Document Outline

• What’s New in This Guide
• About This Guide
• 1 Introduction to Guardian System Operations
  • Common Guardian Operations Tasks
  • Working With a Daily Check List
    • Your System Might Be Protected
  • Automating Routine Monitoring Tasks
  • Example Check List
• 2 Getting Started With TACL
  • Using TACL as a Command Interpreter
    • Entering TACL Commands
  • Logging On With TACL
    • Blind Password Logon
    • Full Logon
    • Logon Mistakes
    • A Successful Logon
  • Logging Off With TACL
  • Accessing Other Systems
    • Establishing Remote Passwords
    • Starting and Quitting a Remote TACL Process
  • Changing Your Password
  • Logging On With Safeguard
    • The Safeguard Logon Prompt
    • The TIME Command
    • The Safeguard LOGON Command
    • Blind Password Logon
    • Changing an Unexpired Password
    • Changing an Expired Password
    • Logging On to a Remote System
  • Getting TACL Help
  • Displaying User Information
    • Displaying Your Information
    • Displaying Information About Other Users
  • Using Your Command History
    • Listing Your Previous Commands
    • Redisplaying a Selected Previous Command
    • Reexecuting a Previous Command
    • Changing or Correcting a Previous Command
• 3 Managing Files With TACL
  • Introduction to Files in Guardian
    • Types of Disk Files
    • Disk File Names
  • Listing Files and Their Information
    • Listing Subvolume Contents (FILES Command)
    • Searching For Files With Related Names (FILENAMES Command)
    • Getting File Information (FILEINFO Command)
  • Renaming Files
  • Deleting Files
    • Purging Files Using Individual File Names
    • Purging Files Using File-Name Templates
  • Changing Your Default Values
    • File-Name Expansion
    • Changing Your Current Default System, Volume, or Subvolume (VOLUME Command)
    • Changing Your Current Default Node (SYSTEM Command)
    • Changing Your TACL Prompt (SETPROMPT Command)
    • Changing Your Saved Defaults (DEFAULT Program)
• 4 Starting and Controlling Processes With TACL
  • Getting Information About Processes
    • Displaying Process Information (STATUS Command)
    • Displaying Named Process Information (PPD Command)
  • Starting and Controlling a Process
    • Running a Process at a High PIN
    • Your Default Process
    • Interrupting a Process
    • Pausing a Process
    • Stopping a Process
  • Using a Command (OBEY) File
  • Restarting a TACL Process
  • Running Compaq NonStop™ Kernel Utilities
  • Solving Common System Process Problems
• 5 Defining Function Keys and Writing Macros
  • Defining and Using Your Function Keys
    • Creating a Library File for Your Function Keys
    • Loading Your Function Key Definitions
    • Displaying Your Function Key Definitions
    • Using Your Function Keys
  • Writing TACL Macros
    • Using a Library File
    • Using a File Starting With a ?TACL Directive
  • Customizing Your TACL Environment
• 6 Creating and Using DEFINEs
  • Using a DEFINE
    • DEFINE Names
    • DEFINE Templates
    • DEFINE Classes
  • Enabling and Disabling DEFINEs
  • DEFINE Attributes
    • Initial Attribute Settings
    • Working Attribute Set
    • Attribute Consistency Checks
  • TACL DEFINE Commands
  • Example of Creating and Using a DEFINE
    • Task 1: Ensure DEFINEs are Enabled
    • Task 2: Create the DEFINE
    • Task 3: Use the Created DEFINE
• 7 Using FUP for Basic File Management
  • Who Uses FUP?
