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Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

1395.0. "Shutdown all nodes PCM is managing?" by CHOWDA::GLICKMAN (writing from Newport,RI) Fri Sep 27 1996 16:30

    Curious:
    
    	Again fairly new to the PCM environment.
    
    	An operator asked me how to shutdown the entire 6 node VAXcluster
    from PCM.  I was showing him how to connect to each console with a
    separate window.  He thought that from PCM he could shutdown the
    entire cluster with one window, one command.
    
    	I am now curious: what do other sites with many nodes do?  Use
    SYSMAN from one node??
    
    	Appreciating any responses.
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1395.1SNOFS1::ELLISSAre you all sitting too comfybold square on your botty? - Then wMon Sep 30 1996 01:418
    it is possible to use scripting. This is where you use the Monitor
    interface and send down a script file to all the nodes you are 
    monitoring. However, to do what you want the script file would have
    to contain the username and password of a privileged account - not
    good.
    
    Shaun
    
1395.2Its this lack of functionality that has me looking for a VCS kitSTEVMS::PETTENGILLmulpFri Nov 01 1996 14:2011
I'm setting up new VCS systems and am trying to locate a VCS kit because
PCM doesn't support one of the most heavily used features of VCS:
	VCS> output node1,node2,logicalname,...  "text string"

However, for the case of shutting down VMS, the best way to do it is to
use sysman:
	$mc sysman
	sysman> set env/cl
	sysman> shut node/cluster
That works as well or better than issuing the same command on each node's
console.