Chapter 3 Growth Solution

MPE/iX Large Files Overview

Introduction

Summary of Large File Compatibility Issues

FLABELINFO

32-bit Integer Overflow

AIF:OS Impact

OPTIONS Enhancement

Command Interpreter Changes

Intrinsics Changes

New Intrinsics

Miscellaneous

AIFs for Large Files

Enhancement for AIFFILEGGET/AIFFILEGPUT

Enhancement for AIFFILELGET/AIFFILELPUT

Error Messages

AIFs for Multiple Job Queues

Enhancement for AIFSYSWIDEGET

Enhancement for AIFJSGET

Increase in Number of TCP Connections

Introduction

Configuration through NMMGR

Dispatcher Multiple Runqueues

Introduction

Technical Overview

Benefits to Customers

Conclusion

Increased System Limits - An Overview

Support for 511 Disks on MPE/iX

Introduction

Configuring More Than 255 Disks

User Interface Changes

Forward/Backward Compatibility Issues

Increased Number of DSTs

Introduction

Technical Overview

Benefits to Customers

Conclusion

User-Defined Job Queues and ALTJOB HIPRI Enhancements

Enhancements Summary

New Commands

Modified Commands

NEWCI Command (CI Elimination)

Background Information

Operation and Use of New Command

Compatibility Considerations for COBOL and C

Forward Compatibility Not a Problem

Backward Compatibility Not Guaranteed

COBOL/iX

C/iX

C/iX Supports 64-bit Integers

FTP/iX Support for Large Files

Features

User Interface

Installation

• MPE/iX Large Files Overview

• AIFs for Large Files

• AIFs for Multiple Job Queues

• Increased Number of TCP Connections

• Dispatcher Multiple Runqueues

• Increased System Limits

• Support for 511 Disks

• Increased number of DSTs

• User-Defined Job Queues and ALTJOB HIPRI Enhancements

• NEWCI Command (CI Elimination)

• Compatibility Considerations for COBOL and C

• C/iX Supports 64-bit Integers

• FTP/iX Support for Large Files