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Changes characteristics for the specified processes. Currently,
you may change the priority, queue attribute and workgroup for
a process. This command requires OP or SM capability.
ALTPROC [ [PIN=]{pinspec }]
{(pinspec [,pinspec ]...)}
[ [;JOB=]{jobspec }]
{(jobspec [,jobspec]...)}
{ [;PRI=] pri
[;WG= ]{workgrp
NATURAL_WG } }
[;TREE | ;NOTREE]
[;USER | ;ANYUSER]
[;SYSTEM]
pinspec The process(es) that you want to alter. This is a
required parameter.
The PINSPEC, expressed [#p], is a Process
Identification number. If PINSPEC is 0, then the
caller's pin is used. To alter system
processes requires SM capability as well as
specification of the SYSTEM option.
If PINSPEC is 0, then the caller's pin is
used.
NOTREE is the default for all PINSPEC target
processes, and can be overridden with the
TREE option.
The USER and ANYUSER options do not apply to
pinspec. PINSPEC is optional as long as JOB=
is supplied. If both are omitted an error is
reported.
jobspec The name of the job or session whose processes are
to be altered. JOBSPEC can be any of the
following, jobnumber, username, @S, @J,or @.
The jobnumber must be in the form of either
#Jnnn or #Snnn.
The username must be in the form
user[.account]. If there is more than one
job/session matching the same username, they
will all be altered.
Wildcards have the following meanings:
@S - all sessions
@J - all jobs
@ - all sessions and jobs
The USER and ANYUSER options apply only to
jobspec and only if jobspec is wildcarded.
The USER option, which is the default, alters
only processes matching the user's name, while
the ANYUSER option alters all processes
matching the wildcarded jobspec altered. For
example, if the user's name is STEVE.UI and
the command entered is:
ALTPROC job=@j;pri=cs
only job processes logged on as STEVE.UI will
be altered. However, if the command is:
ALTPROC job=@j;pri=cs;anyuser
then all job processes will be altered.
TREE is the default for all jobspec target
processes, and can be overridden with the
NOTREE option.
The SYSTEM option is ignored for all jobspec
target processes.
Jobspec is optional as long as pinspec is
supplied. If both are omitted, an error is
reported.
pri The queue for the process. If omitted, the
priority is unchanged.
Workload Manager users should use the ;WG=
option instead of the ;PRI= option. You
cannot specify both ;WG= and ;PRI= in the
command line. If you do, ALTPROC returns
an error.
The pri value may be one of the following:
o A scheduling queue value (BS, CS, DS, ES)
will set the queue attribute of the target
process(es). If a user-defined workgroup
does not capture the process, the process
will fall into the corresponding system-
defined default workgroup at the base
priority (subject to decay as it consumes
CPU). Specifying a scheduling queue value
requires OP capability.
o A queue manager value (BM, CM, DM, EM) will
set the queue attribute of the target
process(es). If the user-defined workgroup
does not capture the process, then the
process will fall into the corresponding
system-defined default workgroup at the base
priority, where it will be non-decayable.
Specifying a queue manager value requires
SM capability.
o An absolute priority will set the priority
of the process to a specified, non-decayable
value. The process remains in its queue
or workgroup and retains the timeslice value
associated with that queue or workgroup.
the priority specified need not fall between
the base and limit priorities of the work-
group. A process can be placed at a fixed
priority by moving it to a workgroup with
the base and limit set to the desired value.
Specifying an absolute priority value requires
SM capability.
If you are using the Workload Manager and you want
to fix the priority of a process, create a
workgroup with the appropriate base and limit
and use the ;WG= option to place the process
within that workgroup. Using ALTPROC ;PRI=.
to force an explicit change in workgroup should
be a temporary measure, and used rarely. Instead,
adjust workgroup membership criteria to ensure
that the desired processes become natural members
of the workgroup.
