NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

17 Developing System-Level NCL
Procedures
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This section discusses how to develop system-level NCL procedures. The section:
Gives an overview of the three NonStop NET/MASTER Management Services
(MS) system-level procedures: EMSPROC, LOGPROC, and MSGPROC
Describes general considerations for developing system-level NCL procedures
Discusses how to send a message to EMSPROC using the EMSALERT and
EMSSEND verbs
Discusses how to identify messages from a remote system
Outlines how to trace system-level message flows
Provides examples of each type of NCL procedure to give you some ideas for
developing system-level NCL procedures that suit the requirements of your own
NonStop NET/MASTER MS installation
Table 17-1 summarizes the verbs discussed in this section, which are used to control
system-level message flows.
Table 17-1. Verbs Used to Control System-Level Message Flows
Verb Description
EMSALERT Generates an Event Management Service (EMS) event message from an
NCL procedure to the EMSPROC NCL procedure.
EMSCONT Resumes normal processing of an Event Management Service (EMS) event
message or redirects the event message to another system.
EMSDEL Deletes an Event Management Service (EMS) event message.
EMSREAD Reads the next Event Management Service (EMS) event message.
EMSSEND Generates an event message from an NCL procedure to an Event
Management Service (EMS) event collector.
LOGCONT Resumes normal processing of a message destined for the NonStop
NET/MASTER MS activity log.
LOGDEL Deletes a message destined for the NonStop NET/MASTER MS activity
log.
LOGREAD Reads the next message destined for the NonStop NET/MASTER MS
activity log.
MSGCONT Resumes normal processing of a message destined for an Operator Control
Services (OCS) window.
MSGDEL Deletes a message destined for an Operator Control Services (OCS)
window.
MSGREAD Reads the next message destined for an Operator Control Services (OCS)
window.
For the complete syntax of verbs, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER NCL Reference
Manual.