NonStop S-Series Operations Guide (G06.27+)

Starting and Stopping the System
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Getting a Corrupt System Configuration File
Analyzed
Getting a Corrupt System Configuration File Analyzed
If the current system configuration file is corrupted, you can send it to your service
provider for an analysis. Follow these steps:
1. Return to a saved, stable configuration file by following the procedure outlined in
Procedure to Use the System Startup Dialog Box on page 16-7.
2. Once the system is up and stable, copy to a backup tape the corrupt CONFSAVE
file. For example:
> BACKUP $TAPE, $SYSTEM.ZSYSCONF.CONFSAVE, LISTALL
Do this before you load the system a second time. Another system load operation
will overwrite the CONFSAVE file you want analyzed.
3. Submit the tape to your service provider for analysis, along with a copy of any SCF
command file or SCF log file of the commands that were part of the process that
created the corrupt configuration.
Starting Other System Components
Once the system is started, you must start individual devices, processes, applications,
and communications lines. Procedures for starting objects differ depending on how the
objects are configured to start. HP recommends that you bring your system up in
stages, verifying each stage, to facilitate recovery if any step fails.
Some processes are started automatically by the $ZPM persistence monitor. These
processes include the operating system, SLSA subsystem, storage subsystem, and
WAN subsystem.
You use SCF to start many system components. Refer to the SCF Reference Manual
for G-Series RVUs as an overall reference. You can also refer to SCF manuals that
are specific to each peripheral device:
For instructions on starting Refer to
Storage devices such as disks and tape
drives
SCF Reference Manual for the Storage
Subsystem
Ethernet addressable devices, including
terminals and printers
LAN Configuration and Management Manual
ServerNet fabrics SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel
Subsystem
Generic processes SCF Reference Manual for the Kernel
Subsystem
WAN communications lines for devices and
intersystem communications protocols
WAN Subsystem Configuration and
Management Manual, as well as the SCF
manuals that apply to the specific devices
and communications protocols