gtos_start_operation

The format of the message is

gtos_start_operation operationName operationHandle [arg1 [arg2 [arg3 [...]]]]

where

• operationName is the name of the operation to be started.

• operationHandle is a unique handle currently constructed by calling the create_operation_handle procedure in BLU-ICE. This currently creates a handle in the following format:

  clientNumber.operationCounter

  where clientNumber is the number provided to the BLU-ICE by DCSS via the stog_login_complete message. DCSS will reject an operation message if the clientNumber does not match the client. The operationCounter is a number that the client should increment with each new operation that is started.

• arg1 [arg2 [arg3 [...]]] is the list of arguments that should be passed to the operation. It is recommended that the list of arguments continue to follow the general format of the DCS message structure (space separated tokens). However, this requirement can only be enforced by the writer of the operation handlers.

The message requests DCSS to forward the request to the appropriate hardware server.