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

Related Reading
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-001
C-3
PATHCOM TS/MP System
Management Manual
This manual describes the interactive
management interface to the NonStop
TS/MP product. It is intended for system
managers and operators. It provides
guidelines for configuring and controlling a
NonStop TS/MP transaction processing
system and its objects and for monitoring
the status and performance of objects
controlled by PATHMON in a Pathway
environment. It also provides syntax for all
relevant PATHCOM commands, as well
as cause, effect, and recovery information
for all PATHMON, PATHCOM, and
LINKMON error messages.
PEEK PEEK Reference
Manual
This manual describes PEEK, a utility
used to monitor statistical data about
processors.
RESTORE Guardian Disk and
Tape Utilities
Reference Manual
This manual describes these disk and
tape utilities: BACKCOPY, BACKUP,
DCOM, DSAP, and RESTORE. This
manual supports both D-series, G-series,
and H-series RVUs.
SPOOLCOM Spooler Plus Utilities
Reference Manual
This manual describes the spooler
utilities—Peruse, SPOOLCOM, Font, and
RPSetup— and presents the complete
syntax for these utilities. It also presents a
general introduction to the Spooler Plus
subsystem.
Guardian User’s
Guide
This guide contains information explaining
how to perform routine spooler operations.
It provides background information on
spooler components and tells you how to
use SPOOLCOM to monitor and manage
your system’s spooler operations. It
includes guidelines for identifying and
solving some common problems that can
occur with your spooler subsystem and
the printers associated with it.
Startup and shutdown
command files
Integrity NonStop
NS-Series Planning
Guide
This guide describes how to automate
startup and shutdown procedures.
Table C-1. Related Reading for Tools and Utilities (page 3 of 5)
Tool Documentation Description










