The Service Dispatcher requires a configuration file to tell it what
services to handle and to set various options for those services. A
framework Dispatcher configuration file is shipped with PMDF,
referenced by the PMDF_DISPATCHER_CONFIG_MAIN logical name (OpenVMS),
or PMDF tailor file option (UNIX), or PMDF Tailor Registry entry (NT),
and hence normally dispatcher_main.cnf located in the PMDF
table directory; normally this framework configuration file should not
be site modified.
The framework Dispatcher configuration file reads in the site-specific
Service Dispatcher configuration file which is intended to be
site created and site modified, located via the PMDF_DISPATCHER_CONFIG
logical name (OpenVMS), or PMDF tailor file option (UNIX), or PMDF
Tailor Registry entry (NT) and hence is usually
dispatcher.cnf located in the PMDF table directory. The
command line PMDF Service Dispatcher configuration utility, PMDF
CONFIGURE DISPATCHER (OpenVMS) or pmdf configure
dispatcher (UNIX), or the PMDF web-based configuration utility,
should be used to create an initial such configuration file; see the
appropriate edition of the PMDF Installation Guide for instructions and an
example of using this utility.