Glossary
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Enscribe.
The Compaq database file-management software provided as part of the
Guardian file system. The Enscribe software provides access to—and manipulation
of—records in a database on a Compaq system. Files on a Compaq NonStop system can
be either Enscribe files or NonStop SQL tables.
See also
NonStop SQL.
entry.
A DSM object type representing a routing table or directory entry in the OSI
manager MIB. ENTRY objects are used to register local and remote OSI addresses and
locally defined application names (common names) with the OSI manager process.
ENTRY objects are of four types: application (APPL), TSEL, NSAP, and SNPA.
EOF (end of file).
A marker placed at the end of a file to indicate that the file contains
no additional information.
error.
(1) A condition that causes a command or other operation to fail.
Contrast with
warning. (2) A code that indicates the outcome of a procedure call. For the procedures
in the FTAM API, this value can be either a negative error code defined by Compaq
FTAM or a positive Compaq file-system error number.
error code.
A Compaq code returned on an APS_STATUS_ procedure call that
indicates the current error condition, if any, for the CEPI specified in the
APS_STATUS_ call. If a procedure-call error is indicated, you can call APS_STATUS_
to determine what occurred. APS_STATUS_ returns
error-code
and
error-subcode
values that provide more detail about the nature of the problem.
See
error subcode.
error identifier.
An ISO-defined code included in a diagnostic message that identifies a
diagnostic error.
error observer.
An ISO-defined code included in a diagnostic message that identifies
the entity that detected the diagnostic error.
error source.
An ISO-defined code included in a diagnostic message to identify the
presumed entity that caused the reported error.
error subcode.
A Compaq subcode qualifying
error-code
returned on an
APS_STATUS_ procedure call. If a procedure call error is indicated, call
APS_STATUS_ to determine what occurred. APS_STATUS_ returns
error-code
and
error-subcode
values that provide more detail about the nature of the problem.
See
error
code.
error type.
An ISO-defined code included in a diagnostic message that indicates the
diagnostic error type: informative message, permanent error, or transient error.
See
informative message, permanent error,
and
transient error.
event.
(1) In Compaq OSI terms, an indication or confirm primitive that an application
using the FTAM or OSI/AS API retrieves by calling the APS_EVENT_RECEIVE_
procedure.
See also
indication primitive
or
confirm primitive. (2) In DSM terms, a
significant change in some condition in the system or network. Events can be
operational errors, notifications of limits exceeded, requests for action needed, and
so on.
See also
EMS
and
event message.
Event Management Service.
See
EMS.
event message.
On Compaq NonStop systems, a message triggered when a subsystem
or system component using the Event Management Service (EMS) detects the
