Performing System Operation Tasks: 900 Series HP 3000 Computer Systems

HP Part Number: 32650-90484

Edition: Fifth Edition

Published: Printed in: U.S.A. 1994

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Table of Contents

Preface

Tasks and Procedures Used for System Operations

In This Book

1 Managing Tapes and Tape Drives

Loading Tape Drives

To load a manual tape drive
To load an automatic tape drive
To load a DDS tape drive
To allow a DDS tape to be written on
To protect data on a DDS tape
To unload a manual tape drive
To unload an automatic tape drive
To unload a DDS tape drive

Handling Tape Requests

To display a tape request
To respond to a tape request

Securing and Labeling Tapes

To secure and label reel tapes
To secure and label DDS tapes

Organizing Tape Storage

Keeping Records of Your Tapes

To keep a record of each tape's contents
To store reel and DDS tapes

2 Managing Disk Drives

Operating a Disk Drive

To manage a disk drive after it has been installed

Loading and Unloading Disk Packs

To load a disk pack
To unload your disk pack
To unload a nonsystem disk

Monitoring Disk Space

To monitor your disk space
To see distribution of disk space
To free disk space by creating a tape

3 Managing Printers

Identifying Page Printers

Starting and Stopping a Page Printer

To start a page printer
To stop a page printer

Loading and Adjusting Paper for a Page Printer

To prepare the paper for loading
To load and adjust paper for a page printer
To thread the paper
To align the paper

Clearing Paper Jams in a Page Printer

To clear paper jams in a page printer
To clear a paper jam in the input area
To clear a paper jam in the output area

Removing the Report from a Page Printer

To tear a report off the page printer

Sorting and Distributing the Reports

To sort and distribute reports

4 Managing Printer Activity

Altering Printer Access

To check your print priority
To set the print priority
To raise the print priority
To prevent printing all reports

Altering Print Files

To obtain information about multiple spoolfiles
To alter the print device
To print more than one copy
To ask for a list of unprinted reports
To delete all output spoolfiles
To delete one or more spoolfiles
To use a selection equation to delete spoolfiles

Controlling Printer Activity

To start the spooler
To suspend spooling
To resume spooling
To stop a spooler process

Deferring the Printing of a Report

To defer printing a report
To change a report from deferred to ready state

Opening and Closing the Spool Queue

To display information about the state of the queues and devices
To open spooling queues
To close spooling queue while starting the spooler process
To clear a backlog of spooled reports
To copy an output spoolfile from OUT.HPSPOOL to your account
To store all output spoolfiles to tape
To restore all output spoolfiles to your system

5 Performing System Functions

Performing Console Tasks

To identify the console
To log on to the console
To assign or change your password
To list OPERATOR.SYS capabilities

Using the Console Commands

To move the console
To allow users to access the console

Communicating with the Users

To create a new WELCOME message
To correct a mistake in the WELCOME message
To erase the existing WELCOME message
To create and use a WELCOME message file

Managing Session Activity

To start a computer session
To determine the session limit
To set the session limits
To reset the session limit
To bypass the session limit

Aborting a Session

To display the user name
To abort a session
To stop all sessions in an emergency

Managing Job Activity

To create a job file
To review your job file
To start a job
To schedule a job

Lowering and Resetting Job Limits

To determine the jobfence
To determine the job limit
To lower your job limit
To reset the job limit
To change a job's priority
To suspend a job
To restart a suspended job

To abort a job

Removing and Returning System Devices

To remove a device from system use
To return a device for system use

Managing Directories

To use pathnames
Access to directories
To name directories
To work with directories

Getting Online Help with Commands

To get information about MPE/iX commands
To list commands by classification within the Help Facility
To display command information within the Help Facility
To display Help outside the Help Facility
To display Help from within another program

Getting Online Help with Error Messages

To get help with Command Interpreter errors
To get help with Store/Restore errors
To get help with Command Interpreter warning messages

6 Copying Files to Tape

An Overview of the Store Process

To assign a name to the backup device
To set up an auto reply device
To choose the files you want stored
To name file sets in MPE and HFS syntax
To use wildcard characters and character sets
To use character sets in the file set

Storing Files

To store a single file
To monitor STORE command progress
To respond to tape requests
To request progress messages
To mount additional tapes
To store several files
To rename files stored to tape
To exclude subset files
To store multiple sets of files
To store files according to dates
To store files after a certain date
To remove stored files from the system: archiving files
To create MPE V/E compatible STORE tapes
To store files from volume sets

Listing the Files Stored

To use a long or short file display
To display file dates
To display file security information
To display names only
To force the HFS format

System Directory Backup

To store system directory information

Improving Storing Efficiency by Increasing Record Size

Using Indirect Files

To use an indirect file

Selecting a STORE Error Recovery Method

Disk read errors
Tape error recovery
To display native mode messages
To check file listings for errors
To verify that STORE files are error free
To retain the STORE tapes
To allow users back on the system

7 Copying Files from Tape

An Overview of the Restore Process

To prepare the tapes
To check for duplicate file names

Restoring Files

To restore a single file
To restore several files
To use wildcard characters to reference files
To use character sets to reference files
To specify files to exclude
To restore multiple sets of files
To restore files with specific file codes
To specify a maximum number of restored files
To list restored files

Specifying a Destination for the Restored Files

To restore files to a specific volume set
To restore files to a specific device
To restore files to their original group, account, and creator
To restore files to your group and account
To restore a file to a different group, account, or creator
To restore the hierarchical directory structure
Overwriting and Retaining Disk Files
Specifying Modification and Last Access Date
Listing Restored Files

Using Indirect Files

Selecting a RESTORE Error Recovery Method

To stop RESTORE upon an error
To continue RESTORE regardless of errors

Mounting Additional Tapes

8 Backing Up the System

Scheduling Backups

Preparing For the Backup

To prepare for the backup

Performing a Full Backup

To prepare for a full backup
To perform a full backup
To perform a partial backup

Maintaining a Large Stock of Backup Tapes

9 Starting and Recovering the System

Starting the System under Normal Conditions

To start the system under normal conditions
To verify that the system has been started
To prepare the system for normal activity
To check and reset the job and session limit
To set the streams device

Starting the System Without Recovery

To start the system without recovery
To prepare the system for normal activity
To check and reset the job and session limit
To set the streams device

10 Shutting Down the System

Scheduling Shutdowns

To include shutdown information in the WELCOME message

Shutting Down the System

To shut down the system

11 Problem Solving

If nothing happens when you type on the terminal
If nothing happens when you type at the console
If you need to perform an emergency shutdown
If you think there is a problem with tapes
If there are problems printing
If there is a non-recoverable power failure on systems using UPS devices

Index

List of Figures

6-1 Short File Display (MPE Format)
6-2 Short File Display (HFS Format)
6-3 Short File Display with Wrapped HFS Names
6-4 Long File Display (MPE Format)
6-5 Long File Display (HFS Format)
6-6 File Date Information (MPE Format)
6-7 File Date Information (HFS Format)
6-8 File Security Information
6-9 Names Only Format

List of Tables

5-1 Working with Directories
6-1 Wildcard Characters and Character Sets
6-2 Example File Sets for STORE/RESTORE
6-3 Maximum Tape Record Sizes

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