topic Re: logging the system startup in Operating System - OpenVMS

logging the system startup

Mark Schafer_2 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:50:54 GMT

So, OPERATOR.LOG has lots of interesting stuff, but how can I get a step by step log of the entire boot process?

Re: logging the system startup

Ian Miller. — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:54:23 GMT

See
$ MCR SYSMAN HELP STARTUP SET OPTIONS
for options to output various things to SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.LOG

Re: logging the system startup

Garry Fruth — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:57:08 GMT

You can set STARTUP_P2 to "D" or "VD". The startup output will be logged to SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]STARTUP.LOG. It is documented here:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732FINAL/6048/6048pro_007.html#sysparam_appendix

Re: logging the system startup

Robert_Boyd — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:17:23 GMT

Here's another alternative that I have used:

in SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT add the line

STARTUP = "SYS$SYSTEM:ALT_STARTUP.COM"

and add the attached procedure to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]

Re: logging the system startup

Mark Schafer_2 — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:43:05 GMT

Thanks guys. You nailed it. I have not done much with SYSMAN except the occasional IO AUTO. :-)