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HP NonStop Storage Management Foundation User's Guide—523562-007
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B COUP and PUP Interfaces
This appendix describes COUP and PUP commands used for defining and managing
processes within SMF.
For D-series versions, you configure and manage SMF processes through a
combination of the Configuration Utility Program (COUP) and the Peripheral Utility
Program (PUP). For G-series versions, you configure and manage SMF processes
through the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF). This appendix contains details about
COUP and PUP interfaces for D-series users.
For each system where SMF is used, one $ZSMS process and one or more storage
pool and virtual disk processes must be defined in the system’s OSCONFIG file.
This section contains these topics:
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Defining Processes in the OSCONFIG File on page B-1
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Execution States on page B-3
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Defining Storage Pools and Virtual Disks on page B-3
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Managing Storage Pools on page B-4
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Obtaining Information on page B-5
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DSC/COUP Commands on page B-7
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PUP Commands on page B-22
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COUP and PUP Command Summary on page B-50
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COUP and PUP Prerequisite Summary on page B-52
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Comparing SCF With PUP on page B-53
Defining Processes in the OSCONFIG File
One way to define these processes is to use the COUP SET command to configure the
attributes of a process, followed by the COUP ADD command to name the process
and add it to OSCONFIG. This procedure can be repeated for each process you want
to configure. Figure B-1
illustrates the approach used to configure $ZSMS.