Managing CTs

Configuration object types (CTs) are abstractions of real-world objects. They can represent physical resources with one or more attributes. They can also represent objects that consist of several physical resources and attributes. For example, the system configuration service uses the CT DniSysAdm, which consists of one attribute that controls whether dual authorization is enabled.

CTs can also be a set of resources that forms a component or service. For example, the message audit function uses the CT DniMsgAudit. This CT contains attributes that control the schema and table name of where message audit data is stored.

Note: Avoid using the percent (%) and underscore (_) characters, because these characters are used as wildcard characters in the approve, commit, delete, deploy, and list commands of the system configuration service (DNI_SYSADM). If you decide to use one of these characters anyway, you must precede it with two backslash characters:

One so that DNI_SYSADM recognizes the special character as a literal
One so that the CLI recognizes the backslash that precedes the special character as a literal

For example, to create a CT named Test_CT, issue the following command to DNI_SYSADM:

INST1.SYSOU.DNI_SYSADM>cre -ct Test\\_CT