NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

The INIT NCL Procedure
Configuring NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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Use the READY NCL procedure to issue other commands.
Optimizing the INIT NCL procedure’s performance is important because no user can
log on until the INIT NCL procedure completes execution.
Creating and Using a
Customized INIT NCL
Procedure
The INIT NCL procedure distributed by Tandem contains information that may
change in subsequent releases of NonStop NET/MASTER MS. There are two main
methods you can use to customize the operations performed by the distributed INIT
NCL procedure and avoid having your customizations overwritten. The method you
choose depends on your own site requirements.
Note Tandem recommends you use Method 1 when creating and using a customized INIT NCL procedure.
If NonStop NET/MASTER MS cannot find the INIT NCL procedure, it fails to start.
Method 1
Using Method 1, the location, name, and operations of the distributed INIT NCL
procedure remain unchanged. The customized INIT NCL procedure, the name of
which is defined in the CONFIG file, first executes the distributed INIT NCL
procedure every time you start NonStop NET/MASTER MS. The customized INIT
NCL procedure then executes any other NCL statements you have provided to
customize NonStop NET/MASTER MS. The customizations you want to perform are
in addition to the operations already performed by the distributed INIT NCL
procedure.
An advantage of Method 1 is that you do not have to edit the distributed INIT NCL
procedure after an upgrade of NonStop NET/MASTER MS, which may reduce the
time and effort required to start the new version of NonStop NET/MASTER MS. A
disadvantage of Method 1 is that it requires a CONFIG file during NonStop
NET/MASTER MS startup, which means that you cannot use the default startup
configuration.
To use Method 1, follow these steps:
1. Leave the distributed INIT NCL procedure provided by Tandem in the
distribution procedure library. Do not rename or edit this NCL procedure.
2. Create a customized INIT NCL procedure in the customized procedure library.
Choose a name other than INIT for this NCL procedure: for example, CUSTINIT.
3. Add the PARAM INIT command to the CONFIG file with the name of the
customized INIT NCL procedure. For example, if you want to use a file named
CUSTINIT, include this command in the CONFIG file:
PARAM INIT=CUSTINIT
Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Command Reference Manual for more
information about the PARAM command.