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VMDIRECT MANAGERS File Record

The following records define the limits of a manager’s authority and the default values that CA VM:Director uses when that directory manager performs directory maintenance functions.

A record in the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file consists of a record name followed by parameters. Records having an asterisk as the first non–blank character are comments; except for the *ED= special comment. Records beginning with asterisks are ignored for processing. Blank lines are also ignored.

You can include an edit special comment (*ED=) in the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file.

CA VM:Director maintains this record with the following information:

• Date and time of last update of the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file
• User ID that last updated the file
• Process used to update the file
• Date the file was first updated

The VMDIRECT MANAGERS file physical line length is 71 characters. The maximum logical line length, a record continued over several lines, in the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file is 255 characters.

If you need to make a record longer than 71 characters:

• Split it over as many physical lines as you need, breaking it between record words.
• Place a comma at the end of each physical line. The comma is the record continuation character and continues the record to the next line that contains text.

  This is true even if the next line begins with an asterisk, which is otherwise the symbol for a comment line.

Example:

The next two lines are read as one record, and not a record and a comment line. They are equivalent to the third line.

MANAGER CLYDE,
* MAIN
MANAGER CLYDE * MAIN

Note: You cannot extend a comment line (a line beginning with an asterisk). If you have a comment that extends beyond one line, make two comment lines.

CA VM:Director reads the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file as part of its initialization process. If it encounters an invalid MANAGER or SKELETON record, it sends a diagnostic message to the CA VM:Director console and to the CA VM:Director system operator. This operator is a user ID you specify on the SYSOPER record in the PRODUCT CONFIG file.

If CA VM:Director encounters a MANAGER record that specifies a user ID that does not appear in the directory, initialization is terminated with the appropriate error messages.

You can edit the VMDIRECT MANAGERS file while CA VM:Director is running using the ADMIN MANAGERS command.

The Sample VMDIRECT MANAGERS File, shows a sample VMDIRECT MANAGERS file. According to this sample file:

• DIANEC can allocate an unlimited amount of disk space in the MAIN subpool, as indicated by the asterisk on the MANAGER record
• She is authorized to use the GENERAL skeleton file
• Her default device type is 3390 and displays on the Manager Selection screens
• She can manage up to 10 user IDs at any given time
• When DIANEC uses the Application Program Interface (API) commands and automatic disk allocation, the default size of a new minidisk is 1 MB

The other managers’ authorizations are apparent after reading those for directory manager DIANEC in the entry which follows:

*ED=
* THIS MANAGERS FILE DEFINES THE DIRECTORY MANAGERS FOR THE XYZ
* DIVISION
MANAGER VMANAGER * POOL1 MAIN
   SKELETON VMANAGER GENERAL
   DEVTYPE VMANAGER 3390
   IDLIMIT VMANAGER 65525
   DEFSIZE VMANAGER 2M
MANAGER DIANEC * MAIN
   SKELETON DIANEC GENERAL
   DEVTYPE DIANEC 3390
   DEFSIZE DIANEC 1M
   IDLIMIT DIANEC 10
MANAGER JOE * FINAPOOL
   SKELETON JOE FINANCE
   DEVTYPE JOE 3390
   IDLIMIT JOE 8
   DEFSIZE JOE 2M
MANAGER MARY *DEVLPOOL
   SKELETON MARY DEVELOP
   DEVTYPE MARY 3380
   DEFSIZE MARY 2M
MANAGER DAVE * POOL5
   SKELETON DAVE GENERAL
   DEVTYPE DAVE 3370
   IDLIMIT DAVE 65525
   DEFSIZE DAVE 23M