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
Starting and Stopping the System
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Related Reading
Related Reading
For more information, refer to the documentation listed in Table 15-2.
Table 15-2. Related Reading for Starting and Stopping a System
For Information About Refer to
Using SCF to customize your
configuration
SCF Reference Manual for H-Series RVUs provides an
overall reference for SCF, as well as information on
customizing your configuration using command files.
Using TACL TACL Reference Manual
Using the System Load dialog
box to start or stop the system
OSM Low-Level Link online help
Creating an alternate system disk NonStop NS-Series Hardware Installation Guide
Informing OSM of the location of
an alternate system disk. See
Saving (a disk-level action) or
deleting (a system-level action)
alternate system load volumes.
OSM Service Connection online help
Automating the startup of objects
and devices using generic
processes
SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel Subsystem
Starting storage devices such as
disks and tape drives
SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem
Starting and stopping
communications devices and
communications lines
SCF or configuration manual specific to each type of
communications device or line
Starting Ethernet addressable
devices, including terminals and
printers
The Configuration and Management manual for the
communication subsystem for the terminal or printer
Starting WAN communications
lines for devices and intersystem
communications protocols
WAN Subsystem Configuration and Management
Manual, as well as the SCF manuals that apply to the
specific devices and communications protocols
Configuring the CIIN file Section 16, Creating Startup and Shutdown Files
DSM/SCM User’s Guide for information on the
CONFTEXT file CIIN entry
Shutting down DSM/SCM DSM/SCM User’s Guide
Starting up and shutting down
TMF
TMF Operations and Recovery Guide
Starting and shutting down the
Pathway environment
Pathway/iTS System Management Manual and TS/MP
System Management Manual
Draining the spooler Spooler Utilities Reference Manual