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Conference kernel::csguk_systems

Title:	CSGUK_SYSTEMS
Notice:	No restrictions on keyword creation
Moderator:	KERNEL::ADAMS

Created:	Wed Mar 01 1989
Last Modified:	Thu Nov 28 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	242
Total number of notes:	1855

24.0. "ULTRIX/UNIX SEMINAR" by KERNEL::PETTET (Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke) Thu Apr 06 1989 16:39

Greetings,
    
    	Alan Trevennor has kindly offered to do a seminar on ULTIX/UNIX 
    for CSG, can I ask you all to voice your opinions and/or comments on 
    this and who would be interested in attending such a seminar. 
    
        Cheers...Norm
    
    From:	COMICS::TREVENNOR    "Pay a #10 fine, or take a RISC"  6-APR-1989 15:27
To:	KERNEL::PETTET,TREVENNOR   
Subj:	Ultrix training

Norm,

	Further to our conversation today about ULTRIX training. One of
my current projects is travelling to all the district offices delivering
The Ultrix Awareness Roadshow. This is a two or three hour presentation
which overviews the crucial importance of UNIX to the future of DEC, and
includes a very quick look at the technical aspects of ULTRIX. There is
a video of the top people in Digital talking about how critically important
UNIX is to us. 

Then there is a section on how to use ERROR LOGS and EXERCISERS and following
that, a section on futures in which RISC is explained, and one of our 
newest machines overviewed. 

If you'd like me to do this presentation for your group please place a formal
request with Bernie Flanagan and I shall be delighted to do it for you if
you can suggest some dates.
                              

Regards
Alan Trevennor

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
24.1	You have a taker	KERNEL::BLAND	toward 2000 ...	`Thu Apr 06 1989 16:54`	1
	I would like to attend. Cheers, Norman Bland
24.2	not only but also	KERNEL::PETTET	Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke	`Thu Apr 06 1989 17:35`	2
	As I opened this note I hope to attend this seminar, any more takers?
24.3	AWK!!	KERNEL::EDMUNDS		`Thu Apr 06 1989 20:52`	8
	....yes please!! Stv edmds.
24.4		KERNEL::GARNETT		`Fri Apr 07 1989 01:10`	5
	YES PLEASE......NIGEL GARNETT
24.5	count me in	KERNEL::ANTHONY		`Fri Apr 07 1989 08:56`	1
	Yes please!
24.6	Count me in	KERNEL::HOBLIN		`Fri Apr 07 1989 09:47`	3
	Yes please. Richard Hoblin.
24.7		KERNEL::MOUNTFORD		`Fri Apr 07 1989 09:49`	3
	Count me in please.. Richard.
24.8	& why not!!	KERNEL::MORIARTY		`Fri Apr 07 1989 12:12`	1
	Yep,I wouldn't mind seeing that.
24.9	Ultrix for new tricks...	KERNEL::SOWTON	Diagnosis does it down the phone..	`Fri Apr 07 1989 13:21`	5
	Put me down, please (on the list of attendees, that is)
24.10	WHERE THERE'S A WILL,THERE'S A WAY !!!	KERNEL::GARNETT		`Sat Apr 08 1989 00:55`	6
	BOB YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN "PUT DOWN", YEARS AGO...DISTEMPER...IS IT ???????? NIGE.............SMILEYS !!
24.11	ONE MORE NAME	KERNEL::MARTIN		`Sat Apr 08 1989 00:58`	5
	Count me in please. Ian Martin
24.12	me too	KERNEL::SCOTT	boy racer	`Sun Apr 09 1989 00:46`	1

