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Tuxedo Terminology

application

Software and its associated resources (databases, files, RMs, and so on.) used to computerize a business function. In Tuxedo an application is defined by a TMIB, and is synonymous with a domain.

Application-to-Transaction Monitor Interface (ATMI)

The API Tuxedo applications use to communication with Tuxedo's Transaction Program Monitor (TPM).

ATMI—see Application-to-Transaction Monitor Interface

AUTOTRAN

A Tuxedo transaction configuration option that defines a service to automatically start in transaction mode if the incoming request is not already part of an existing transaction.

Bulletin Board

A memory resident data structure used to manage various aspects of the Tuxedo system. A Bulletin Board contains the runtime representation of the TMIB. The Tuxedo Bulletin Board distributes, and partially replicates, the in memory resident bulletin Board.

Jolt

A Java-based interface to the Tuxedo system that extends the functionality of existing Tuxedo applications to include Intranet and Internet-wide availability.

Jolt Server Listener (JSL)

A Jolt process that handles the initial Jolt client connection, and assigns a Jolt client to the Jolt Server Handler.

Jolt Server Handler (JSH)

A Jolt process that manages network connectivity, executes service requests on behalf of the client and translates Tuxedo buffer data into the Jolt buffer, as well as Jolt buffer data into the Tuxedo buffer.

Jolt Repository

A central repository contains definitions of Tuxedo services.

Jolt Repository Server (JREPSVR)

A Jolt process that retrieves Jolt service definitions from the Jolt Repository and provides the service definitions to the JSH. The JREPSVR also updates or adds Jolt service definitions.

JREPSVR—see Jolt Repository Server

JSH—see Jolt Server Handler

JSL—see Jolt Server Listener

TMS—see Transaction Manager Server

Transaction Manager Server (TMS)

A Tuxedo administrative server that manages the two-phase commit processing and recovery for global transactions.

TMIB—see Tuxedo Management Information Base

Tuxedo Management Information Base (TMIB)

A data structure definition of all Tuxedo administrative and application services, as well as resource definitions.

typed buffer

An area of memory, allocated from the TUXEDO system that has an associated data type and subtype or format.

view

A Tuxedo typed buffer in which the data is composed of one or more fields, similar to a C' structure or a COBOL record.

view file

An ASCII file containing a description of the layout of fields with an associated View.

viewc

The TUXEDO view compiler command which parses a view file and generates a binary file used at run-time to interpret fields in a VIEW typed buffer.

Workstation Client (WSC)

The Tuxedo software component that provides a client application with the ability to accesses the Tuxedo system using the network (contrast to local client).

Workstation Handler (WSH)

A surrogate client that executes operations on behalf of one or more workstation clients. The WSH is a WSC's interface into the Tuxedo system.

Workstation Listener (WSL)

A Oracle Tuxedo supplied server that enables access to native services by workstation clients.

.JBLK file

Jolt Bulk Loader file. Processing the .jvf using the scripts provided with Tuxedo Middleware Support creates the .jblk file.

.JVF File

Jolt View File containing the View Definitions expected by a Tuxedo Server. This file is a mirror image of the .tvf except for some data-item-name changes and data-type changes.

.TVF File

Tuxedo View File containing the View Definitions expected by the Tuxedo Server.