HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 60)

Configuring and Managing SMF Processes
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Process Parameters
Process Parameters
You control SMF processes with various attributes that you set as parameters when
you add each process. You can also alter some of them dynamically. These
parameters describe every aspect of SMF processes, such as their type, their CPU,
audit and mirror status, and so on. They are used to define your SMF configuration and
to balance and tune your system. Refer to
PROCESS Attribute Set on page B-7,
Storage Pool Attribute Set on page B-27, and Virtual Disk Attribute Set on page B-29
for detailed descriptions of all process parameters.
Following are some of the most useful process parameters.
Table 3-1. Process Parameters (page 1 of 2)
PUP/COUP
parameter
SCF parameter Description
Generic process attribute set
TYPE Calculated by SCF Identifies the process type
SUBTYPE Calculated by SCF Identifies the process subtype
STARTUPMSG CV CATALOGLOCATION Specifies catalog volume
CPU PRIMARY CPU Specifies the primary CPU
STARTUPMSG BC BACKUPCPU Specifies backup CPU
EXTSWAP N.A. Specifies location of conventional swap
file (see
Memory Resource Impact on
page 2-70)
Storage pool attribute set:
AUDIT AUDITED Indicates if TMF protected disks are
allowed
MIRROR MIRRORED Indicates if mirrored disks are allowed
STARTDOWN STARTSTATE Specifies if the execution state of the
storage pool process should be set to UP
or DOWN when the process is started.
This is useful if you are trying to
diagnose a problem and do not want
processes to start automatically or if you
have a large SMF configuration and want
to bring up parts of it separately.
UPDATESTATS UPDATESTATS Specifies the number of minutes to
elapse between statistic refreshes. If you
have a pool whose data is very static,
you will see a performance improvement
if you increase this value from the default
of 1.