24.13	and another	KERNEL::SMITH		`Sun Apr 09 1989 11:53`	3
	I'll go for some of that. In fact I would've thought that such a seminar should be mandatory here in the CSG since we'll get all the problems the field can't find a solution for...
24.14		KERNEL::WRIGHTON	Trigger	`Mon Apr 10 1989 09:46`	5
	I'll have one Dave W
24.15	yes please	KERNEL::JAMES	Alan James CSC Basingstoke	`Mon Apr 10 1989 16:17`	4
	y. AJ
24.16	VMS verses ULTRIX	KERNEL::PETTET	Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke	`Mon Apr 10 1989 16:31`	15
	ref 24.13 Ewan, There are some people who consider ULTRIX to be the "untouchable" operating system because they feel it is un-user friendly and directly competes with VMS. I have had little experience of ULTRIX/UNIX but I'm prepared to atleast listen and hopefully learn some usefull skills and then I'll be in a much better position to actively comment on the "opposition". Those people who want to bury their heads in the sand and make believe ULTRIX/UNIX is a non-event are sadly disillusioned. Cheers..Norm
24.17	????	KERNEL::ANTHONY		`Mon Apr 10 1989 17:14`	10
	Norm, I don't understand why you criticize .13, surely isnt Ewan in favour of the seminar? Or am I missreading all this? B
24.18	sorry if you got wrong impression	KERNEL::PETTET	Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke	`Mon Apr 10 1989 17:21`	5
	ref: -1 I'm not criticizing merely pointing out why it isn't going to be mandatory that everyone attends the seminar. Norm
24.19	Confused, you will be...	KERNEL::BROOKER		`Mon Apr 10 1989 17:50`	5
	Em....yes, anyway, Put my name down please.
24.20	20-20	KERNEL::ANTHONY		`Mon Apr 10 1989 18:51`	6
	re - something I understand.. I think B
24.21	Yes please.	KERNEL::ADAMS	Venus on Remote Control	`Tue Apr 11 1989 12:41`	6
	Yes please, I'd like a seminar, it might help understand the customers when they report a fault on an Unix/Ultrix system. Brian.
24.22	Yuk!	KERNEL::BARTLEY		`Wed Apr 12 1989 05:39`	3
	I don't want to be the only one left out. Yes please Norm.
24.23	speak at the end of the tone....	KERNEL::PETTET	Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke	`Wed Apr 12 1989 10:14`	5
	It seems to me a lot of engineers are in favour of this seminar. Is there anyone out there feel strongly AGAINST learning about ULTRIX/UNIX ? Cheers..Norm
24.24	Superuser!	KERNEL::EDMUNDS		`Wed Apr 12 1989 13:47`	5
	Yes,I feel strongly about all this Ultrix training. I want to be the only one that knows about Ultrix. YOU ARE RUINING MY CHANCES OF BEING IMPORTANT!!!
24.25	please	KERNEL::ROBB		`Fri Apr 14 1989 09:50`	3
	Put my name down. Ken
24.26	Name the day.	COMICS::TREVENNOR	A child of init	`Tue May 02 1989 11:02`	5
	Ok , I think that we have a quorum for the seminar. The next question is when do we run it. Over to you Norm... phone me and we'll fix a date to run it. Alan Trevennor.
24.27	When?	COMICS::TREVENNOR	A child of init	`Tue Jul 04 1989 14:32`	1
	Ahem!!!!!!!!
24.28	September in the rain	KERNEL::ADAMS	Venus on Remote Control	`Thu Jul 06 1989 08:36`	16
	As you can see from previous replies, there are a lot of people in Remote Services, wishing to attend, but our manpower levels will not permit this until about SEPTEMBER Unless we could arrange something in an evening, for those working days BUT With the current high amounts of overtime being worked, interest in such an encroachment into valuable spare time, might gain little interest.
24.29	Well, now its September!	COMICS::TREVENNOR	A child of init	`Mon Sep 18 1989 13:57`	4
	Do youse guys still want this Ultrix Seminar? Alan T.
24.30	Yes Please	KERNEL::PETTET	Norm Pettet CSC Basingstoke	`Tue Sep 19 1989 23:00`	7
	Alan, Yes we want the seminar but its a question of man power. I'll see Brian Anthony tomorrow and try and work out some dates..Hopefully Cheers...Norm
24.31	First you dont see it - then you dont!	COMICS::TREVENNOR	A child of init	`Tue Jan 09 1990 14:08`	16
	I'm still waiting......... So's Nigel! <<< KERNEL::DISK$APD1:[NOTES$LIBRARY]CSGUK_SYSTEMS.NOTE;1 >>> -< CSGUK_SYSTEMS >- ================================================================================ Note 83.1 FYI 1 of 1 KERNEL::GARNETT 4 lines 8-JAN-1990 14:53 -< *********** HELP ************** >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HI ALAN, WHERE ARE OUR SEMINARS.................PLEASE !!!!!!! NIGEL
24.32	ULTRIX errr log goodies.	KERNEL::MOUNTFORD		`Thu Jan 18 1990 16:09`	146
