO ERROR
SHC  CCS  OPTIONAL  NOT-ACTIVE NO ERROR
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION                                         END OF DISPLAY

Key to output

If the SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION command is issued with INFORMATION=
*SUMMARY, the names of the output fields and the field values may be output in a different format (shown in parenthesis in the table below).

Output field

Meaning / Information

ABORT LIMIT

Maximum period within which the system must have left the network abnormally within an abort reconfiguration.

  • <nnnn>: integer, 0..6000 seconds

  • UNLIMITED

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

CONNECTION STATE
(CONN STATE)

Status of the MSCF connection:

  • LOCAL: Local system

  • CONNECTED (CONN): MSCF connection exists to partner

  • NOT CONNECTED (N-CONN): No MSCF connection exists to partner, but local system desires connection to partner

  • UNDEFINED (---): Local system does not desire connection to partner.

CONNECTION TYPE
(PART TYPE)

Connection type:

  • LCS: Loosely Coupled System

  • CCS: Closely Coupled System

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

CONN RECOVERY
START
(RECOVERY START)

Beginning of partner monitoring and method of starting recovery measures (current value of partner-specific setting). The partner-specific setting is displayed in the block or line of the relevant partner (INFORMATION=*HOSTS/ *SUMMARY). <kkkkkkkkkkk>(<kkkkkk>):

  • AUTOMATIC (AUTO):
    Monitoring of the partner begins when the MSCF connection is established. The local system may automatically start recovery measures for a partner, even if the partner is only monitored through two independent monitoring connections. The partner may automatically start recovery measures for the local system.

  • BY OPERATOR (BY-OP):
    Monitoring of the partner begins when the MSCF connection is established. The local system may not initiate recovery measures for a partner until the action is confirmed by systems support. The partner may automatically start recovery measures for the local system.

  • CONS BY OP (CONSOP):
    Monitoring of the partner begins when the MSCF connection is established. The local system may not start recovery measures for a partner until the action is confirmed by systems support. The partner may not start recovery measures for the local system until the action is confirmed by systems support.

  • SECURE:
    Like CONS BY OP (output as a separate value for reasons of compatibility).

  • STD:
    Monitoring of the partner does not begin until the MSCF connection has been established and at least one shared pubset has been imported. The method of starting recovery measures is defined through the general setting of RECOVERY START (see "SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION" (Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration)).

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

A recovery measure can only be started automatically if both the general and the partner-specific setting on the partner and on the local system allow it.

CONTROL
CONNECTIONS
(CTRL CONN)

Number of monitoring connections in the format <l>,<m>:

  • <l> numeric 1..2 or -
    Number of monitoring connections requested via START-MSCF-CONNECTION and MODIFY-MSCF-CONNECTION. “-“ means that a value was not defined.

  • <m> numeric 0..2 or -
    Number of monitoring connections currently used. “-“ means that the value was not defined.

CONTROL GROUP
(CONTROL G)

Partner’s monitoring group, current value:

  • <n> numeric 1..9
    Fail configurations are started concurrently for partners in the same control group.

  • NONE ( ): No concurrent fail reconfiguration.

  • UNDEFINED (-): No information available.

CONTROL STATE

Partner’s monitoring status:

  • NOT ACTIVE (NOT-ACT):
    The partner is not monitored.

  • COMM ACTIVE (COMM-ACT):
    The partner is only active via connection monitoring.

  • DISK ACTIVE (DISK-ACT):
    The partner is only active via disk monitoring. The connection is interrupted, has failed, has been closed down or does not exist.

  • !CONNECT:
    Same as “DISK ACTIVE”. Additionally, the message MCS1101 requests the connection to be re-established.

  • ACTIVE:
    The partner is active through both monitoring mechanisms (connection and disk monitoring).

  • LOST:
    The partner is monitored. Partner activities can neither be detected through connection monitoring nor disk monitoring. The partner has either failed or the connection is disrupted.

