Conference turris::digital_unix

8898.0. "UniCensus" by BIGUN::nessus.cao.dec.com::Mayne (Churchill's black dog) Wed Feb 19 1997 20:03

Since (as far as I can figure) the original idea was mine, I'll allow my 
battered ego to post this. See also http://decatl.alf.dec.com/ucr/UCdoc/.

(Since some of the code looks exactly like my original, but my original 
history and author lines have been removed, where's my attribution in the 
source? 8-)

PJDM

Author                    : LINDA  WARREN
User type                 : DBA 
Location                  : USTIMA
Vaxmail address           : BSS::LWARREN        


Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997. All rights reserved.

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      TITLE: Which Tool To Use On Digital UNIX systems - Checkit Or UniCensus?

                                                DATE: 19-Feb-1997
                                                         
      AUTHOR: Ed Riopelle                       TD #: 2239
      DTN:    381-6399
      ENET:   KAMLIA::RIOPELLE                  CROSS REFERENCE #'s:
      DEPARTMENT: UNIX Support Eng'g (USEG)     (PRISM/TIME/CLD#'s)  

      INTENDED AUDIENCE:   ALL                  PRIORITY LEVEL: 1
      (U.S./EUROPE/GIA)                         (1=TIME CRITICAL,
                                                 2=NON-TIME CRITICAL)
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      PRODUCT NAME(S):
      PRODUCT FAMILY(IES):
      Storage         ___
      Systems/OS      ___ Digital UNIX
      Networks        ___
      PC/Peripherals  ___  
      Software Apps.  ___ Checkit and UniCensus

      BLITZ TYPE: 

      Maintenance Tip           ___  
      Service Action Requested  _X_ 
      
      PROBLEM:

      There are currently two tools (Checkit and Unicensus) which can gather
      and provide hardware, software, and system configuration information 
      for use in isolating problems on Digital UNIX systems.  

      MCS reports that a number of its people are not clear as to which tool 
      they should use to collect information for cases escalated to the UNIX 
      Support Engineering Group (USEG). MCS has asked USEG for its position. 
	

      RESOLUTION/WORKAROUND:

      At this time, Checkit is required by USEG for cases escalated to USEG. 

      Any change in this requirement will be communicated in a separate Blitz.


      OTHER COMMENTS

      Checkit is the original data gathering tool produced by USEG.

      SysCheck is another data gathering tool developed within the UNIX 
      Business Segment. It has recently become the responsibility of USEG.
 
      UniCensus, developed by MCS, was built on top of SysCheck. UniCensus is 
      currently being improved to collect additional information and to gather 
      various files (e.g., crash data files, binary error logs, syslog.dated, 
      etc.) into one tar ball on a customer's system. After this new 
      functionality has been tested, a new version of UniCensus will be made 
      available and UniCensus will become THE tool recommended by USEG. At 
      that same time, Checkit will be retired. Notification of this transition 
      will be made in a separate Blitz.

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