NonStop S-Series Operations Guide (G06.24+)

HP NonStop S-Series Operations Guide—522459-007

11-1

Processors: Monitoring and

Recovery

When to Use This Section 11-1

Monitoring and Maintaining Processors 11-2

Monitoring Processor Status Using OSM or TSM 11-2

Monitoring Event Messages 11-3

Monitoring the State of PMF CRUs 11-3

Monitoring Processor Performance Using ViewSys 11-4

Identifying Processor Problems 11-5

Hardware Error Freezes 11-5

Processor Hangs 11-5

Processor Halts 11-5

Recovery Operations for Processors 11-6

Halting One or More Processors 11-7

Recovery Operations for a System Hang 11-7

Recovery Operations for a Hardware Error Freeze 11-8

Recovery Operations for an Unacceptable Service State 11-8

Recovery Operations for a Processor Halt 11-8

Dumping a Processor to Disk 11-10

Enabling or Disabling System Freeze 11-12

Enabling or Disabling Freeze on a Processor 11-13

Freezing the System or Processor 11-15

Dumping a Processor to Tape (Down System Only) 11-17

Dumping All Processors in a System 11-22

Reloading a Single Processor on a Running Server 11-23

Loading a Processor From Disk 11-24

Copying a Dump File From Tape to Disk 11-26

Backing Up a Processor Dump to Tape 11-26

Replacing Processor Memory or a PMF CRU 11-27

Submitting Information to Your Service Provider 11-27