Contents
HP NonStop TMF Management Programming Manual—540140-008
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1. Introduction to TMF (continued)
1. Introduction to TMF (continued)
TMF Object Types 1-11
TMF Commands 1-12
TMF Event Messages 1-15
2. Communicating With the TMFSERVE Process
Communicating With the TMFSERVE Process 2-1
Starting and Opening TMFSERVE 2-2
Starting TMFSERVE 2-2
Startup Message 2-2
Opening TMFSERVE 2-2
Naming TMFSERVE 2-3
Closing TMFSERVE 2-3
Running an EMS Consumer Distributor 2-3
3. SPI Programming Considerations for TMF
Definition Files 3-1
Message Elements for TMF 3-3
Commands 3-3
Object Types 3-3
Object Names 3-4
Event Numbers 3-4
Other Tokens 3-4
Data Lists and Error Lists 3-4
Using SPI to Build Commands and Decode Responses 3-5
Building and Sending a Command Message
3-5
Discontinuing a Command in Progress 3-6
Receiving and Decoding a Response Message
3-6
Error Handling 3-7
Security
3-8
Retrieving and Decoding Event Messages 3-8
Event-Management Considerations for TMF
3-9
Critical Events
3-10
Filters 3-10
Templates and Labels
3-10
Naming Guidelines for Applications
3-11
4. Common Definitions
SPI Standard Definitions 4-1
Information Specific to TMF 4-3