Document revision date: 19 July 1999

20.1 SYSMAN Description

Managing a system with SYSMAN is similar to the traditional management of an individual system because SYSMAN uses many of the same software tools. It can process most DCL commands, such as MOUNT, DEFINE, INITIALIZE, SET, and SHOW. It can also execute many OpenVMS system management utilities and command procedures, such as AUTHORIZE, AUTOGEN, and INSTALL.

SYSMAN also contains system management tools that let you perform the following tasks:

• Set disk quotas using DISKQUOTA commands.
• Load and unload licenses using LICENSE commands.
• Associate a terminal or port with a user name using the automatic login facility (ALF) commands.
• Modify or display System Generation utility (SYSGEN) parameters using PARAMETERS commands.
• Build site-specific startup procedures using STARTUP commands, which display or modify startup components of the OpenVMS operating system, site-specific programs, and layered products.
• Modify or display OpenVMS Cluster parameters using CONFIGURATION commands.
• Load system services using SYS_LOADABLE commands, which add and remove executive loaded images from the set of images loaded at boot time.
• On Alpha systems, connect devices, load device drivers, and display configuration information using IO commands.
• Shut down systems using SHUTDOWN NODE command.

Instead of having to type lengthy command lines, SYSMAN enables you to define keys to execute SYSMAN commands. For example, you can define a key to execute a SET ENVIRONMENT command as follows:

SYSMAN> DEFINE/KEY/TERMINATE _Key name: KP0 _Translation: "SET ENVIRONMENT/NODE=(NODE21,NODE22,NODE23)"

Once the key is defined, you can press keypad 0, and SYSMAN executes the SET ENVIRONMENT command. Note that key definitions are lost each time that you exit from SYSMAN, unless you define them in the SYSMAN initialization file. (See Section 20.1.2 for more information about executing commands from an initialization file.)

20.1.2 Executing Commands from an Initialization File

You can create an initialization file that SYSMAN will use each time you invoke the utility. In the SYSMAN initialization file, you can perform tasks such as defining keys and setting the SYSMAN environment.

The default file specification for the SYSMAN initialization file is SYS$LOGIN:SYSMANINI.INI. If you want your SYSMAN initialization file to have a different file specification, you must define the logical name SYSMANINI to point to the location of the file.

The following example is a sample initialization file in which several keys are defined:

$ TYPE SYSMANINI.INI DEFINE/KEY/TERMINATE KP0 "SET ENVIRONMENT/CLUSTER/NODE=(NODE21,NODE22,NODE23,NODE24)" DEFINE/KEY/TERMINATE KP1 "CONFIGURATION SHOW TIME" DEFINE/KEY/TERMINATE KP2 "SHOW PROFILE" . . .

20.2 SYSMAN Usage Summary

The System Management utility (SYSMAN) centralizes system management, enabling you to manage nodes or clusters from one location.

Format

RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSMAN

Parameters

None.

$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSMAN

SYSMAN displays the following prompt at which you can enter SYSMAN commands using the standard rules of DCL syntax:

SYSMAN>

As an alternative, you can enter the RSX command MCR, which expands to RUN SYS$SYSTEM:

$ MCR SYSMAN

With the MCR command, you can invoke SYSMAN and supply a command in one command string. With any SYSMAN command invoked in this way (except SET ENVIRONMENT), SYSMAN executes the command string and exits. After executing a SET ENVIRONMENT command, the utility returns the SYSMAN> prompt.

To exit from SYSMAN and return to the DCL command level, enter the EXIT command at the SYSMAN> prompt or press Ctrl/Z.

This section describes the SYSMAN commands and demonstrates their use. Table 20-1 summarizes each command as follows.

