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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 console messages and requests, including the following tasks:
Printing messages and requests Displaying console messages
Accessing Console Management | |
Move the cursor to Console Management on the Main menu. Press either the F3, Return key or the Spacebar.
The Console Management screen displays the following information: Requests that require a response Time the request or message was sent
Figure 3-7 “Console Management” illustrates the Console Management
screen.
Figure 3-7 Console Management To move between the requests and messages. Some tasks, like backing up the system or storing a file on
tape, require additional user input after they are started. HP Easytime/XL
prompts you to load or remove tapes as needed. These prompts are
called requests. Select one request
from the Console Management screen. Press F2 A to open the Actions menu. Press R for Reply to Request. A dialog box displays the system request and prompts
for a reply. Read the request and follow the instructions on
the screen. Press F5 OK to continue. Or, press F8 Cancel to postpone the reply until later.
| | | |  | NOTE: 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. | | | | |
Printing Messages and RequestsPress F2 A to open the Actions menu. Press P for Print Requests/Messages. All messages and requests will be printed on the HP
Easytime/XL printer. The name of the print file is ETONLST.
Displaying Console Messages | |
Log on to HP Easytime/XL and go to Console Management, you
can read the last 1,000 messages 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. Press F2 V to open the View menu. Press V for Set View. A dialog box prompts you to type a set of messages. Type a set of user names and accounts. Wildcard
characters can be used to define the set. Press F OK to display the new view. Only those messages specified are displayed on the
screen. This new view will last until exiting HP Easytime/XL, or
until the view is changed again.
If a view of messages and requests has been set, you can quickly
reset it to view all messages and requests on the system with this
task. Press F2 V to open the View menu. Press R for Reset View.
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