AccordSTAR Application Manager

For example, if a server process on host A is not responding to a client request, then the client can be instructed to send that particular request to another instance of server process on host B, etc.

Application Management is accomplished by monitoring and modifying sets of runtime attribute lists of the generated applications using AccordSTAR Manager GUI. There are two types of attribute lists, a default or common attribute list which applies to all IFCs and a dedicated attribute list which applies to each IFC in the CIDL Specification.

At runtime, if an attribute value in the dedicated attribute list for a particular IFC is not set, then it will use the default attribute list.

The complete set of IFC attributes are as follows:

• IFC_HOSTNAME - Server Hostname
• IFC_PROGNUM - Program Number
• IFC_VERSNUM - Version Number
• IFC_CSNAME - Client or Server Application Name
• IFC_NAME - Inter or Intra Process Function Name
• IFC_USERDATA - User Defined Data
• IFC_CACHE_TIME - Cache Time
• IFC_RETRY_TIME - Retry Time
• IFC_WAIT_TIME - Wait Time
• IFC_ERRHNDLR - Error/Recovery Handler
• IFC_TRANSPORT - Transport Selection
• IFC_THREADS - Threads
• IFC_XID - RPC Transaction Id
• IFC_CTRLFUNC_A - Application Control Function A
• IFC_CTRLFUNC_B - Application Control Function B
• IFC_FPRINTF - Fprintf Messages for logging
• IFC_ENCRYPT - Encrypt Messages
• IFC_MANAGER - Application Manager Name

See instructions on how to test drive the AccordSTAR Application Manager.

Note: The AccordSTAR Application Manager GUI is in the process of being converted to Java based GUI.