NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

The INIT NCL Procedure
Configuring NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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modify the distributed INIT NCL procedure after an upgrade of NonStop
NET/MASTER MS.
To use Method 2, follow these steps:
1. Copy the distributed INIT procedure file provided by Tandem from the
distribution procedure library to either the customized procedure library or the
user procedure library of the BSYS virtual user.
Copying the file enables you to retain a backup. NonStop NET/MASTER MS
executes the first INIT procedure it finds in the NCL procedure search path.
Figure 3-1, earlier in this section, illustrates the search path.
The customized INIT NCL procedure can reside in the customized procedure
library. Alternatively, if you have created a user ID definition record for the BSYS
background user, the customized INIT NCL procedure can reside in the BSYS user
NCL procedure library. See Section 4, “Managing User Access and Privileges,” for
a discussion of user ID definition records for virtual users.
2. Edit the customized INIT NCL procedure to suit your needs.
Confining the modifications to a location in the NCL procedure (such as the end of
the NCL procedure) can simplify maintenance. If the order of operations
precludes such an arrangement, clearly identify your modifications with code
comments.
One approach is to construct NCL procedures that customize specific aspects of
NonStop NET/MASTER MS. After you have written those NCL procedures, use
the NCL CALL core statement or START verb in the INIT NCL procedure to
invoke the other NCL procedures. For example, you can write an NCL procedure
that defines dedicated terminals, another that replaces commands with NCL
procedures, and so on. Then, copy the distributed INIT procedure and customize
it to invoke the other procedures.
Note Calling external NCL procedures increases INIT procedure execution time and, accordingly, the time
required to start NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER NCL Programmer’s Guide for an introduction to
writing NCL procedures.