	From: COMICS::TREVENNOR "RAIN. NATURE'S WAY TO WASH CARS." 18-JAN-1990 10:10:40.83 To: KERNEL::MOUNTFORD CC: TREVENNOR Subj: ULTRIX error logger driving instructions. uerf command examples. /etc/uerf -T tk50 -t s:01-jan-1988,00:00 e:05-feb-1988,23:59 # Display all tk50 errors logged between midnight # 1st January 1988 and one minute before midnight # on 5th Febuary 1988. (If either time specifier # omitted with the -t option defaults to today). /etc/uerf -D -t s: e: # Display all disk errors logged today in default # brief format. /etc/uerf -M cpu # Display all errors detected on the VAX Central # Processing Unit. /etc/uerf -O cmp,seg -t s:01-aug-1988 -o full # Display full details of all operating system detected # compatibility mode or segmentation errors which have # been logged between the 1st August 1988 and today. /etc/uerf -s 233-299 -o terse # display terse details of errors whose sequence numbers # are between 233 and 299 The eli utility. The /etc/eli program provides a user interface to the error logger, allowing the system manager to change the error logging parameters during time sharing. Its primary use is to restart error logging after changing the contents of the configuration file. To do this type: /etc/eli -a which stops elcsd and restarts it, thus forcing it to read the new configuration parameters. The most useful of the other options are shown below, use the -h option to obtain a full list. /etc/eli -d # Disables error logging by stopping elcsd /etc/eli -e # Enables error logging when the system is in multi user # mode. /etc/eli -i # Flushes the kernel error log buffer /etc/eli -n # Disables error logging to disk. /etc/eli -s # Enables single user mode error logging F I G U R E T H R E E Fig 3. uerf command options. /etc/uerf -x # negate all other supplied options # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -D -x # means display all errors except disks -R # Display newest errors first -n # Display errors as they occur -h # show available uerf options -H hostname # Display errors from node hostname # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -H PERCY # Means display all errors which have been # logged which originated from node PERCY. -A # Include hardware adapter errors aie # BVP controller (BI disk controller). aio # BVP controller (BI disk controller). bla # BI LESI adaptor bua # BI to UNIBUS adaptor nmi # Nautilus memory interconnect uba # VAX UNIBUS adaptor # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -A bua,bla # means display all bua and bla errors. -c # Select specific classes of errors err # Selects error reports from h/w or s/w oper # Selects only operational events -D # Includes disk errors. rd54 # Include disk errors on RD54 type drives ra80 # Include disk errors on RA80 type drives ra60 # Include disk errors on RA60 type drives etc # Any other DSA compatible drive type # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -D ra60 # means display all errors logged on ra60's. # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -D -o full # means display all disk errors in full format -f filename # Allows you to display errors from any # current or archived error log file. -M # requests that only errors to do with the cpu # central hardware elements of the machine mem # be displayed. The memory and the CPU.. # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -M mem -o full # means display all memory errors in full -o # Selects output format. brief is the terse # default. Beware non-selective use of brief # full, it can generate a long listing! full # -O # Operating system detected errors. aef # Arithmetic exceptions (can be h/w or s/w) ast # async trap exception faults (h/w or s/w) bpt # Break point instruction fault (often h/w) cmp # Compatibility mode faults (h/w possibly s/w) pag # Page fault exceptions (h/w) pif # Privileged instruction faults (h/w or s/w) pro # protection faults (h/w or s/w) ptf # Page table faults (h/w or corrupt s/w) raf # Reserved address Faults (h/w or corrupt s/w) rof # Reserved Operand Faults (corrupt s/w usually) scf # System Service Call Exception faults (either) seg # Segmentation Faults (h/w usually) tra # Trace exception faults (h/w or s/w) xfc # Xfc instruction failed (h/w) # EXAMPLE: /etc/uerf -O seg -o full # Means display full details of all # segmentation faults. -r n # Selects errors by record type - see manual. -s nn-nn # Each error is assigned a number when it # is logged. This option selects a specific # number or range of numbers to be reported -T # Includes tape errors in report tk50 # Include errors which occurred on tk50 tu81 # Include errors which occurred on tu81 etc # Any other Digital tape drive type -t # Selects by absolute or range of time.