topic Re: cfg2html for VMS? in Operating System - OpenVMS

cfg2html for VMS?

Willem Grooters — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:50:19 GMT

Looking for a (preferably free) tool to make an inventory of software on a large number of servers, suitable for a variety of operating systems, I ran into cfg2html. the site (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cfg2html/) also mentions VMS: but that contains just a textfile explains VMS_Check, the VMS equivalent of this tool. However:

Download:

n/a

HP internal tool. Internal use only. Contact Kostas Gavrielidis

nor can I find it on the Freeware CD's (4.0 - 7.0 at hand).

Any link to this software - or release (I can live with "unsupported :)) is welcomed.

Re: cfg2html for VMS?

David R. Lennon — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:46:59 GMT

Hi,

Kostas did just release a new version of his VMS_Check tool (X0.1-183) on 23-Sep-2012. It seems he prefers to keep track of who requests it and he distributes it via an email message. It is not just for HP internal use only. Send him a personal email to Kostas ( dot) Gavrielidis (at) hp (dot) com to request it.

- Dave

VMS_Check X0.1-183 23-Sep-2012

kostasg — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:00:35 GMT

The latest version of VMS_Check has been released on September 2012. VMS_Check X0.1-183 23-Sep-2012

The VMS_Check-Sep2012.zip file contains the following files:

KavaChartManual.pdf - KavaChart User Guide
OTJ_VMS_Check_tool.pdf - OTJ article on Using VMS_CHECK to Collect OpenVMS Configuration Data
VMS_Check-HowToInstallAndUse.txt - this file
VMS_CHECK-README.TXT - the README for VMS_CHECK
VMS_CHECK-SEP2012.A - VMS saveset of all files needed by VMS_CHECK.

On your PC do:

Unzip the VMS_Check-Sep2012.zip file on Windows so you will have all the files above
FTP transfer the VMS_CHECK-SEP2012.A file in bin mode to your VMS system

On your VMS system do:

1. Create the [<some-temp-directory>] temp directory for VMS_Check and it's generated files

2. Extract the contents of the VMS_CHECK-SEP2012.A saveset

$ BACKUP/LOG VMS_CHECK-SEP2012.A/SAVE [<some-temp-directory>]*.*.*

If this fails because of errors from the BACKUP command above then do this:

$ set file/attri=(lrl:32256,rfm:fix,RAT:NONE) VMS_CHECK-SEP2012.A
And re-invoke the BACKUP command above again.

3. $ SET DEFAULT [<some-temp-directory>]

Invoke VMS_CHECK with:

$ @VMS_CHECK-DETAIL.COM

VMS_Check will inform you when it is done

4. You could ftp in ascii mode all the generated *.html, *.com, and *.txt files back to your PC for your review.

I use:
ftp> hash
ftp> ascii
ftp> mget *.html
ftp> mget *.com
ftp> mget *.txt

ftp> bin
ftp> mget *.jpg

The main HTML file generated is named: VMS_CHECK-<Nodename>-<Date>-<Time>.HTML

You can view it with your favorite browser.

Let me know if you have any questions after you perform these steps and also if you found any
issues with VMS_Check, and if you want me to include your extensions to VMS_Check in future releases.

Enjoy,
Kostas