PMDF System Manager's Guide

Table 8-1 provides an overview of when specific components should be restarted. For restarting PMDF components, use the PMDF RESTART (OpenVMS) or pmdf restart (UNIX or NT) utility.

Table 8-1 Restarting Components

Component	Restart after changes to:
Circuit check	The PMDF configuration 1, especially (but not only) the circuit check configuration file
Dispatcher	The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes The PORT_ACCESS mapping table in the PMDF mapping file On OpenVMS, the PMDF_TIMEZONE logical name's value 6
SMTP server	The PMDF configuration 1 The TCP/IP channel option file New (replaced) PMDF databases 2
HTTP server	The HTTP server configuration file, http.cnf The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes for changes affecting the HTTP service definition The HTTP_ACCESS mapping table in the PMDF mapping file Add the filter, destinationfilter, sourcefilter, or related channel keywords to a channel, or create a new system wide filter file
IMAP server	The IMAP server configuration file, imapd.cnf The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes for changes affecting the IMAP service definition Initial creation of the PMDF password database Conversion from PMDF V5.0 or earlier password database format to PMDF V5.1 and later format On UNIX, initial creation of the PMDF profile database The PMDF configuration 1 as it relates to the IMAP server, particularly: The security configuration file The PORT_ACCESS mappings authentication control features On OpenVMS, certain channel keyword changes on the local channel definition
POP server	The POP server configuration file, pop3d.cnf The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes for changes affecting the POP3 service definition Initial creation of the PMDF password database Conversion from PMDF V5.0 or earlier password database format to PMDF V5.1 and later format On UNIX, initial creation of the PMDF profile database The PMDF configuration 1 as it relates to the IMAP server, particularly: The security configuration file The PORT_ACCESS mappings authentication control features On OpenVMS, certain channel keyword changes on the local channel definition
POPPASSD server	The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes for changes affecting the POPPASSD service definition Initial creation of the PMDF password database Conversion from PMDF V5.0 or earlier password database format to PMDF V5.1 and later format The PMDF configuration 1 as it relates to the POPPASSD server, particularly: The security configuration file The PORT_ACCESS mappings authentication control features
Lotus Notes channel servers	The PMDF configuration 1 The Dispatcher configuration file, dispatcher.cnf, and files it includes for changes affecting the LN service definitions New (replaced) PMDF databases 2 Lotus Notes channel option files
OpenVMS only
Counters synchronization process	The PMDF_COUNTER_INTERVAL logical
Process Symbiont 3	The Process Symbiont option file New MR_* channels or changes in the user or daemon channel keyword clauses on MR_* channels
FAX_RECEIVE	The PMDF configuration 1, at least any changes affecting PMDF-FAX The FAX_TO_DATA channel option file
MailWorks server, ALL-IN-1 Sender, ALL-IN-1 Fetcher 4 5	The PMDF configuration 1 MRIF channel option files New (replaced) PMDF databases 2 The PMDF_TIMEZONE logical name's value 6
Queue to e-mail symbiont 3	The Q2EMAIL option file
User agents, e.g., PMDF MAIL, VMS MAIL, PMDF Pine	The PMDF configuration 1 New (replaced) PMDF databases 2 The PMDF_TIMEZONE logical name's value 6
UNIX and NT
Job Controller	The Job Controller configuration files, job_controller.cnf and job_controller.cnf_site