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98 Chapter 2
Introduction to SNAplus2
SNAplus2 Administration
SNAplus2 Administration
As the SNAplus2 administrator, you are responsible for installing the
SNAplus2 software and for managing its resources.
Before beginning SNAplus2 administration, you must understand the
main features of the SNAplus2 product. This section describes the
administration tasks you must perform and the tools you can use to
perform them.
Administration Responsibilities
To administer the SNAplus2 system, you need to do the following:
Step 1. Define the resources of the SNAplus2 system, as required by the user
programs that will be running. Work with the administrators of the host
or peer computers with which SNAplus2 communicates, to ensure that
the SNAplus2 configuration matches that of the remote system.
Step 2. Initialize the SNAplus2 software.
Step 3. Optionally, modify the configuration dynamically as your requirements
change—by adding or removing resources, or by activating and
deactivating the defined resources.
Step 4. Monitor the status of active resources and gather diagnostics
information to diagnose any problems that occur.
Step 5. Optionally, create application programs or shell scripts to automate
standard management operations.
These tasks are normally performed by a System Administrator at the
site where the SNAplus2 system is installed. However, SNAplus2 also
provides the service point command facility (SPCF), which enables an
operator using the NetView program to perform Steps 3 and 4 remotely
by issuing management commands at the NetView console. For more
information about SPCF, see Chapter 10, “Managing SNAplus2 from
NetView.”