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MUF Startup Option Changes

Startup option input statements that have been flagged in error are printed as output from the MUF. They are also printed on the console regardless of the specified value for the ECHO Multi-User startup option. You to see a single error or a few errors on the console more quickly than by searching the MUF output.

The updated MUF startup options are:

ACCESS

The OPEN value for the ACCESS option is used to attempt automatically to open the specified databases immediately after the MUF has been enabled.

MESSAGE

The MESSAGE startup option and console-like command allows you to specify the position of the values specified with the MUFMSG startup option as either a prefix or a suffix.

STATBFR

The STATBFR option is obsolete and has been removed. All statistics are now provided and buffer size is not an issue.

SYSTEMDBID

The SYSTEMDBID startup option is required to activate Dynamic System Table access from the MUF.

Other MUF execution changes include a change in step-down detection in the MUF RESTART function from using external date and time to using internal store clock time.

Note: RXX sequence-checking has already been using internal store clock time.

Because of the speed of the current generation of processors, a switch was made in internal step-down processing from using the external form of century, year, month, day, hour, minute, and second to using the store clock value instead. This prevents issues involving users bringing down a MUF and changing the external time to an earlier time, then enabling the MUF to an external time less than that of the previous MUF, such as happens in the change from daylight saving time to standard time.

Note: For more information, see the Modifying Multi-User Facility Startup Options and the Maintenance using Console Commands topics in the CA Datacom/DB Database and System Administration Guide.