  • !CONNECTLOST (!CONNLOST):
    Same as “LOST”. Additionally, the message MCS1101 requests the connection to be re-established.

  • ?CRASHED:
    Same as “LOST”. Additionally, the failure query MCS1100 is open.

  • ?CRASHED:
    Same as “LOST”. Additionally, the failure query MCS1100 is open.

  • CRITICAL:
    Due to a write error to the watchdog files of the shared pubsets used by all sharers, the partner can no longer be informed of the local system’s activity. It connection monitoring also fails within a critical period an erroneous failure detection through the partner becomes probable. In this case abnormal system termination must be forced using SETS.

  • CRASHED:
    The system / systems support has declared the partner to have failed and remove it from the MSCF network.

  • MSCF TERMED (MSCF-TERM):
    Systems support has confirmed the MSCF has been terminated on the partner system. The partner is removed from the MSCF network.

  • UNDEFINED (-):No information available.

FADING INTERVAL

The value no longer has any meaning and is only output for reasons of compatibility.

FAILURE
DETECTION
LIMIT

Maximum crash detection time:

  • <nnnn>: Numeric, 176..3300 seconds

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

FUNCTION
ATTRIBUTE
(ATTRIBUTE)

Availability attribute of registered function:

  • OPTIONAL:
    Registered function need not be available or can terminate during operation.

  • MANDATORY:
    Registered function must be available, as otherwise the MSCF network is terminated on the local system and HIPLEX MSCF terminates.

FUNCTION ERROR
(ERROR)

Error state of registered function with respect to MSCF network management:

  • NO ERROR:
    No errors known.

  • PROTOCOL:
    Registered function responded incorrectly to a reconfiguration job.

  • ABORT:
    Registered function requested termination of MSCF on the system.

  • CRASHED:
    Registered function terminated abnormally. Hinders the reconfiguration capability of the other network sharers or a restart of MSCF, depending on its “FUNCTION STATE”.

FUNCTION NAME
(NAME)

Name of the registered function. The following functions are defined:

  • NSM - node synchronization manager

  • XTS - XCS time synchronization

  • XPM - XCS pubset manager

  • CPM - shared pubset manager

  • DAB - disk access buffer

  • SHC - symmetrix host component

FUNCTION STATE
(STATE)

Reconfiguration state of the registered function:

  • NOT ACTIVE (NOT-ACTIVE):
    Function not active (not yet initialized or already terminated).

  • INITIATED:
    Function is currently being initialized; network entry is being prepared.

  • ENABLED:
    Function has concluded local initialization and is ready to join network.

  • STARTED:
    Function has been started; it joins the network with its partner entities.

  • READY:
    Function has successfully concluded network entry/reconfiguration; network functionality is available.

  • IN RECONF (IN-RECONF):
    Function is being reconfigured; network functionality may be restricted depending on the reconfiguration and the function.

  • IN TERM (IN-TERM):
    Function is being terminated; it leaves the network with partner entities and releases occupied network resources (network-wide termination phase).

  • DISABLED:
    Function has left the network and is terminating (local termination phase).

FUNCTION TYPE
(TYPE)

Type of registered function:

  • CCS: Registered function is a CCS function

  • XCS: Registered function is an XCS function

HOST NAME

Host name of the system

  • <nnnnnnnn>:
    HOST NAME is the name assigned to the system at the start of BCAM; exchanged when the MSCF connections are established; uniquely identifies the system in the MSCF network (see "Processor identification").

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

HOST PRIORITY

Priority of a system in the XCS network with automatic recovery after a loss of connection. The system with the higher value is removed from the XCS network with ABORT. If both systems have the same priority, the system which entered the XCS network last is removed.

  • <nn>: numeric, 1..32

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

HOST SITE

Distinguishes the local entry from the entries of the partner

  • LOCAL: Entry of the local system

  • REMOTE: Entry of a partner system

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

HOST START DATE

The time stamp (UTC time) of the MSCF start with start date and start time on the system; used for network status comparison when re-establishing the MSCF connection between two systems.

