NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) Operator's Guide

Issuing NonStop NET/MASTER MS Commands

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are not necessarily processed in the order you enter them. For example, the following

does not necessarily cause NonStop NET/MASTER MS to process a SHOW

SYSPARMS command and then a SHOW OCS command:

SHOW SYSPARMS;SHOW OCS

Note Exceptions are the CLEAR and K commands, which are always processed first, regardless of their

location in the command string.

If a semicolon is part of your command string, use two semicolons (;;) if you want a

semicolon as part of the text. For example:

SHOW USERS;MSG ALL Meeting at 1:00;; MANDATORY attendance!

Using Function Keys to

Issue NonStop

NET/MASTER MS

Commands

The function keys on your keyboard are assigned default definitions. Some of these

function keys have been defined to execute NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands.

To execute a command assigned to a function key, simply press the appropriate

function key.

In addition to the function key definitions listed in Table 1-1, which are generally

consistent throughout NonStop NET/MASTER MS, each NonStop NET/MASTER MS

facility has specialized function key definitions, which are described in the appropriate

sections.

Note OCS has function keys defined to execute the AUTOHOLD, CLEAR, CS+, CS-, and ORDER commands.

You can redefine any or all of the default OCS function key definitions. See Section 4, “Operator Control

Services (OCS),” for more information.

Issuing NonStop

NET/MASTER MS

Commands From NCL

Procedures

The NonStop NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) is a structured, high-

level language that is ideally suited to writing procedures that perform system and

network operations tasks.

You can execute most NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands from an NCL

procedure by using either the INTCMD core statement or the CMD verb. This

includes timer commands, informational commands, and commands routed to remote

systems.

Command authority-level checking applies to all commands executed from NCL

procedures invoked under your user ID. Any command that you are authorized to

issue from OCS can be issued from an NCL procedure.

Section 10, “Automating Operations Tasks With NCL Procedures,” discusses how to

issue NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands from within NCL procedures.