Module 1: Pathway Introduction

• Online transaction processing (OLTP) in the HPE Nonstop server environment
• The requester-server approach to online transaction processing
• The Pathway application and its role in online transaction processing
• Components of the Pathway operational environment
• Tasks a Pathway system manager performs

Module 2: Establishing an Initial Pathway Configuration

• Objects in a Pathway system
• Difference between global and object-specific configuration parameters
• Configuring the global and object-specific parameters
• Building an initial Pathway configuration file

Module 3: Performing Pathway Operational Tasks

• Interfaces in a Pathway system
• How to start PATHMON and PATHCOM processes
• Cold starting and cool starting a Pathway system
• Starting and stopping the Pathway objects individually
• Monitoring and maintaining a Pathway system
• Shutting down a Pathway system

Module 4: Refining Your Pathway Configuration

• The importance of Pathway configuration
• Use of SET commands to configure required and optional parameters on Pathway objects
• Configuring Pathway objects using production-type parameters

Module 5: Managing and Maintaining a Pathway System

Module 6: Managing Applications

• Major issues relating to managing application code in a Pathway environment
• Practical guidelines for configuring, managing, and monitoring Pathway systems
• Collecting Pathway performance information

Module 7: Managing Related HPE NonStop Products

• The purpose of HPE Nonstop server products related to Pathway applications
• Management-related issues associated with these products

Appendix A: Tables

• File status codes augmented by Guardian-Err
• Application profile
• SCREEN-COBOL send error numbers
• Recognizing the source of messages on your log terminal