If the user issuing the ALTPROC command does
not have SM capability, then that user's
MAXPRI value represents the highest priority
that she or he can give a process. A
warning appears when the specified priority
exceeds MAXPRI. MAXPRI is ignored for system
manager (SM) capability.
workgroup A workgroup value moves the target process(es)
to the specified workgroup. A process moved
explicitly (rather than naturally, by meeting
the workgroup's membership criteria), is
considered an artificial member of the
workgroup.
A process remains an artificial member of its
assigned workgroup until the workgroup is purged
or the process' assignment is explicitly changed
(via ALTPROC or an AIF). An artificial member
is not affected by a system-wide scan or by the
changing of its process attributes used to
determine workgroup membership. A workgroup
specification requires SM capability and can
only be used to modify the workgroup assignment
of user processes.
You cannot specify both the ;WG= and the ;PRI=
parameters in the ALTPROC command line. Users
of the Workload Manager should use ;WG= instead
of ;PRI=.
NATURAL_WG The natural workgroup specification releases
a process from its explicit workgroup assign-
ment, allowing it to migrate to its natural
workgroup. Natural workgroup specification
requires SM capability.
TREE This option causes each process specified,
as well as all of its descendants, to be
altered. TREE is the default for all JOBSPEC
target processes. If both TREE and SYSTEM
are specified, a warning is reported
indicating that TREE will be ignored.
NOTREE This option causes only the processes specified
to be altered. Descendant processes will not
be altered. NOTREE is the default for all
PINSPEC target processes.
USER The USER option applies only when JOBSPEC is
wildcarded. It causes only processes
matching the user's name to be altered. USER
is the default.
ANYUSER The ANYUSER option applies only when JOBSPEC is
wildcarded. It causes all JOBSPEC target
processes to be altered, regardless of their
owners.
SYSTEM The SYSTEM option is necessary if the target
process from pinspec is a system process. SM
capability is required. SYSTEM is ignored
for all jobspec processes. If both SYSTEM
and TREE are specified, a warning is issued
indicating that TREE will be ignored.
Exercise extreme care when altering system processes as the operating system efficiency may be significantly degraded.
System supervisor (OP) or System Manager (SM) capability
is required to execute the ALTPROC command. SM capability
is necessary to alter system processes, and to increase a
process' priority above MAXPRI.
WG= requires SM capability. PRI= requires SM or OP capability.
The ALTPROC command may be issued from a session, job, program,
or in BREAK. Pressing [Break] aborts the execution of this
command.
To alter process 133 and its current descendants so that
their priorities execute within the DS_Default workgroup,
enter:
ALTPROC #p133; TREE; wg=DS_Default
To alter process 133 and its current descendants so that
their scheduling queue attribute is DS, enter:
ALTPROC #p133; tree; pri=DS
The outcome of this command is not necessarily identical
to the outcome achieved with the previous command. If the
system was configured with a user-defined workgroup that
captured the processes (MEMB_QUEUE=DS and a match on other
specified membership attributes as well), then the processes
would be a member of the user-defined workgroup rather than
the DS_Default workgroup.
To alter all job processes to the CS_Default workgroup, enter:
ALTPROC job=@j; wg=CS_Default; anyuser
To return the processes modified by the previous example to
their natural workgroup(s), enter:
ALTPROC job=@j; wg=NATURAL_WG; anyuser
To alter all job processes matching the user's name to the
CS_Default workgroup, enter:
ALTPROC job=@j; wg=CS_Default; user
To alter the current process' priority so that it behaves
like a CS queue manager (SM capability required), enter:
ALTPROC 0;pri=CM
To alter all processes logged on as mgr.payroll to linear
155 (SM capability required), enter:
ALTPROC job=mgr.payroll; pri=155
To alter the queue attributes of pins 150, 247, 211 to be
ES, enter:
ALTPROC (150,#p247,211); pri=ES
Commands: SHOWPROC, TUNE, SHOWQ, NEWWG, ALTWG, PURGEWG, SHOWWG
Manuals : Using the HP3000 Workload Manager (B3879-90001)
MPE/iX Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90028)
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