HP UX SNAplus2 Using the Motif Administration Program, Invoking the Motif Administration Program

Administering SNAplus2

Using the Motif Administration Program

Using the Motif Administration

Program

The Motif administration program provides a user-friendly interface for configuring SNAplus2. This program is the recommended tool for administering SNAplus2, because it guides you through the configuration process and minimizes the information you need to provide to create a workable configuration.

You can also use the Motif administration program to manage the SNAplus2 system while it is active. The administration program enables you to make and apply changes to the configuration while SNAplus2 is active. You can add, modify, and remove resources (in most cases, even when the node and its resources are active), and use the modified configuration immediately for continued operation.

The Motif administration program displays up-to-date status information through the same interface that is used for configuration, providing easy access to status information for both domain and node resources.

Alternatively, you can use SNAplus2 commands for configuration and system management. A summary of configuration and management commands is provided in “Using the Command-Line Administration Program”.

Invoking the Motif Administration Program

To use the Motif administration program for SNAplus2, first make sure that SNAplus2 is enabled as described in “Enabling SNAplus2 Servers”. (As with any X/Motif application, you may also need to set up the DISPLAY environment variable to indicate a suitable X server.)

To start the Motif administration program running in the background, issue the following command:

xsnapadmin &

Alternatively, if you installed SNAplus2 under the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and Motif is already running, you can double-click on the SNA Administration icon in the Application Manager window to start SNAplus2.

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