  • <yyyy-mm-dd>: Start date

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

HOST START TIME

see “HOST START DATE”

  • <hh:mm:ss>: Start time

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

HOST STATE

Status of the local system/partner: <nnnnnnnnnn>
Status of the local system/partner in relation to the network specified by “PARTNER TYPE”;
PARTNER TYPE=*XCS indicates connection to the XCS network;
*CCS indicates participation in shared pubset networks of the system.

  • NOT JOINED (NOT-J):
    PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS:
    Local system has not joined the XCS network.
    Partner is not connected to the XCS network of the system.
    PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS:
    Local system is not yet or no longer ready to import a shared pubset.
    Partner does not share a common pubset with the system.

  • JOIN:
    PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS:
    Local system is joining or establishing the XCS network.
    Partner is added to the network; system is implementing join reconfiguration.


    PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS:
    Local system is not yet ready to import shared pubsets.
    “JOIN” is not defined for CCS partners.

  • ACTIVE:
    PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS:
    Local system is connected to XCS network.
    Partner is connected to the XCS network of the system.
    PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS:
    Local system is ready to import shared pubsets.
    Partner has imported a shared pubset in common with the local system.

  • LEAVE:
    PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS:
    Local system is leaving the XCS network.
    Partner is removed from the network; system is implementing leave reconfiguration.
    PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS:
    Local system is terminating CCS network; all imported shared pubsets are exported.
    LEAVE is not defined for the CCS partner.

HOST STATE
(continued)

  • CRASH:
    “CRASH” is not defined for the local system .
    The partner is automatically recognized as crashed. Before starting a fail reconfiguration, the local system waits a certain time in order to let the partner react to an erroneous failure detection by terminating the system.

  • FAIL:
    “FAIL” is not defined for the system.
    PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS:
    Partner has disconnected from the XCS network; the local system removes partner from XCS network, re-establishes XCS network with remaining sharers and implements fail reconfiguration.
    PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS:
    Partner abnormally terminated CCS network with local system; at least one shared pubset network of the system is affected and is re-established.

  • ABORT:
    MSCF terminated abnormally on the local system.
    “ABORT” is not defined for partners.

  • UNDEFINED (---):
    No information available.

JOINING ORDER

This number defined the order in which sharers join the XCS network.When a join reconfiguration is performed, the number of the current XCS
configuration (see XCS CONFIGURATION, "SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration") is incremented by 1 and becomes the JOINING ORDER of the new system in the network.

  • <nnnnnnnnnn>: integer 0..2147483647.

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

LEAVE LIMIT

Maximum period within which the local system must have completed a normal network exit (leave reconfiguration). When this period expires, the normal exit from the network is converted into an abnormal exit (ABORT).

  • <nnnn>: numeric, 1..6000 seconds

  • UNLIMITED (default): A leave does not become an abort.

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

MSCF VERSION
(MSCF VERS)

MSCF version of system:

  • V<mm>.<n><a> or UNDEFINED (---)

NUMBER OF
FUNCTIONS

Number of functions registered with configuration management for which information is provided.
<nn>: numeric, 0..16

NUMBER OF HOSTS

Number of systems for which information is provided:

  • <nnn>, numeric, 1..164

NUMBER OF
SERVERS
CURRENT
FREE

Number of MSCF server tasks: <nnn>:

Current number of MSCF server tasks
Number of free MSCF server tasks
With periodic peak loads, there may be more MSCF server tasks than specified for the SERVER-TASK-LIMIT operand in the SET-MSCF-ENVIRONMENT or MODIFY-MSCF-ENVIRONMENT command.

