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
Index
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Processors (continued)
See Freeze
halt
See Processor halts
halting processors 9-10
hang 9-7
monitoring 3-12
recovery operations for 9-9/9-21
R
RCVDUMP utility 9-18
Recovery operations
for disk drives 10-12, 10-13
for printers 12-2
for processor halt 9-9
for processors 9-7/9-20
for ServerNet fabrics 7-7
for system console 1-3
for tape drives 11-8
for $SYSTEM 15-20
Reloading single processor on running
server 9-19
RESTORE utility B-4
S
SACs 6-2
SCF B-4
commands
HELP 3-7
LISTDEV 2-7
STATUS ADAPTER 6-4
STATUS DISK 10-5
STATUS LIF 6-6
STATUS LINE 6-10
STATUS PIF 6-5
STATUS SAC 6-5
STATUS TAPE 11-5
STATUS, examples of 3-13
managing disks 11-9
powering off the system 15-17
storage device recovery 10-12, 11-8
using to solve problems 3-7
ServerNet addressable controllers
(SACs) 6-2
ServerNet fabrics
monitoring 7-3/7-6
recovery operations for 7-7
ServerNet switch board 8-2
Setting system time 14-5
Shutdown files
about 16-20/16-24
ATP6100 lines 16-22
automating 16-3
CP6100 lines 16-22
Expand-over-IP lines 16-23
security 16-20
sequence 16-3, 16-20
spooler 16-24
system shutdown file 16-21
TMF 16-24
X.25 lines 16-22
SNAX/APN 6-3
SPOOLCOM B-4
Spooler 16-15, 16-24
Startup files
about 16-6/16-19
ATP6100 lines 16-18
automating 16-3
CIIN 16-3
configuration database 16-13
CP6100 16-18
direct-connect 16-19
Expand-over-IP 16-19
invoking 16-3
security 16-12
sequence 16-12
spooler warm start 16-15
system startup file 16-13
TCP/IP stacks 16-12