[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference azur::mcc

Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

2561.0. "MCC-E-NOPARAMSLIST with Translan AM V1.1" by GOTA1::KLASSON (Sven-Olof Klasson @GOO) Fri Mar 13 1992 11:48

A customer claims he can't set up an alarm on a Translan if it's of type
'change_of' 'controller resets' and with a long description test.
The command is as follows

create mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule -
expression=(change_of(translan tla211 line 1 controller reset,*,*) -
,at every 00:10:00),-
perc sever =critical,-
desc="line1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-
line2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222-
line3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333-
line4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444-
line5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555",-
in domain svenolof
enable mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule, in domain svenolof

He says that MCC will accept this command but if he do a show command like
SHOW MCC 0 RULE ALARM RULE TEST_RULE ALL CHAR, IN DOMAIN SVENOLOF
he get the errormessage
"Error encoding the rule attribute read from the MIR"
"Ilvstatus = %MCC-E-NOPARAMLIST, no parameter list was supplied"

He cant delete the alarm either (also gives NOPARAMLIST). The only way to
get rid of it is to delete the domain.

If he enter a shorter description filed (less then appr 160 characters) it 
works.

Both MCC and the Translan AM is V1.1.

I have used the command above when I tried to reproduce the problem inhouse
on MCC V1.1 and Translan AM V1.0. For me it worked without any problems.

Can this be a problem in the AM?
Any hints on how to solve this would be appreciated.

Thanks
Sven-Olof
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
2561.1poss. alarms FM bug.MCDOUG::MCPHERSONSave a tree: kill an ISO working group.Fri Mar 13 1992 13:22102
The biggest problem I see here is that there IS NO version 1.1 of the Vitalink
TransLAN AM...   There is only V1.0.

I have cut and pasted the alarm rule you  posted verbatim (changing only the
rule, domain and translan name) and cannot reproduce the problem...   Has your
customer installed all of the appropriate patches to his MCC system?  This may
be part of the problem.   

If you are sure there are no typos involved, then this is most likely a
problem with the alarms FM.  Please note that there is NO error message that
would indicate that the TransLAN AM has anything to do with this.

See session log attached below.

regards
/doug


P.S.   What the HECK is that Description field supposed to mean, anyway ?!?!

!
show mcc 0 all char
!
!MCC 0 
!AT 13-MAR-1992 13:18:28 Characteristics
!
!Examination of Attributes Shows:
!                      Component Version = V1.1.0
!               Component Identification = "DECmcc"
!
show mcc 0 translan_am all attr
!
!MCC 0 TRANSLAN_AM 
!AT 13-MAR-1992 13:18:36 All Attributes
!
!                        Available Ports = { "ESA0:" }
!               Component Identification = "DECmcc TransLAN AM"
!                      Component Version = V1.0.0
!
do test-rule-foo
!%MCC-S-VERIFYENTER, entering command procedure SYS$SYSDEVICE:[MCPHERSON]TEST-RULE-FOO.COM;3
!create mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule -
!expression=(change_of(translan madge_335 line 1 controller reset,*,*) -
!,at every 00:10:00),-
!perc sever =critical,-
!desc="line1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-
!line2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222-
!line3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333-
!line4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444-
!line5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555",-
!in domain doug-test
!
!MCC 0 ALARMS RULE test_rule 
!AT 13-MAR-1992 13:18:50 
!
!Entity created successfully.
!
!%MCC-S-VERIFYEXIT, exiting command procedure SYS$SYSDEVICE:[MCPHERSON]TEST-RULE-FOO.COM;3
!
enable mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule, in domain doug-test
!
!MCC 0 ALARMS RULE test_rule 
!AT 13-MAR-1992 13:19:22 
!
!Normal operation has begun.
!
show   mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule, all attributes in domain doug-test
!Using default ALL IDENTIFIERS
!%MCC-W-QUALUNKNOWN, qualifier is unknown: ALL
!
show   mcc 0 alarm rule test_rule all attributes,in domain doug-test
!
!MCC 0 ALARMS RULE test_rule 
!AT 13-MAR-1992 13:19:46 All Attributes
!
!                                   NAME = test_rule
!              Result of Last Evaluation = False
!                                  State = Enabled
!                               Substate = Running
!                Time of Last Evaluation = 13-MAR-1992 13:19:22.50
!                     Creation Timestamp = 13-MAR-1992 13:19:22.13
!                       Evaluation Error = 0
!                       Evaluation False = 1
!                        Evaluation True = 0
!                            Description = "line111111111111111111111111111111111
!                                          1111111111111111111111111111111111line
!                                          22222222222222222222222222222222222222
!                                          22222222222222222222222222222222222lin
!                                          e3333333333333333333333333333333333333
!                                          333333333333333333333333333333333333li
!                                          ne444444444444444444444444444444444444
!                                          4444444444444444444444444444444444444l
!                                          ine55555555555555555555555555555555555
!                                          55555555555555555555555555555555555555
!                                          "
!                             Expression = (change_of(translan madge_335 line 1 
!                                          controller reset,*,*) ,at every 
!                                          00:10:00)
!                     Perceived Severity = critical
!
exit
!
2561.2V1.1 exists, but not from DECGOTA1::KLASSONSven-Olof Klasson @GOOFri Mar 13 1992 14:3913
The customer has Translan AM V1.1 (verified by SHOW MCC 0 TRANSLAN_AM ALL CHAR).
He has bought this AM from another company. I think Vitalink distributes 
this AM via other channels. But this is just my own guess.

Any chance we can blame the AM ;-)

I'll check that the appriate patches are installed.

Thanks
Sven-Olof

Ps The description lines really means nothing. I just had to type in
   something when I tried to reproduce this problem. Ds
2561.3This could easily be an Alarms problemNANOVX::ROBERTSKeith Roberts - DECmcc Toolkit TeamFri Mar 13 1992 17:439
  The process of the Description argument could be having a problem when
  the string exceeds a certain length.  I will QAR this problem.

  Oh yeah, what version of DECmcc is the customer running?  I imagine if
  its a customer (ie, not internal) then it would be v1.1

  It is also possible that this problem has been corrected in V1.2

  /keith