Table 20-1 SYSMAN Commands

Command	Function
@ (Execute Procedure)	Requests that SYSMAN read subsequent command input from the specified file or device.
ALF ADD	Adds a record to the automatic login facility (ALF) database.
ALF REMOVE	Deletes one or more records from the automatic login facility (ALF) database.
ALF SHOW	Displays one or more records from the automatic login facility (ALF) database.
ATTACH	Transfers control from your current process to the specified process in your job.
CONFIGURATION SET CLUSTER_AUTHORIZATION	Updates security data in a local area cluster.
CONFIGURATION SET TIME	Updates system time.
CONFIGURATION SHOW CLUSTER_AUTHORIZATION	Displays cluster security data.
CONFIGURATION SHOW TIME	Displays current system time.
DEFINE/KEY	Defines a key to execute a SYSMAN command
DISKQUOTA ADD	Adds an entry to a disk quota file.
DISKQUOTA CREATE	Creates and enables a disk quota file for a volume that does not contain one.
DISKQUOTA DELETE	Removes an entry from a quota file.
DISKQUOTA DISABLE	Suspends disk quota operations on a volume.
DISKQUOTA ENABLE	Resumes disk quota operations on a volume.
DISKQUOTA MODIFY	Changes an entry in the quota file or adjusts the default quota and overdraft values.
DISKQUOTA REBUILD	Reconstructs the disk usage counts for all entries.
DISKQUOTA REMOVE	Removes an entry from a disk quota file.
DISKQUOTA SHOW	Displays disk quotas and usage counts.
DO	Executes a DCL command or DCL command procedure.
EXIT	Terminates the SYSMAN session and returns control to the DCL command level.
HELP	Provides information about SYSMAN commands.
++ IO AUTOCONFIGURE	Automatically identifies and configures all hardware devices attached to a system.
++ IO CONNECT	Connects devices and loads device drivers.
++ IO LOAD	Loads an I/O driver.
++ IO REBUILD	Rebuilds all device configuration tables.
++ IO SCSI_PATH_VERIFY	Checks each SCSI and FC path in the system to determine whether the attached device has been changed; if it has, the SCSI or FC path in the IO database is disconnected.
++ IO SET EXCLUDE	Sets the permanent exclusion list to be used when configuring devices automatically.
++ IO SET PREFIX	Sets the prefix used to build the IOGEN Configuration Building Module (ICBM) names.
++ IO SHOW BUS	Lists the system's buses, node numbers, bus names, TR numbers, and base CSR addresses on the system.
++ IO SHOW DEVICE	Displays information about devices, their drivers, and their I/O databases.
++ IO SHOW EXCLUDE	Displays the permanent exclusion list used in the autoconfiguration of devices.
++ IO SHOW PREFIX	Displays the current prefix list used to produce the IOGEN Configuration Building Module (ICBM) names.
LICENSE LOAD	Activates a license that is registered in the LICENSE database.
LICENSE UNLOAD	Deactivates a license that is registered in the LICENSE database.
PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS	Inhibits range checks on system parameter values specified in subsequent PARAMETERS SET commands.
PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS	Ensures that range checks are in effect. Enables range checks after a PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS command.
PARAMETERS SET	Modifies the value of a system parameter in the work area.
PARAMETERS SHOW	Displays the values of system parameters in the work area, plus the default, minimum, and maximum values of the parameters and their units of measure.
PARAMETERS USE	Initializes the current work area with system parameter values and the name of the site-independent command procedure.
PARAMETERS WRITE	Writes the system parameter values and the name of the site-independent command procedure from the work area to a parameter file, the current system parameter file, or the active system in memory.
RESERVED_MEMORY ADD	On Alpha systems, adds an entry to the Reserved Memory Registry data file.
RESERVED_MEMORY FREE	On running Alpha systems, frees reserved memory.
RESERVED_MEMORY MODIFY	On Alpha systems, allows you to modify an existing entry in the Reserved Memory Registry data file.
RESERVED_MEMORY REMOVE	On Alpha systems, removes a reserved memory entry from the Reserved Memory Registry data file.
RESERVED_MEMORY SHOW	On Alpha systems, displays the memory reservations on the running system.
SET ENVIRONMENT	Establishes a management context for subsequent SYSMAN commands.
SET PROFILE	Modifies the default device and directory and the current privileges for the current management environment, and allows you to set DCL verification for future DO commands.
SET TIMEOUT	Establishes the amount of time that SYSMAN waits for a node to respond.
SHOW ENVIRONMENT	Displays the current command context.
SHOW KEY	Displays key definitions.
SHOW PROFILE	Displays the default device and directory and the current privileges.
SHOW TIMEOUT	Displays the current timeout period.
SHUTDOWN NODE	Shuts down one or more nodes simultaneously with a single command line.
SPAWN	Creates a subprocess of the current process, where the context of the subprocess is copied from the current process.
STARTUP ADD	Adds an executable file or command procedure to the startup database.
STARTUP DISABLE	Prevents a component of the startup database from executing on one or more nodes in the environment.
STARTUP ENABLE	Allows a component of the startup database to execute.
STARTUP MODIFY	Edits a record in the startup database describing how a startup component executes.
STARTUP REMOVE	Removes one or more components from the startup database.
STARTUP SET DATABASE	Determines the default database.
STARTUP SET OPTIONS	Displays startup status.
STARTUP SHOW	Displays the name of the current startup database or its contents.
SYS_LOADABLE ADD	Adds an executive loaded image to the set of images loaded at boot time.
SYS_LOADABLE REMOVE	Removes an executive loaded image from the set of images loaded at boot time.

