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This section documents tags found in every VMSERVER NAMES file entry.

NICK

The NICK tag value is the name of an entry in the VMSERVER NAMES file. The value is used as the only argument of the product manager VMSERVER command, to indicate that a specific entry is to be displayed on the NAMES panel. Usually the nickname is the user ID for a CA VM server based product. For a utility product, like CA VM:Sort, the name is an arbitrary unique identifier.

PPFNAME

The PPFNAME tag value is comprised of two tokens. The first is the filename for the VMSES Product Parameter File defined for a specific version of a CA VM product. The second token is the VMSES component name which identifies a set of minidisks or Shared File System directories holding the installed product materials.

DEPLOY

The DEPLOY tag value is a list of the names of other tags in the names file. Each of the other tags has a value which defines a minidisk or SFS directory populated by the VMDEPLOY command. The act of deployment is copying product materials from the installation disk space where service is applied to the disk space used by the product deployment during its normal operation.

ENVIRONMENT

The ENVIRONMENT tag value defines the version of the runtime code to be used during the normal execution of a deployed product. The supported version identifiers are PRIMARY, ALTERNATE, or PREVIOUS. The PRIMARY value specifies that the disk areas defined in tags whose names are the value of the DEPLOY tag are used. The ALTERNATE value specifies that the deployment will use the set of disk areas whose tag names are the names defined in the DEPLOY tag, but prefixed with the string ALT. The PREVIOUS value specifies the set of disk areas whose tag names are prefixed with the string PREV.

For example, suppose a product defines a disk area in the DEPLOY tag value with the name RUNTIME. When environment is PRIMARY, the product executes using the RUNTIME disk area. When the environment is ALTERNATE, the product executes using the ALTRUNTIME disk area. When the environment is PREVIOUS, the product executes using the PREVRUNTIME disk area.

STARTCMD

The STARTCMD tag value specifies the command string that the product manager server startup procedure will issue to begin normal product operation for a server based product. You may add or modify any product specific startup parameters or options in the tag value to meet your requirements. A utility product, like CA VM:Sort, will have a blank value for this operand.