topic Re: ECP analyze display error in Operating System - OpenVMS

ECP analyze display error

Jan Andersson_3 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:20:32 GMT

I have installed TDC 2.3-20 on VMS 8.4 and tried to analyze performance, but I get an error.

GRIPEN> plan analyze/motif
Enterprise Capacity Performance Analyzer (c) 1997, 2006 Hewlett-Packard Develop ment Company, L.P., All Rights Reserved.
gripen$dka0:[sys0.syscommon.][sysexe]ecp$analyze_motif.exe;1: Can't open display

GRIPEN> mc decw$puzzle . ! Works ok.

I also directed the output to my PC:

SET DISPLAY/CREATE/TRANSPORT=TCPIP/NODE=axdt0608.samba.net gave the same error and decw$puzzle works.

Tried the following with the same result:
SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=GRIPEN/TRANSPORT=DECNET
SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=GRIPEN/TRANSPORT=TCPIP
SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=GRIPEN/TRANSPORT=LOCAL

Availibility Manager command avail/analyze works with the display on my PC.

It can also start a display on my workstation but that only starts an all grey window with no lines or columns in it.

But that is another problem.

Any clue?

Regard Jan Andersson

Re: ECP analyze display error

John Gillings — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:10:03 GMT

Jan,

Very odd! I get a display from OpenVMS/Alpha V8.4 running ECP$ANALYZE_MOTIF version:

                image name: "DI_MOTIF"
                image file identification: "ECP V5.6A-30"
                image file build identification: ""
                link date/time: 23-MAY-2006 13:48:07.51
                linker identification: "A13-03"

with the display using /TRANSPORT=TCPIP pointing to a PC running ReflectionX

If your display is the local node, you should be using SET DISPLAY/TRANSPORT=LOCAL/NODE=YOURNODE.

Maybe there's a quota issue which is preventing the display from opening? My quotas for a subprocess running ECP$ANALYZE_MOTIF look like this (SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS/ID=pid then hit Q):

    # open files remaining                97/100                  ( 97%)
    Direct I/O count/limit               150/150                  (100%)
    Buffered I/O count/limit             149/150                  ( 99%)
    BUFIO byte count/limit            296544/296672               ( 99%)
    ASTs remaining                       995/1000                 ( 99%)
    Timer entries remaining              199/200                  ( 99%)
    PGFL quota count/limit             29929/31250                ( 95%)
    ENQ quota count/limit               4996/5000                 ( 99%)

Nothing spectacular, but maybe worth checking.

Unfortunately the secondary error, which would tell you WHY the display can't be opened has been omitted by the programmer. A long shot, check $STATUS immediately after the failed command, maybe that has more information?

Please log a case with your local customer support centre, as well as assisting you, they should send feedback to engineering to fix their error reporting!

Re: ECP analyze display error

Jan Andersson_3 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:16:25 GMT

As my ds10 workstation has became a bit messed up, I did a clean VMS install of 8.4.

Trying to install ECP fails.

Beginning installation of VECP0 V56.A at 12:53

%VMSINSTAL-E-EXPIRED, This product has expired after OpenVMS Alpha version 8.3 %VMSINSTAL-E-EXPIRED, Please contact your local hp sales representative %VECP0-E-UNSUPVMSVER, Installation of this kit on this version of OpenVMS is not supported.
%VMSINSTAL-E-INSFAIL, The installation of VECP0 V56.A has failed.

Earlier I had ECP installed before the upgrade to VMS 8.4.

Maybe it just don't run on VMS 8.4 even thogh it is an Alpha.

I know it's not for Itanium but theres nothing said about Alpha.

Re: ECP analyze display error

Volker Halle — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:45:21 GMT

Jan,

do you have to happen a symbol named DISPLAY defined in your process ? That would be one possible cause for the problem you're describing. For some reason, the DECwindows routines seem to try a symbol with that name when creating the display.

Volker.

Re: ECP analyze display error

Jan Andersson_3 — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:29:05 GMT

Yes, I had a DIS*PLAY symbol, but nomore.
Now it's working!!
Thanks a lot Volker.
Now I just have to install it on VMS 8.3 and then upgrade to 8.4 to see if it still works.

Re: ECP analyze display error

paul o'sullivan_1 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:24:36 GMT

To identify a network problem, rather than an ECP problem, run an ecp comand line

plan analyze/beg=/end=/node=nodename

I use the ported ECP