Requests that SYSMAN read subsequent command input from the specific file or device.

Format

@ filespec

Parameter

filespec

Specifies either the input device or the command procedure you want to execute. The default file type is .COM. You cannot use wildcard characters in the file specification.

Description

Use the execute procedure command to execute a command procedure containing SYSMAN commands. To execute the command procedure, invoke SYSMAN, place the at sign (@) command at the beginning of a command line, then specify the file name of the command procedure.

The command procedure can contain any valid SYSMAN command.

Examples

$ CREATE ENV.COM 
SET ENVIRONMENT 
SHOW PROFILE[Ctrl/Z]
$ MCR SYSMAN
SYSMAN> @ENV.COM
 
%SYSMAN-I-DEFDIR, default directory on node -- SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR] 
%SYSMAN-I-DEFPRIV, default process privileges on node -- 
        CMKRNL 
        CMEXEC 
        SYSNAM 
        .
        .
        .
        GRPPRV 
        READALL 
        SECURITY 
SYSMAN>
      

This example shows how to create a command procedure that sets the SYSMAN environment to the local node, and displays the current profile. These commands execute when you enter the @ENV.COM command.

$ CREATE TIME.COM 
SET ENVIRONMENT/CLUSTER 
CONFIGURATION SHOW TIME[Ctrl/Z] 
$ MCR SYSMAN 
SYSMAN> @TIME 
 
System time on node NODE23: 19-JUN-1998 13:32:19.45
System time on node NODE24: 19-JUN-1998 13:32:27.79
System time on node NODE25: 19-JUN-1998 13:32:58.66
      

This example shows how to create and execute a command procedure that shows the current date and time for all the nodes in the cluster.

Adds a new record to the automatic login facility (ALF) database. You can also create records for proxy accounts.

Requires read (R) and write (W) access to the SYSALF database (SYS$SYSTEM:SYSALF.DAT by default).

Format

ALF ADD device user

Parameters

device

Specifies the terminal name or port name that you want to assign to a user name. The parameter device must be a terminal name if you do not specify qualifiers on the command line, and can be either a logical name or an abbreviated device name. This parameter accepts a maximum of 63 characters, including devices for proxy accounts.

user

Specifies the user name of the account that you want to assign to a particular terminal or port.

Qualifiers

/TERMINAL (default)

Checks whether the device name you specified is a terminal on the target system. The parameter device can be a logical name or an abbreviated device name, which SYSMAN translates to a full device name.

/PORT

Checks whether the device name you specified is a valid port. If the port name contains special characters, such as a slash (/), or if it contains lowercase letters that you want to preserve, you must enclose the port name within quotation marks (" ").

Be aware that anything within quotation marks is written literally to the ALF database file. For example, if the actual port name contains uppercase letters as well as special characters, be sure to specify uppercase letters within the quotation marks. Otherwise, a mismatch will occur between the actual port name and what is specified in the SYSALF.DAT file.

/PROXY

Checks that the device name is in the NODE::USERNAME format.

/LOG

Displays the device names and user names as they are added to the ALF database.

Description

You can use the ALF ADD command to associate a terminal or port with a particular user name. This will enable certain users to log in to certain terminals or ports without specifying a user name.

The ALF ADD command adds a new record to the ALF database.

Examples

SYSMAN> ALF ADD TTA3 JBERGERON 
SYSMAN> ALF ADD "MN34C3/LC-1-2" FMARTIN /PORT 
 
      

In this example, the first command assigns terminal TTA3 to user JBERGERON. The second command assigns port MN34C3/LC-1-2 to user FMARTIN.

SYSMAN> ALF ADD VMS:.ZKO.VMSORG.SYSMAN.CLIENT1::SYSTEM FOOBAR
      

In this example, VMS:.ZKO.VMSORG.SYSMAN.CLIENT1::SYSTEM is the value for the device parameter, which is assigned to FOOBAR.

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