subs Command Add Subscribers or Subscribe Databases

Valid in the pmd environment
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Valid in the pmd environment
The subs command adds a subscriber to a parent PMDB or subscribes a database to a parent PMDB. 
When you subscribe a host to a PMDB:
  • The host must be up.
  • PAM Server Control
     must be running on the host.
  • The PMDB must be the parent PMDB of the subscribed host.
When you subscribe a PMDB to another PMDB:
  • PAM Server Control
     must be running on the host in which the subscribed PMDB resides.
  • Configure
    parent_pmd
    as the parent of the subscribing PMDB.
     
You can add a subscriber to a parent PMDB that resides on the same host only.
This command has the following format:
subs pmdname \
[subs(subsname)] \ [host_type(mfHost) sysid(sysID) mf_admin(mfAdmin) port(port)] \ {offset(offset) }
or
subs pmdname [newsubs(subsname)]
or
subs pmdname [parentpmd(pmdname2@host)]
  • host_type(mfhost)
    Specifies the mainframe host type of the subscriber.
  • mf_admin(mfAdmin)
    Specifies the mainframe administrator of the subscriber.
  • newsubs(subsname)
    Subscribes 
    subsname
    to policy model
    pmdname
    , and sends PMDB, password, and group files to the subscriber.
  • parentpmd(pmdName2@host)
    Specifies the PMDB
    pmdName2@host
    the parent Policy Model of
    pmdName
    .
  • pmdname
    Specifies the name of the PMDB you want to execute the selected option on.
  • port(port)
    Specifies the port number of the subscriber.
  • subs(subsname)
    Assigns a subscriber to the PMDB.
  • sysid(sysId)
    Specifies the system ID of the subscriber.