OVERLOADED
(OVL)

Overloaded connections:

  • (Y,Y): Congestion in both directions or connection recovery is active

  • (Y,N): Congestion for REQUESTs

  • (N,Y): Congestion for REPLYs

  • (N,N): No congestion

  • (-,-): Local system or there is no connection to the partner

PARTNER TYPE
(PART TYPE)

Partner type:

  • LCS: Partner is an LCS partner of the local system

  • CCS: Partner is a CCS partner of the local system

  • XCS: Partner is an XCS partner of the local system

  • UNDEFINED: No information available

In the case of INFORMATION=*SUMMARY the connection type is output (see CONNECTION TYPE, "SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION" (Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration)). For the local system itself, PARTNER TYPE defines the types of network the system can form with partners.

PARTNERS
RECOVERY START
(RECOVERY
START P)

Partner setting with regard to the start method for recovery measures for the local system (combined general and partner-specific setting). The setting is shown in the block or line of the relevant partner.
(INFORMATION=*HOSTS/*SUMMARY) <kkkkkkkkkkk> (<k>):

  • AUTOMATIC (A):
    The partner can automatically start recovery measures for the local system. It also allows the local system to start recovery measures automatically for the partner.

  • BY OPERATOR (O):
    The partner starts recovery measures for the local system only after the action has been confirmed by systems support. But it allows the local system to automatically start recovery measures for the partner.

  • CONS BY OP (C):
    The partner starts recovery measures for the local system only after the action has been confirmed by systems support. It does not allows the local system to automatically start recovery measures for the partner.

  • LOCKED (L):
    A partner system component holds the Cluster Recovery Lock, it works like CONS BY OP.
    Effect as for SECURE.

  • NO CONTROL (N):
    The partner does not monitor the local system.

PARTNERS
RECOVERY START
(RECOVERY
START P)
(continued)

  • SECURE (S):
    Like CONS BY OP (output as a separate value for reasons of compatibility).

  • UNDEFINED (-): No information available.

PROCESSOR NAME

  • <nnnnnnnn>: Processor name

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available

PROTECTED

Password protection:

  • YES: system is password-protected.
  • NO: no password has been agreed for the system.
  • UNDEFINED (—):  no information.

RECONFIGURATION
STATE

Reconfiguration state:
Status of a configuration modification or of a pending malfunction in relation to the system or partner from the point of view of the system.
RECONFIGURATION STATE contains states visible throughout the network relating to the corresponding configuration modification in the XCS network.
The same procedures also apply in the CCS network. In contrast to the XCS network, modifications in the CC network are not made known to the sharers.
The states relevant to the CCS network are listed in the second part of the explanations below (under “If PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS”).
If PARTNER-TYPE=*XCS

  • NOT ACTIVE:
    From the point of view of the local system, there is no pending configuration modification for the local system or the partner, and no configuration fault is known.

  • JOIN REQUEST:
    The local system wants to join the XCS network or is to add the partner to the network. The system waits for the start of the join reconfiguration.

  • JOIN START:
    The local system joins the XCS network or adds the partner to the XCS network. The registered functions are started or reconfigured. The network implements a join reconfiguration.

  • JOIN END:
    The local system has joined the XCS network or has added the partner to the network. The system waits for the other sharers to reach this state and then terminates the join reconfiguration.

  • LEAVE REQUEST:
    The local system wants to leave the XCS network or is to remove the partner from the network. The XCS functionality used by the applications on the exiting sharer has been released. The system waits for the start of the leave reconfiguration.

  • LEAVE START:
    The local system is leaving the XCS network or is removing the partner from the network. The registered functions are being terminated or reconfigured. The network implements a leave reconfiguration.

RECONFIGURATION
STATE
(continued)

  • LEAVE END:
    The local system has left the XCS network or has removed the partner from the network. The system waits for the other sharers to reach this state and then terminates the leave reconfiguration.

  • ABORT REQUEST:
    The partner is to disconnect from the XCS network due to an error.

  • ABORT START:
    The local system or partner disconnects from the XCS network and abnormally terminates the registered functions. The system waits for the end of the global termination phase of the registered functions on the disconnecting sharer.

