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When you complete the update process and successful testing of AutoRestart/iX, you must do the following: Return the system to its normal operating state. Remove system dependency on the autoboot format file. Return dump-to-disk to its pre-test state, if you tested for successful configuration of AutoRestart/iX.
Returning to a normal operating state | |
This section describes many of the steps required to return your system to its normal operating state. Not all possible steps are included here, because each customer installation is different. Review the steps below and decide what additional steps you want to take. For example, if SYSSTART is enabled on your system, most or all of the following steps may already be done automatically if they are invoked by your SYSSTART.PUB.SYS file. To return the system to a normal operating state, follow these steps: Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS;HIPRI.
Bring up network services with the appropriate interface names. For example, if you have configured network interfaces with the names LOOP and LAN, enter:
:NETCONTROL START;NET=LOOP
:NETCONTROL START;NET=LAN
:NSCONTROL START
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Refer to the NS3000/XL Network Manager's Reference Manual (36920-90002) for more information. Use the JOBFENCE and LIMIT commands to reset the jobfence and limit to pre-update values. Use the OPENQ command to open the spool queues for spoolable devices not already spooled during system startup. Repeat this step for each device. At the system prompt, enter: Where nn is either the LDEV number, device name, or class name of the device that you want spooled. Invoke SYSGEN and replace the name of the autoboot format file AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP with the system autoboot file AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. Refer to the next section for directions.
Removing dependency on the autoboot format file | |
This section describes how to replace AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP with the system autoboot file AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. Whenever you create a system load tape (SLT) in SYSGEN on a system that has an autoboot file, SYSGEN searches for the specified autoboot file before creating the SLT. If SYSGEN does not locate the autoboot file, it does not create the SLT. | | | |  | NOTE: Hewlett-Packard recommends that you replace the AutoRestart/iX autoboot file name in SYSGEN with the system autoboot file name. The system autoboot file is named AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. The system searches the contents of AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS during the startup sequence. AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS is a specially protected system file and cannot be purged or modified by a customer. | | | | |
To replace AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP with the system autoboot file AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS, follow these steps: Log on to MANAGER.SYS. Invoke SYSGEN. At the system prompt, enter: Access the SYSFILE configurator. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: Use the RAUTO command to replace the existing autoboot file with the system autoboot file AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter:
sysfile> RAUTO FILE=AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS TYPE=DISC
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Use the SHOW AUTO command to confirm that SYSFILE has accepted AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter: The following is displayed:
DISK AUTOBOOT = AUTOBOOT.MPEXL.SYS
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Use the HOLD command to temporarily hold the changes that you made in the SYSFILE configurator. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter: Exit the SYSFILE configurator to return to the SYSGEN menu. At the SYSFILE prompt, enter: Use the KEEP command to store to disk the changes that you have made to your system's configuration. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: The SYSGEN utility saves to the default configuration group the configuration changes made in the SYSFILE configurator.
Respond Y when SYSGEN asks if it should overwrite that group.
keeping to group CONFIG.SYS
Purge old configuration (yes/no)? Y
** configuration files successfully saved **
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Exit SYSGEN. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: Purge both AUTOIN.HP36375.TELESUP and AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP. At the system prompt, enter:
:PURGE AUTOIN.HP36375.TELESUP
:PURGE AUTOOUT.HP36375.TELESUP
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Returning dump-to-disk to initial configuration | |
If you tested the successful configuration of AutoRestart/iX, you must reset the dump file that was used during the test. Reset the dump file after you return to the initial configuration. | | | | | NOTE:
If a dump occurs after you performed either a soft or a hard reset of your system (not as a result of a system abort), and you allowed the autoboot sequence to proceed, the dump that occurs does not contain valid dump information. In this case, you must follow these steps to remove the invalid dump information from the affected dump file. | | | | |
To reset the dump file, follow these steps: Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS. Execute the BLDDUMP utility. At the system prompt, enter:
:RUN BLDDUMP.HP36375.TELESUP
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Use the LIST command to determine the current state of dump files. At the BLDDUMP prompt, enter: The BLDDUMP utility displays the current state of all dump files. In the following example, DUMP1 is the name of the dump file that was written to during the invalid dump:
Autoboot Status ON
Dump-to-tape if dump-to-disk is not successful? YES
DUMP FILE NAME DUMP FILE CURRENT SIZE PROTECTED?
(ID + "MEM") MAXIMUM SIZE OF CONTENTS
(megabytes) (megabytes)
-------------- ------------ ------------- ----------
DUMP1MEM 400 229 YES
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The current size of DUMP1 is 229 megabytes, indicating that the system wrote dump information to it during the AutoRestart/iX testing. Use the RESET command to remove the contents of the dump file that was filled when you tested AutoRestart/iX. At the BLDDUMP prompt, enter:
(#2) blddump > RESET DUMP1
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Use the LIST command to confirm that DUMP1 has been reset. At the BLDDUMP prompt, enter: BLDDUMP displays the following:
Autoboot Status ON
Dump-to-tape if dump-to-disk is not successful? YES
DUMP FILE NAME DUMP FILE CURRENT SIZE PROTECTED?
(ID + "MEM") MAXIMUM SIZE OF CONTENTS
(megabytes) (megabytes)
-------------- ------------ ------------- ----------
DUMP1MEM 400 0 YES
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The current size of DUMP1 is 0 megabytes, indicating a successful reset. The DUMP1 file is now ready for use as a target file for a subsequent dump-to-disk. Use the EXIT command to exit BLDDUMP and return to the system prompt. At the BLDDUMP prompt, enter:
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