HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
Chapter 2 SYSTEM INFORMATION
Changed VUFs in MPE XL Logon and Showme Banners
by Doug Claar/Chris Mayo/Mike Paivinen/Fred Parkes, Commercial Systems
Division
This version of MPE XL introduces a third VUF field. This VUF is seen
during the display of the "logon" and "showme" banners (which are
produced as a result of the :HELLO and :SHOWME commands, respectively).
In addition, the two VUFs seen in MPE XL versions prior to this release
have been renamed and repositioned in the logon and showme banners.
These changes are compatible with those introduced on MPE V/E with the
V-Delta-4 release.
LOGON AND SHOWME BANNER CHANGES
The first two lines of the changed logon banner are shown below with
example VUFs.
HP3000 RELEASE: A.21.00 USER VERSION: @.@@.@@ WED, FEB 1, 1989, 10:00 AM
MPE XL HP31900 A.11.70 Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987. All Rights Reserved.
The second line of the changed showme banner is shown below with example
VUFs.
RELEASE: A.21.00 MPE XL HP31900 A.11.70 USER VERSION: @.@@.@@
EXPLANATION OF VUFS
The RELEASE VUF is established by Hewlett-Packard (HP) at build time of
the entire software release package (also known as the MIT) and provides
an identity for that release. This VUF is owned by HP. In releases prior
to this, it was referred to as "BASE." This VUF should be used in the
"Release ID" field when entering a Service Request (SR).
The MPE XL PRODUCT VUF (the VUF which now immediately follows the HP
product number 31900) is established by HP at compile time of the new
version of MPE XL. Once established, this VUF is permanently bound to
that version of MPE XL. This VUF is owned by HP and is the VUF displayed
immediately after the MPE XL product number HP31900. This VUF, along
with product number 31900, should be used in the "Prod. number" field
when entering an SR against the MPE XL operating system product.
The USER VERSION VUF is owned by you, the user, and allows you to
identify any customization of your total software package such as third
party software, special configurations, etc. Any printable ASCII
character can be used, although lower case alpha characters will be
converted to upper case. This VUF is set by using SYSGEN (see following
discussion). In prior releases, it was printed out in the showme banner
immediately after the HP product number 31900 and was referred to as
"SYSTEM ID" or simply "ID" in the SYSGEN command set. By changing its
name and its position in the banners, it should now be clear who owns it,
and what it means. This VUF should not be used when entering an SR.
SETTING THE USER VERSION VUF
Refer to the System Configuration Reference Manual (P/N 32650-60005) for
full information about SYSGEN, the System Generator.
1. Using SYSGEN, a new software system can be generated either for
the machine on which the generation is being done or for a
"target" machine. Depending on your choice, attention must be
paid to the selection of the proper basegroup, i.e., CONFIG,
CONFG925, CONFG930, etc., or any configuration basegroup made by
you. A basegroup consists of a group of files managed by SYSGEN.
2. The existing USER VERSION VUF in the configuration basegroup of
choice can be shown by making the following entries when running
SYSGEN:
>ba groupname ** Specify basegroup
>misc ** Puts you in Miscellaneous Configurator
>show system ** Misc Config command showing USER VERSION VUF
(as well as LOGON and CI PROMPTS)
>exit ** Exit from the Misc Config (but not from SYSGEN)
> ** Continue SYSGEN use
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NOTE The USER VERSION VUF from any configuration basegroup should
always be checked before making a System Load Tape. You
should be aware of the VUF setting, which will be written to
the tape.
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3. The USER VERSION VUF is set by making the following entries when
running SYSGEN:
>ba groupname ** Specify basegroup
>misc ** Puts you in Miscellaneous Configurator
>sy userversion=x.yy.zz ** Misc Config command changing USER VERSION VUF
>hold ** Hold the change
>exit ** Exit from the Misc Config (but not from SYSGEN)
> ** Continue SYSGEN use
4. After all changes have been made in SYSGEN, make a tape of the new
system and exit from SYSGEN.
5. SHUTDOWN the appropriate system, i.e., your current system or the
target system.
6. Do an UPDATE using the tape made in step 4 above. The USER
VERSION VUF displayed will now be the VUF set in step 3 above. If
you did not do step 3, then the VUF will be that shown in step 2.
NOTE ANY subsequent UPDATE using a different tape, for example one
supplied from HP, will overwrite the USER VERSION VUF.