  • Entering FUP Commands
    • Entering FUP Commands Through TACL
    • Entering FUP Commands Interactively Through FUP
    • Entering FUP Commands From a Command File
    • Using DEFINEs in FUP Commands
  • Getting Help From FUP
  • Using the Break Key
  • Changing System and Volume Defaults
  • Getting Information About Subvolumes and Files
    • Getting Information About Single Files
    • Getting Information About File Sets
  • Performing Common File Operations
    • Duplicating Files
    • Renaming Files
    • Changing File Security
    • Deleting Files
  • Using Your FUP Command History
  • Solving Common File Problems
• 8 Using FUP for Advanced File Management
  • Creating Files
    • Creating Files Using DDL
    • Using the SET, SHOW, and CREATE Commands
    • Restoring Default File-Creation Parameters
    • File-Creation Examples
  • Maintaining Your Disk Files
    • Loading Data Into Files
    • Purging Data From Files
    • Renaming and Moving Files With Alternate Keys
    • Copying Files to a Backup Volume
    • Adding Alternate Keys to Files
    • Modifying Partitioned Files
    • Reorganizing Key-Sequenced Files
• 9 Performing Routine Disk Operations
  • Using the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
  • Checking Disk Status
  • Bringing Up a Disk or Path
    • Bringing Up a Disk From STOPPED
    • Bringing Up a Path From STOPPED
    • Bringing Up a Disk or Path From a STOPPED State, Substate HARDDOWN
  • Taking Down a Disk or Path
    • Taking Down a Disk
    • Taking Down a Path To a Mirrored Disk
  • Altering the Current Path to a Dual-Ported Disk
  • Removing Half of a Mirrored Disk
  • Bringing Up the Down Half of a Mirrored Disk
  • Finding and Sparing Bad Tracks and Sectors
  • Managing Disk Space Usage
    • Analyzing Disk Space Usage With the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF)
    • Analyzing Disk Space Usage With the Disk Space Analysis Program (DSAP)
    • Listing and Purging Old Disk Files
  • Monitoring and Altering Swap Files
    • How Kernel-Managed Swap Space Works
    • How Kernel-Managed Swap Files Affect You
    • Using NSKCOM to Monitor and Alter Swap Files
  • Solving Common Disk Problems
• 10 Using Labeled Tapes
  • How Labeled-Tape Processing Works
  • The MEDIACOM Interface
  • Tape Processing Modes
    • Using Labeled Tapes in LP Mode
    • Using Unlabeled Tapes in NL Mode
    • Bypassing Label Protection in BLP Mode
    • TAPE DEFINE Attributes
  • Common Labeled Tape Activities
    • Checking the Status of Tape Drives
    • Setting a Default Tape Drive
    • Taking Down and Bringing Up a Tape Drive
  • Handling Labeled Tape Messages and Requests
    • Monitoring Labeled-Tape Messages
    • Responding to Messages and Requests
  • Creating and Modifying Labeled Tapes
    • Labeling Tapes
    • Displaying Tape Label Information
    • Relabeling a Tape and Removing a Tape Label
    • Setting Whether Tapes Are Unloaded After Labeling
  • Premounting and Scratching Labeled Tapes
    • Premounting Labeled Tapes
    • Scratching a Labeled Tape
  • Compressing a Tape Dump File
  • Solving Common Tape Subsystem Problems
• 11 Backing Up and Restoring Disk Information
  • Why Use Backup and Restore?
  • Supported Modes of Operation
  • Backing Up Your Files
    • Specifying a File-Set List for Backup
    • Using a Qualified File-Set List
    • Using Run Options in a Backup Command
  • Restoring Your Files
    • Using Run Options in a Restore Command
  • Using Labeled Tapes With Backup and Restore
    • Using a TAPE DEFINE With Backup
    • Using a TAPE DEFINE With Restore
  • Duplicating Backup Tapes With Backcopy
    • Running Backcopy
    • Backcopy Examples
• 12 Introduction to the Spooler
  • Why Use the Spooler?
  • Spooler Components
  • Spooler Jobs and Job Attributes
  • Printer Attributes
    • Form Name
    • Header Message
    • State
    • Selection Algorithm
  • Routing Structure
    • Broadcast and Nonbroadcast Groups
    • Default Routing
    • Implicit Route Creation
  • Printing To the Spooler
    • Sending Output to a Spooler Location
    • Sending Output to a SPOOL DEFINE
• 13 Managing Your Spooler Jobs Using Peruse
  • Running Peruse
    • Spooler Jobs
  • Entering Peruse Commands
    • Declaring the Current Job
    • Displaying a Job
    • Using the Break Key
  • Peruse Commands
  • Using Peruse With TFORM
    • Generating Your Spooler Job
    • Finding a Key Phrase in Your Spooler Job
    • Altering Job Attributes
    • Printing Part of a Job
  • Using Peruse With TAL
    • Compiling Your Job
    • Monitoring the Job Status
    • Finding TAL Errors
  • Using Peruse With Files
    • Copying a Spooler Job to a Spooler Job File
    • Copying a Spooler Job to an EDIT File
    • Copying a Spooler Job File to the Spooler
• 14 Performing Routine Spooler Operations Using Spoolcom
  • Entering Spoolcom Commands
    • Entering Individual Spoolcom Commands at the TACL Prompt
    • Starting a Spoolcom Process and Entering Commands Interactively
    • Entering Commands From a Command File
    • Spoolcom Commands
    • Spoolcom Command Summary
  • Listing Printers and Checking Their Status
  • Restarting a Printer
  • Displaying the Status of Spooler Components
  • Monitoring Spooler Processes
    • Monitoring the Spool Supervisor
    • Monitoring Spooler Collector Processes
    • Monitoring Spooler Print Processes
  • Draining the Spooler
    • How Does Draining Work?
