High Availability Monitors Version A.03.02 Release Notes

NOF API Verbs (ACTIVATE_SESSION to OPEN_FILE)
APING
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Partner LU alias. This should be the alias of an LU on
a remote node; you are not recommendedto use APING
with a partner LU on the local node.
The alias is an 8-byte ASCII string, padded on the right
with spaces if the name is shorter than 8 bytes. To
indicate that the LU is identified by its fully qualified
name instead of its alias, set this parameter to 8 binary
zeros and specify the LU name in the fqplu_name
parameter.
mode_name
Name of the mode used by the LU pair. This is an
8-byte type-A EBCDIC string (starting with a letter),
padded on the right with spaces if the name is shorter
than 8 characters.
tp_name
Name of the invoked TP (generally set to APINGD). This
is a 64-byte string, padded on the right with spaces.
security
Specifies whether conversation security information is
required to start the TP. Possible values are:
AP_NONE
No security information is required.
AP_SAME
Security information may be verified by the TP that
invoked this TP on behalf of a third TP.
AP_PGM
A user ID and password are required to start the TP.
AP_PGM_STRONG
A password and user ID are required to start the TP. If
password substitution is not supported on the session,
the aping fails. Otherwise, the password is sent
encrypted.
pwd
Password required to access the partner TP; this