NonStop S-Series Operations Guide (G06.29+)

Determining Your System Configuration
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Recording Your System Configuration
Recording Your System Configuration
As a system operator, you need to understand how your system is configured so you
can confirm that the hardware and system software are operating normally. If problems
do occur, knowing your configuration allows you to pinpoint problems more easily. If
your system configuration is corrupted, documentation about your configuration is
essential for recovery. You should be familiar with the system organization, system
configuration, and naming conventions.
Several methods are available for researching and recording your system
configuration:
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Maintaining records in hard-copy format
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Using the OSM or TSM applications to inventory your system
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Using SCF to list objects and devices and to display subsystem configuration
information
Maintaining Hard-Copy Forms
If you have followed the recommendations in the NonStop S-Series Planning and
Configuration Guide, you created a Document Packet for the system as part of the
planning process. This packet contains all the planning configuration forms used in
planning the system, and it enables you to keep on file complete hard-copy records of
all devices and objects configured in the system.
The records in the Document Packet might be photocopied forms with blanks that are
filled in by hand with information about each system enclosure, PMF CRU, adapter,
disk, tape drive, and so on.
Table 2-4 provides a partial list of published forms and their location. Sample forms
appear in Figure 2-8 on page 2-18 through Figure 2-13 on page 2-23.
To get system configuration information to enter into the forms, you primarily use the
OSM or TSM applications and SCF, described later in this subsection. It is highly
recommended that you maintain your records by updating the forms when you make
configuration changes.