Using System State Manager › Methods for Setting the Desired State › Set the Desired State Manually › Use a Pseudo CMD Rule to Manually Control SSM Activity

Use a Pseudo CMD Rule to Manually Control SSM Activity

Providing a pseudo command rule similar to the sample SSMCNTL, creates an effective console interface for manually controlling the SSM component.

You can create a controlling command rule to inform SSM to perform tasks that include the following:

• Start and stop resources
• Start/stop specific types of resources
• Recycle resources
• Remove resources from SSM control
• Begin system shutdown

To use a pseudo CMD rule to manually control SSM activity

1. Enable the SSMCNTL rule.
2. Classify a group of resources with a TYPE of TESTCICS within the STCTBL.
3. Issue the pseudo command 'SSM PT TYPE=TESTCICS'.

   SSM is informed to stop all these TESTCICS resources.

For details on using and implementing this manual intercept method (or one with site specific customized functionality), see the comments within the SSMCNTL sample rule.