NetBase for MPE Reference Guide

Chapter 6
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Configuring Network File Access
The operation of NetBase, including its various features, is defined by NetBase's configuration
parameters. Configuration maintenance is a subsystem of the NetBase control program, NBCTRL.
The configuration parameters can be displayed and modified using the configuration subsystem.
The system manager should become familiar with the control program, the configuration
parameters, and the configuration maintenance commands in order to set up the Network File
Access facility.
The parameters used for NFA can be listed in the configuration maintenance program as follows:
C> LIST NFA
NFA - Maximum Remote Users......... 64
NFA - Release Server on Last Close. N
NFA - Initial Server Allocation.... 0
NFA - Server Allocation Timeout.... 60
NFA - Server Initial Priority...... CS
NFA - Server LIB= load flag........ P
NFA - Lock Priority Boosting........Y
NFA - Client Inactivity Timeout.... 0
NFA - Client Lock Held Timeout..... 0
NFA - Incoming users on startup.... Y
NFA - Outgoing users on startup.... Y
NFA - Client Access on startup..... N
The NFA parameters are set on the machine where the data is located and directly affect the
behavior of the server processes created on the system. These server processes are created on behalf
of remote processes seeking access to data on the machine. For example, the Maximum Remote
Users parameter defines the maximum number of server processes that can be created to service
remote processes accessing data.
For more information on the NFA parameters, turn to Chapter 3 “Using CONFIG”.
The Server Initial Priority parameter can be set to SAME to enable the server to run in the same
processing queue as the process it is servicing. If the user on the local machine is in the interactive
queue, then the server on the remote machine will be in the same queue. In order for this to happen,
this configuration parameter must be set on the system where the server is running. By default, the
server runs in the CQ.