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Format of information returned, Pool configuration buffer – HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Guardian Procedures

HP NonStop Storage Management Foundation User's Guide523562-008

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Format of Information Returned

Format of Information Returned

Several of the procedures unique to SMF return information to buffers you identify
when you call them:

This sub-section describes the information retrieved into these four buffers.

Pool Configuration Buffer

The following information describing a storage pool is returned to the buffer you identify
in the

pool-config-buffer

parameter at the call to SMS_GETPOOLSNEXT_ or

SMS_GETSTGPOOLHDR_:

SMF Object

Guardian Procedure

Information Buffers

Storage pools

SMS_GETPOOLSNEXT_
SMS_GETSTGPOOLHDR_

pool-config-buffer

Virtual disks

SMS_GETVIRTDISKSNEXT_
SMS_GETVIRTUALDISKHDR_

virt-disk-config-

buffer

Physical volumes

SMS_GETPHYSVOLSINPOOLNEXT_
SMS_GETPHYSVOLINFOFROMPOOL

vol-config-buffer

and

vol-status-buffer

Configuration
Attribute

Byte
Offset

Description

Storage pool
name length

0:1

Two bytes treated as a single binary field. The length of the
storage pool name.

Storage pool
name

2:19

The name of the storage pool, padded with binary NULLs,
including the system name.

Catalog
location length

20:21

Two bytes treated as a single binary field. The length of the
catalog location name.

Catalog
location

22:49

The system, volume, and subvolume on which the storage pool’s
catalog resides, padded with binary NULLs.

STARTDOWN
flag

50:51

Two bytes treated as a single binary field. Set to 0 if the
execution state of the storage pool process is set to UP when
the process is started. Set to 1 if the execution state is set to
DOWN at process startup.

Disk event
threshold

52:53

Two bytes treated as a single binary field. The threshold at
which the disk processes associated with magnetic physical
volumes in the storage pool should emit an EMS disk full event.
Set to -1 if event generation based on disk utilization is disabled.
Set to 1 through 100 to indicate the percentage of disk space
remaining at which disk full events should be generated.