Hypothetical Case Study—Migrating from Tivoli NetView › The Migration Plan › Migrate REXX Procedures that Passed Analysis › Correct and Retest the Procedures in CA NetMaster › Procedures with Unsupported Parameters

Procedures with Unsupported Parameters

Some NetView REXX procedures fail to execute because their parameters are not recognized. Although these procedures passed analysis, not every parameter on every emulated NetView REXX function, command, or pipe stage is supported.

Some of the unsupported parameters referred to Tivoli NetView-specific things that are not applicable under CA NetMaster. These parameters are removed. Retesting shows no loss of function.

Some of the unsupported parameters do things that Black Lion Telecom requires. The REXX programmers update these procedures and use the appropriate NetMaster REXX pipe stage to issue CA NetMaster commands that perform the required function.

NetMaster REXX supports many common Tivoli NetView pipe stages. The REXX programmers use the online help to get details of the pipe stage command parameters.

From OCS, they type NCCF, press F1, and select PIPE (NCCF) command.

Example: Unsupported DELETE Parameter of CON Pipe Stage Command

Here is an example of running the following procedure that contains unsupported operands:

/* REXX */                         
  " PIPE LIT /HELLO/|CON DELETE "  
EXIT

The following error results:

(18.48)---------- NetMaster Operator Console Services (PROD1) -----------------
PROD1:USERO1                       NCCF-like facility active, press PF3 to exit
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
XNEM005 Unsupported keyword argument: DELETE
XNH362E PIPELINE TERMINATED. ERROR IN STAGE 2 IN PIPELINE 'PIPE': CON DELETE