NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.03+)
Table Of Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- About This Guide
- 1 Introduction to Integrity NonStop NSSeries Operations
- When to Use This Section
- Understanding the Operational Environment
- What Are the Operator Tasks?
- Monitoring the System and Performing Recovery Operations
- Preparing for and Recovering from Power Failures
- Stopping and Powering Off theSystem
- Powering On and Starting the System
- Creating Startup and Shutdown Files
- Performing Preventive Maintenance
- Operating Disk Drives and Tape Drives
- Responding to Spooler Problems
- Updating Firmware
- Determining the Cause of a Problem: A Systematic Approach
- Logging On to an Integrity NonStop Server
- Service Procedures
- 2 Determining Your System Configuration
- 3 Overview of Monitoring and Recovery
- 4 Monitoring EMS Event Messages
- 5 Processes: Monitoring and Recovery
- 6 Communications Subsystems: Monitoring and Recovery
- 7 ServerNet Resources: Monitoring and Recovery
- 8 I/O Adapters and Modules: Monitoring and Recovery
- 9 Processors and Components: Monitoring and Recovery
- When to Use This Section
- Overview of the NonStop Blade Complex
- Monitoring and Maintaining Processors
- Identifying Processor Problems
- Recovery Operations for Processors
- Recovery Operations for a Processor Halt
- Halting One or More Processors
- Reloading a Single Processor on a Running Server
- Recovery Operations for a System Hang
- Enabling/Disabling Processor and System Freeze
- Freezing the System and Freeze-Enabled Processors
- Dumping a Processor to Disk
- Backing Up a Processor Dump to Tape
- Replacing Processor Memory
- Replacing the Processor Board and Processor Entity
- Submitting Information to Your Service Provider
- Related Reading
- 10 Disk Drives: Monitoring and Recovery
- 11 Tape Drives: Monitoring and Recovery
- 12 Printers and Terminals: Monitoring and Recovery
- 13 Applications: Monitoring and Recovery
- 14 Power Failures: Preparation and Recovery
- 15 Starting and Stopping the System
- When to Use This Section
- Powering On a System
- Starting a System
- Minimizing the Frequency of Planned Outages
- Stopping Application, Devices, and Processes
- Stopping the System
- Powering Off a System
- Troubleshooting and Recovery Operations
- Fans Are Not Turning
- System Does Not Appear to Be Powered On
- Green LED Is Not Lit After POSTs Finish
- Amber LED on a Component Remains Lit After the POST Finishes
- Components Fail When Testing the Power
- Recovering From a System Load Failure
- Getting a Corrupt System Configuration File Analyzed
- Recovering From a Reload Failure
- Exiting the OSM Low-Level Link
- Opening Startup Event Stream and Startup TACL Windows
- Related Reading
- 16 Creating Startup and Shutdown Files
- Automating System Startup and Shutdown
- Processes That Represent the System Console
- Example Command Files
- CIIN File
- Writing Efficient Startup and Shutdown Command Files
- How Process Persistence Affects Configuration and Startup
- Tips for Startup Files
- Startup File Examples
- Tips for Shutdown Files
- Shutdown File Examples
- 17 Preventive Maintenance
- A Operational Differences Between Systems Running GSeries and HSeries RVUs
- B Tools and Utilities for Operations
- When to Use This Appendix
- BACKCOPY
- BACKUP
- Disk Compression Program (DCOM)
- Disk Space Analysis Program (DSAP)
- EMSDIST
- Event Management Service Analyzer (EMSA)
- File Utility Program (FUP)
- Measure
- MEDIACOM
- NonStop NET/MASTER
- NSKCOM and the Kernel-Managed Swap Facility (KMSF)
- OSM Package
- PATHCOM
- PEEK
- RESTORE
- SPOOLCOM
- Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
- HP Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL)
- TMFCOM
- Web ViewPoint
- ViewPoint
- ViewSys
- C Related Reading
- D Converting Numbers
- Safety and Compliance
- Index
Contents
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Figures
Figures
Figure 3-1. OSM Management: System Icons Indicate Problems Within 3-8
Figure 3-2. Expanding the Tree Pane to Locate the Source of Problems 3-9
Figure 3-3. Attributes Tab 3-10
Figure 3-4. Using System Status Icons to Monitor Multiple Systems 3-10
Figure 3-5. Alarm Summary Dialog Box 3-11
Figure 3-6. Problem Summary Dialog Box 3-11
Figure 7-1. Integrity NonStop System with X and Y ServerNet Fabrics 7-2
Figure 7-2. I/O Connections to the PICS in a P-Switch 7-3
Figure 9-1. Modular NSAA With One NonStop Blade Complex and Four
Processors 9-3
Figure 9-2. Processor Status Display 9-5
Figure 9-3. OSM Representation of Processor Complex 9-6
Figure 11-1. OSM: Monitoring Tape Drives Connected to an FCSA 11-3
Figure 11-2. OSM: Monitoring Tape Drives Connected to an IOMF2 11-4
Figure 15-1. System Load Dialog Box 15-10
Figure 15-2. Logical Processor Reload Parameters 15-13
Figure 15-3. Opening a Startup TACL Window 15-22
Figure 15-4. OutsideView Buttons on the Windows Toolbar 15-22
Figure D-1. Binary to Decimal Conversion D-3
Figure D-2. Octal to Decimal Conversion D-4
Figure D-3. Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion D-6
Tables
Table 1-1. Problem-Solving Worksheet 1-6
Table 2-1. Key Subsystems and Their Logical Device Names and Device
Types 2-8
Table 2-2. Displaying Information for the TCP/IP Subsystem ($ZTCO) 2-9
Table 2-3. Displaying Information for the Kernel Subsystem ($ZZKRN) 2-10
Table 2-4. Displaying Information for the Storage Subsystem ($ZZST0) 2-10
Table 2-5. Displaying Information for the SLSA Subsystem ($ZZLAN) 2-12
Table 2-6. Displaying Information for the WAN Subsystem ($ZZWAN) 2-13
Table 2-7. Subsystem Objects Controlled by SCF 2-13
Table 3-1. Monitoring System Components 3-4
Table 3-2. Daily Tasks Checklist 3-6
Table 3-3. SCF Object States 3-14
Table 3-4. Status LEDs and Their Functions 3-20
Table 3-5. Related Reading for Monitoring 3-22
Table 4-1. Related Reading for Monitoring EMS Event Messages 4-2