When PMDF is installed, the installation procedure creates a file of
PMDF logical name definitions (OpenVMS)
SYS$STARTUP:pmdf_startup.com, or a PMDF tailor file of
option settings (UNIX) /etc/pmdf_tailor, or PMDF entries
in the NT Registry (NT; see the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
SOFTWARE, Innosoft, PMDF, Tailor) establishing PMDF's operational
parameters, such as specifying the normal names of PMDF's main
configuration files and specifying on which disk(s) PMDF directories
are located. For instance, the PMDF_QUEUE logical name (OpenVMS) or
tailor file option (UNIX) or Registry entry (NT) specifies the location
of the PMDF queue area.
On OpenVMS, a command to execute pmdf_startup.com should
be added to the system startup procedure, so that these required PMDF
logicals are properly defined each time the system is rebooted. On UNIX
and NT, the tailor values are automatically consulted by PMDF as
necessary.
Normally the Innosoft-supplied pmdf_startup.com file, PMDF
Tailor file, or NT Registry entries, once generated during PMDF
installation, should not be site modified.d On OpenVMS, if
you wish to site customize such settings you may create a file
PMDF_COM:pmdf_site_startup.com containing the settings
that you wish to alter; pmdf_startup.com will
automatically execute such a site-supplied file, if it exists.
Note:
It is sometimes desired to change the values specifying the disk location of directories such as the PMDF queue, table and log directories. This should only be done when a system is running standalone (with no other processes on it). Furthermore, note that due to limitations in the Solaris utilitiespkginfo,pkgrm, andpkgadd, manually relocating the entire PMDF directory tree (/pmdfand everything under it) after installation is not supported on Solaris.