  • Starting a Drained Spooler
    • Warmstarting a Drained Spooler
    • Coldstarting a Drained Spooler
    • Guidelines
  • Stopping the Spooler
  • Controlling Print Devices
  • Controlling Jobs
    • Job States
  • Controlling Locations
  • Solving Common Spooler Problems
    • Freeing a Hung Spooler: Cannot Get Jobs In or Out
    • Freeing a Hung Spooler: Jobs Do Not Print
    • Clearing a Print Process Error State
    • Clearing a Nonprintable Job
    • Clearing a Paper Jam
    • Recovering From an Invalid (Job -1) State
    • Diagnosing Unusual Problems
    • Problem-Solving Summary
• 15 Managing the Spooler Using Spoolcom
  • Naming Spooler Components and Files
  • Managing Collector Processes
    • Adding a Collector to Your Spooler Subsystem
    • Displaying Collector Attributes
    • Modifying Collector Attributes
    • Deleting a Collector
  • Managing Print Processes
    • Adding a Print Process
    • Displaying the Current Attributes of a Print Process
    • Modifying Print Process Attributes
    • Deleting a Print Process From the Spooler
    • Print Process Attributes
  • Managing Print Devices
    • Adding a Print Device To Your Spooler Subsystem
    • Displaying Current Print Device Attributes
    • Modifying Print Device Attributes
    • Deleting a Print Device
    • Deleting a Device From a Running Spooler
    • Print Device Attributes
  • Managing Locations
    • Adding a Location and Connecting It to a Device
    • Displaying a Location’s Current Attributes
    • Modifying Location Attributes
    • Deleting a Location
  • Rebuilding the Spooler Control Files
• 16 Managing Users and Security
  • Your Responsibility to System Users
    • Keeping Current
    • Monitoring the System Frequently
  • Adding Users to the System
    • Changing Logon Defaults
  • Deleting Users From the System
    • Task 1: Delete the User Account
    • Task 2: Clean Up the User’s Disk Space
  • Determining Group and User Name and Number
  • Interfaces for the Security Features
  • System Users
    • Identifying System Users
    • Capabilities of System Users
    • Adding New Users
  • Disk-File Security
    • Setting File Security
    • Accessing Disk Files
  • Process Security
    • Process and Creator Access IDs
    • Adopting the Owner ID of a Program File
    • Controlled Access With Program File ID Adoption
    • Licensing Programs
  • Network Security
    • Accessing a File on a Remote System
    • Accessing Processes on a Remote System
    • Using a Remote TACL Process to Gain Local Access
    • Establishing a Global Remote Password
    • Establishing Subnetworks
    • Capabilities of a Remote Super ID User
  • Solving System Access Problems
    • Task 1: Check the Status of the User’s TACL Process
    • Task 2: Check for Hardware Problems
    • Task 3: Stop the User’s TACL Process
    • Task 4: Stop Other User Processes
    • Task 5: Start a New TACL Process
    • Task 6: Check, Stop, and Restart Terminal Communication Lines
    • Common Terminal and Workstation Problems
• 17 Monitoring Event Messages
  • Understanding Operator Messages
    • Operator Message Monitoring Tools
    • Operator Message Types
    • Operator Messages Format
    • How Operator Messages Are Created
  • Displaying Error Messages With Error
    • Running Error
    • Error Examples
  • Displaying Operator Messages With a Printing Distributor
    • Starting a Printing Distributor
    • Stopping a Printing Distributor
  • Interpreting Operator Messages
  • Directing Messages to a Disk File
  • Printing Operator Messages
  • Monitoring Messages With the TSM EMS Event Viewer
    • Starting the TSM EMS Event Viewer Application
    • Using the Event Viewer
• 18 Displaying Version and System Information
  • Displaying File Version Information
    • Task 1: Find Product Files
    • Task 2: Select Files for VPROC Processing
    • Task 3: Run VPROC
    • Task 4: Interpret VPROC Output
  • Displaying System Information
    • Task 1: Run SYSINFO
    • Task 2: Interpret SYSINFO Output
• 19 Monitoring Hardware Components
  • Tools for Monitoring System Status
  • Other Useful Tools
  • Listing the Devices on Your System
    • Example
  • Determining Device States
  • Checking the Status of Peripherals
    • Checking Disk Status
    • Checking Tape Drive Status
    • Checking Printer and Collector Status
  • Checking the Status of Processors
  • Checking the Status of Network Components
    • Checking the Status of Systems in a Network
    • Checking ServerNet LAN Subsystem Status
    • Checking ATP6100 Line Status
    • Checking Line Handler Status
    • Checking NonStop™ TM/MP Status
  • Checking the Status of Pathway
    • PATHMON States
    • Examples
  • Checking the Size of Database Files
  • Automating System Monitoring
• A Problem Solving Techniques
  • Learning the Cause of a Problem: A Systematic Approach
    • Tools for Identifying Problems
    • A Problem-Solving Process
    • Task 1: Get the Facts and Log the Problem
    • Task 2: Find and Eliminate the Cause of the Problem
    • Task 3: Escalate the Problem
    • Task 4: Focus on Prevention
• Glossary
• Index