Specific Control Options › CMDNUM—Number of Command Processors

CMDNUM—Number of Command Processors

Valid on z/OS.

The CMDNUM control option determines the number of command processors at startup of the CA Top Secret address space initiates.

This control option uses the parameter file entry method.

This control option has the following format:

CMDNUM(nn)

N

Specifies the number of command processors that CA Top Secret initiates at startup.

Range: 2 to 10

Default: 5

If TSS MODIFY STATUS is issued, no messages display. If TSS MODIFY is issued, messages showing the workload balance appear in the output. After changing TSS MODIFY STATUS to TSS MODIFY, the messages that show when CMDNUM(10) is set are:

TSS9610I ----- COMMAND PROCESSOR WORKLOAD BALANCE -----
TSS9611I total Commands Issued = 0000000004
TSS9612I Cmd 01  =  000.00%             Cmd 02  =  098.94%
TSS9612I Cmd 03  =  001.05%             Cmd 04  =  000.00%
TSS9612I Cmd 05  =  000.00%             Cmd 06  =  000.00%
TSS9612I Cmd 07  =  000.00%             Cmd 08  =  000.00%
TSS9612I Cmd  09 =  000.00%             Cmd  10 =  000.00%

Two is the minimum number of command processors. However, with the NT workstation and the higher number of commands being issued, you can start more processors.

When CMDNUM is set to three or higher, the first three processors are set up the following way:

• Processor number 1 is used for all outbound CPF commands when WAIT=YES and the TARGET keyword is used.
• Processor number 2 is used for all incoming CPF commands.
• Processor number 3 is used for all other regular commands.

Example: CMDNUM control option

This example indicates that five command processors are initiated at startup.

CMDNUM(5)