NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

The INIT NCL Procedure
Configuring NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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The INIT NCL
Procedure
The INIT NCL procedure is an edit file containing NCL statements used to customize
a NonStop NET/MASTER MS system and to automatically perform some tasks before
users can log on to the system. Whenever you start a NonStop NET/MASTER MS
system, the background system process (BSYS) virtual user automatically invokes the
INIT NCL procedure after NonStop NET/MASTER MS processes have been
initialized. The INIT NCL procedure must complete execution before users can log on.
The Distributed INIT NCL
Procedure
Tandem distributes an INIT NCL procedure file with NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
The distributed INIT NCL procedure performs the following tasks:
Defines the EMS event detail database
Defines the default function keys for all users
Replaces the native OPSYS and PROGRUN commands with NCL procedures that
determine whether a user has the authority to use a given external utility or
conversational-mode utility command
The INIT NCL procedure provided by Tandem is named INIT and resides in the
distribution procedure library. A customized copy of the procedure can reside in
either the customized procedure library or the BSYS virtual user’s user procedure
library, if you have configured such a library. See Section 4, “Managing User Access
and Privileges,” for information about configuring the user ID definition record of the
BSYS virtual user.
Designing an INIT NCL
Procedure
You can include most NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands in the INIT NCL
procedure. However, you can change the default values of certain SYSPARMS
command operands only during the startup phase, in the INIT NCL procedure. To
change the values, you must use the appropriate SYSPARMS command operand.
Table 3-6 identifies the operands.