  • ABORT END:
    The disconnecting system or partner has concluded the global termination of registered functions and is waiting for their local termination. Any system remaining in the network waits until all other remaining sharers in the network have also reached this state and then switches to the FAIL REQUEST reconfiguration state.

  • CONN ACT:
    The MSCF connection to the partner exists or has been re-established. However, other sharers may have lost the connection to this partner.

  • CONN LOST:
    The MSCF connection to the partner is faulty, has crashed or has been cleared down. However, disk monitoring still identifies the partner as active.

  • CONTROL FAIL:
    Both monitoring paths to the partner have failed. However, at least one other network sharer still identifies the partner as active.

  • CONTROL CRASH:
    Both monitoring paths to the partner have failed. No other network sharer identifies the partner as still active. The partner may have crashed.

  • FAIL REQUEST:
    The partner has abnormally terminated MSCF and is to be removed from the XCS network. The local system waits for the start of the fail reconfiguration.

  • FAIL START:
    The partner has abnormally terminated MSCF and is being removed from the XCS network. The remaining sharers in the network re-establish the network by implementing a fail reconfiguration.

  • FAIL END:
    The partner has abnormally terminated MSCF and has been removed from the XCS network from the local point of view. The system waits until all other sharers remaining in the network have also reached this state and then terminates the fail reconfiguration. Only then is the network reestablished.

RECONFIGURATION
STATE
(continued)

  • UNDEFINED:
    No information available.

If PARTNER-TYPE=*CCS

  • NOT ACTIVE:
    No configuration modification is pending for the local system or no crash detection or reconfiguration is pending for the partner.

  • LEAVE START:
    The local system terminates MSCF. All imported shared pubsets are exported.

  • ABORT START:
    The local system aborts MSCF due to an error. All imported shared pubsets are exported.

  • ABORT END:
    The local system has abnormally terminated MSCF. All imported shared pubsets have been exported. Disk monitoring is terminated.

  • CONTROL FAIL:
    The MSCF connection to the partner has failed or has been cleared down. The partner is no longer identifiable to the local system as active on all shared pubsets. The partner may have crashed. Operator action has been requested.

  • FAIL REQUEST:
    The partner has been declared crashed by the local system. The system waits for some time to allow the partner to initiate a SETS if necessary.

  • FAIL START:
    The partner has abnormally terminated MSCF. The affected shared pubset networks are re-established.

  • UNDEFINED:
    No information available.

RECOVERY START

Type of recovery measures (general setting):
In the case of LOCAL-ATTRIBUTES and output SUMMARY, the information is issued in the line for the local system.
<kkkkkkkkkkk> (<kkkkkk>):

  • AUTOMATIC (AUTO):
    The local system can automatically start recovery measures for the partner, partners can automatically start recovery measures for the local system.

  • BY OPERATOR (BY-OP):
    The local system starts recovery measures for the partner only after the action has been confirmed by systems support.

  • CONS BY OP (CONSOP):
    The local system starts recovery measures for the partner only after the action has been confirmed by systems support. Partners can only start recovery measures for the local system only after the action has been confirmed by systems support.

  • LOCKED:
    A partner system component holds the Cluster Recovery Lock. Effect as for CONS BY OP.

  • SECURE:
    Like CONS BY OP (output as a separate value for reasons of compatibility).

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

  • A recovery measure can only be started automatically if this is permitted both by the general and the partner-specific settings of the local system and of the partner

REQ CONN
RECOVERY START

(RECOVERY START)

Method of starting recovery measures. Partner-specific setting last requested with /START-MSCF-CONNECTION or /MODIFY-MSCF-CONNECTION. The requested setting may temporarily differ from the current setting (until the partner has acknowledged the change). In the SUMMARY output, the requested value is only issued in a separate line for the partner if it differs from the current value. See CONN RECOVERY START ("SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration") for an explanation of the values.

