The name of the policy to be activated when the Provisioning Manager starts. The specified policy must be available in the policy repository that is accessible to the Provisioning Manager. If the Provisioning Manager cannot activate the new policy, it stops.
You can specify an asterisk (*) instead of a policy name. In this case, the last recently active policy for the provisioning domain is used and no policy is retrieved from the policy repository. POLICY=* is the default for this parameter.
The initial processing mode of the Provisioning Manager. The following processing mode values are supported:
If the Provisioning Manager cannot activate the processing mode, it stops immediately.
You can specify an asterisk (*) instead of a processing mode. In this case, the last recently active processing mode for the provisioning domain is used. PMODE=* is the default for this parameter.
If you start the Provisioning Manager for the first time without specifying start parameters, it starts with the default policy and the default processing mode. The default policy is indicated by the policy name "*none". This policy is an empty policy that contains no rules. The default processing mode is manual (MAN).
When you start the Provisioning Manager for the first time, the default domain configuration is activated. The default domain configuration is indicated by the name "*none". This configuration is empty and contains no CPCs and no systems.
For more information about how to activate a new policy, a new domain configuration or a new processing mode, see SET DOMAIN.