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
About This Guide
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Where to Get More Information
Where to Get More Information
Operations planning and operations management practices appear in these manuals:
•
Integrity NonStop NS-Series Planning Guide
•
Availability Guide for Application Design
•
Availability Guide for Change Management
•
Availability Guide for Problem Management
For comprehensive information about performing operations tasks for an Integrity
NonStop NS-series server, you need both this guide and the Guardian User’s Guide.
The Guardian User’s Guide describes some tasks not covered in this guide, such as
supporting users of the system.
The Guardian User’s Guide describes routine tasks common to system operations on
all NonStop servers. Instructions and examples show how to support users of the
system, how to monitor operator messages, how to control the spooler, and how to
manage disks and tapes. Numerous tools that support these functions are also
documented. Some monitoring procedures in the Guardian User’s Guide have
information about using only the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF). That guide does
not generally describe any monitoring procedures using the OSM packages.
Information about the use of OSM, such as how to migrate from TSM to OSM, how to
install and configure OSM server and client components, and how to use the OSM
Service Connection, appear in these manuals:
•
OSM Migration Guide
•
NonStop System Console Installer Guide
•
OSM User’s Guide (available in NTL and as online help within the OSM Service
Connection)
Servers that are connected in ServerNet clusters require special installation and
operating procedures that are not documented in this manual. Such information is
instead provided with the appropriate cluster documentation and the ServerNet Cluster
Supplement for Integrity NonStop NS-Series Servers.
In the 6780 ServerNet cluster environment, installation and operating procedures are
documented in these manuals:
•
ServerNet Cluster 6780 Planning and Installation Guide
•
ServerNet Cluster 6780 Operations Guide
Installation and operating procedures for earlier server clusters (those using 6770
switches) are documented in:
Note. For manuals not available in the H-series collection, please refer to the G-series
collection on NTL.