HP 3000 Manuals

HP 3000 Series 9X8LX Computer Systems Getting Started

Managing Console Messages 

You can monitor the system from the Console Management screen and respond
to requests from the system.  The menus at the top of the Console
Management screen contain all of the options necessary for managing your
console messages and requests, including the following tasks:

   *   replying to requests

   *   printing messages and requests

   *   displaying a set of messages and requests

To access Console Management 

   1.  Move the cursor to Console Management on the Main menu.

   2.  Press either F3, Return, or Spacebar.

The Console Management screen displays the following information:

   *   messages from the system

   *   requests that require a response

   *   time the request or message was sent

   *   creator of the request

The following figure illustrates the Console Management screen.


            

To move between requests and messages 

   *   Press Tab.

To reply to a request 

Some tasks, for example, backing up the system or storing a file on tape,
require additional user input after you start them.  HP Easytime/iX
prompts you to load or remove tapes as needed.  These prompts are called
requests.

   1.  Select one request from the Console Management screen.

   2.  Press F2 A to open the Actions menu.

   3.  Press R for Reply to Request.

       A dialog box displays the system request and prompts you to reply.


            

   4.  Read the request and follow the instructions on the screen.

   5.  Press F5  OK to continue.

       Or, press F8  Cancel to postpone your reply until later.

Important 

Some request dialog boxes have a  Stop option.  If you press F7  Stop,
you abort a task in progress (for example, backing up the system, or
storing a file on tape) and delete the request from the system.

To print messages and requests 

   1.  Press F2 A to open the Actions menu.

   2.  Press P for Print Requests/Messages.

       All messages and requests will be printed on the HP Easytime/iX
       printer.  The name of the print file is ETCONLST.

To display a set of console messages 

When you log on to HP Easytime/iX and go to Console Management, you can
read the last 1,000 messages that the system sent and any pending
requests.

If you do not want to see all messages and requests on the system, you
can restrict your view to a particular set of messages and requests, for
example, those for a specific user or account.

   1.  Press F2 V to open the View menu.

   2.  Press V for Set View.

       A dialog box prompts you to type a set of messages.  The following
       example displays messages and requests for all users in account
       SYS.


            

   3.  Type a set of user names and accounts.  You can use wildcard
       characters to define the set.

   4.  Press F  OK to display the new view.

       Only those messages that you specified are now displayed on your
       screen.  This new view lasts until you exit HP Easytime/iX or
       until you change the view again.

To reset the view 

If you have set a view of messages and requests, you can quickly reset it
to view all messages and requests on the system with this task.

   1.  Press F2 V to open the View menu.

   2.  Press R for Reset View.

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