REQ CONTROL
GROUP

(CONTROL G)

Partner’s control group (setting last requested with /START-MSCF-CONNECTION). The requested setting may temporarily differ from the current setting (while the connection is inactive). In the SUMMARY output, the requested value is only issued in a separate line for the partner if it differs from the current value.
See CONTROL GROUP ("SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration") for an explanation of the values.

REQ RECOVERY
START

(RECOVERY START)

Method of starting recovery measures. General setting last requested with /START-MSCF-CONNECTION or /MODIFY-MSCF-CONNECTION. The requested setting may temporarily differ from the current setting (until all partners have acknowledged the change).
In the SUMMARY output, the requested value is only issued in a separate line for the local system if it differs from the current value.
See RECOVERY START ("SHOW-MSCF-CONFIGURATION Show information on HIPLEX MSCF configuration") for an explanation of the values.

SERVER TASK
LIMIT

Maximum number of MSCF server tasks:

  • <nnn>: numeric, 10..500

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

SYSID

  • <nnn>: System identification of the system

  • UNDEFINED (---): No information available.

SYSTEM VERSION

BS2000 version of the system:

  • V<mm>.<n><a> or UNDEFINED (---)

USER TERM LIMIT

Time interval available to the tasks using XCS functionality to release the XCS functionality when disconnecting from the network before the registered XCS functions are terminated.

  • <nnnn>: numeric, 0..6000 seconds

  • UNLIMITED: The registered XCS functions are not terminated until all tasks using XCS functionality have been terminated.

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

XCS
CONFIGURATION

Number of the current XCS configuration.
A number is assigned to the global status of the XCS network. It identifies the current configuration and is incremented by 1 with each configuration change.

  • <nnnnnnnnnn>: numeric, 1..2147483647

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

XCS CREATION
DATE

The time stamp (UTC time) of the XCS start, comprising the start date and start time, marks the time at which the XCS network was established by the first joining system. Together with XCS NAME, the time stamp uniquely identifies the XCS network.

  • <yyyy-mm-dd>: Start date

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

XCS CREATION
TIME

See XCS CREATION DATE

  • <hh:mm:ss>: Start time

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

XCS NAME

Name of the XCS network:

  • <nnnnnnnn>: alphanumeric, 1..8 characters

  • UNDEFINED: No information available.

XCS STATE

State of XCS functionality on the local system:

  • NOT ALLOWED (XCS NOT ALLOWED):
    The system is not generated as an XCS sharer. MSCF only supports an LCS or CCS network; XCS functionality (global resources) is available on the local system.

  • XCS SUSPENDED:
    The system is generated as an XCS sharer, but it did not join an XCS network with the START-SUBSYSTEM command previously executed. XCS functionality is not available on the system at present. However, MSCF can be restarted in XCS mode.

  • NOT ACTIVE:
    The system is not yet or no longer connected to the XCS network; XCS functionality is not available on the system at present.

  • ACTIVE:
    The system is connected to the XCS network; complete XCS functionality is available. An XCS reconfiguration is not implemented; no fault is known.

  • INTERRUPTED:
    XCS network is interrupted due to a fault (cause of fault indicated in “RECONF STATE”). XCS functionality is available on the system to a limited extent, depending on the type of fault.

  • RECONF JOIN:
    XCS network is expanding, a join reconfiguration of the XCS functionality is being implemented (system joining network/adding partner to network). XCS functionality not yet available when system joining, but available in full on the system if a partner is being added.

  • RECONF LEAVE:
    XCS network is reducing, a leave reconfiguration of the XCS functionality is being implemented (system leaving the network/partner being removed from the network). XCS functionality no longer available when system leaving the network, but available in full on the system if a partner is being removed from the network.

  • RECONF FAIL:
    One or more partners have disconnected from the XCS network; the XCS network is re-established by the partner by removing the crashed partners from the XCS network. A fail reconfiguration of the XCS functionality is implemented; depending on the type of error that occurred, functionality is only available in full on the system after the reconfiguration is completed.