NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

The READY NCL Procedure
Configuring NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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The READY NCL
Procedure
The READY NCL procedure is an edit file containing NCL statements used to
customize a NonStop NET/MASTER MS system and to automatically perform some
tasks after 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 READY NCL procedure after the INIT NCL procedure has
finished executing. Users can log on to NonStop NET/MASTER MS while the READY
NCL procedure is executing.
The Distributed READY
NCL Procedure
Tandem distributes a READY NCL procedure file with NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
The distributed READY procedure is functionally empty (apart from checking that it is
being executed during NonStop NET/MASTER MS startup).
READY 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.
Operations Commonly
Performed During the
READY NCL Procedure
Startup Phase
You can create a customized READY NCL procedure or customize the distributed
READY NCL procedure to automatically perform configuration operations that the
CONFIG file and the INIT NCL procedure do not perform. Examples of operations
commonly performed during the READY NCL procedure startup phase include the
following:
Start terminals dedicated to NonStop NET/MASTER MS:
CMD "OPENTERM TERMP21"
CMD "OPENTERM TERMP22"
See Section 5, “Customizing the Operations Environment,” for more information.
Install and start the EMSPROC and LOGPROC NCL procedures:
CMD "SYSPARMS EMSPROC=EMSPROC1"
CMD "SYSPARMS LOGPROC=LOGPROC1"
See Section 8, “Managing Event Messages,” and Section 10, “Managing Activity
Logs,” for more information.
Start the EMS consumer distributor process used by NonStop NET/MASTER MS:
CMD "EMSDIST START"
See Section 8, “Managing Event Messages,” for more information.
Start permanent Inter-NET/MASTER Connection (INMC) links (the links must be
defined first, usually in the INIT NCL procedure), for example:
CMD "LINK START=SYS2"
See Section 9, “Supporting Remote Operations,” for more information.
Configure Inter-System Routing (ISR) flows on permanent INMC links:
CMD "ISR ENABLE LINK=SYS2"