NET/MASTER RMS Management and Operations Guide

Base Rulesets
Message Handlers, Timers, Rulesets, and Rules
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Command Groups A command group contains NonStop NET/MASTER MS commands. You use a
command group when you want a triggered rule to issue a sequence of NonStop
NET/MASTER MS commands. There can be more than one command group in a
ruleset. Only the rules within the same ruleset as the command groups can use the
command groups.
Base Rulesets RMS comes with two base rulesets that you can use immediately: BASERULE and
STATSCAP. You can use the rulesets with any message handler, although with
BASERULE, you must ensure that the environment the message handler is servicing
can receive EMS messages.
BASERULE The BASERULE ruleset enables you to automate the following system error recovery
tasks:
Dump the memory of a failed central processing unit (CPU) and reload the CPU.
Rebalance the CPUs after reloading a failed CPU.
Restart a failed asynchronous device.
Restart a failed Expand line.
Restart a Pathway terminal control process (TCP) and terminals.
Restart a failed SNAX/XF line.
Restart a Tandem Advanced Command Language (TACL) process that was
stopped due to input-output errors.
STATSCAP The STATSCAP ruleset enables you to capture statistics on the message flow in an
environment. Message flows may vary from environment to environment. You need
to know about the message flow in an environment if you intend to implement a
message handler to service that message flow.
The message flow statistics gathered using the STATSCAP ruleset help you evaluate
the message flow in the environment. The statistics enable development of the ruleset
you use with the message handler servicing that environment. You use the
STATSCAP ruleset to obtain the following information:
ID of the messages flowing in the environment
Number of times a message is received
Times of arrival representing the first and the last times a message is received
Latest text of the messages received