topic Re: console acces to integrity machine in Operating System - OpenVMS

console acces to integrity machine

Volvocars — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:48:17 GMT

Hello,

On our new Integrity machine rx2620 there is a management card present from where we could open a console session on that node.

Via 1 alpha node (console manager of computer associates is installed here) We open a console session on the Integrity machine.

NVF$ cons con NVK
Unicenter Console Manager
Connect/Monitor Interface V3.0-0401
Connected to remote console (NVK)
Type CTRL/E to exit or CTRL/G to escape to monitor
[Read only - use Ctrl-Ecf for console write access.]

We get a message that we have a read only console session and that we have to type
Ctrl-Ecf to have write acces.

Can someone tell me whether man can change
Ctrl-Ecf to something else like Ctrl-Z on the Itanium machine. The reason why I ask is to close the console session you can enter ctrl-E. When you Type Ctrl-Ecf the console session is always closed.

To bypass the problem I configured for now a website wherefrom you can enter the console too and overthere I can enter Ctrl-Ecf without a problem.

Does someone has experience with this problem too and who did you solve it when you use console manager.

Best regards Mario

Mario Dhaenens
volvo cars gent, Belgium

Re: console acces to integrity machine

melvyn burnard — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:37:00 GMT

The escape sequence Ctl-Ecf is NOT modifiable, there is nothing you can do to change this to my knowledge

Re: console acces to integrity machine

Hoff — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:29:23 GMT

I'd suggest you try changing the CA Console Manager default of:

SET EXIT_KEY CTRL_E

mayhap?

To see the current key mappings, try the command:

SHOW KEYS

Reportedly, this can be established automatically with data in:

CONSOLE$USER_DEFAULTS:CONSOLE$MONITOR_INIT.DAT

I'd suggest checking the CA Unicenter Console Manager documentation for complete details on the product. There may well be better or different or changed ways to go after this mechanism within the CA product. There may also be technical notes on this topic available via CA, as neither CM nor Integrity servers are particularly new products -- I'd expect somebody would have noticed this at CA, or has mentioned it to CA -- and it might be useful to see what CA recommends here.

As for EFI and particularly the HP MP -- and short of patching the associated firmware -- I know of no way to tweak this setting. This is certainly reasonable fodder for an enhancement request to HP.

Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs

Re: console acces to integrity machine

Mike Smith_33 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:44:20 GMT

If you don't want to get too complex, just use the control/g and type exit. That is the way I have always exited mine anyway.

Re: console acces to integrity machine

Volvocars — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:34:43 GMT

mike,

Getting out of console manager is not the problem, but getting in on that integrity machine.

I have to type Ctrl-Ecf to get to my MP login of that integrity machine

BR mario

Re: console acces to integrity machine

Oberwagner — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:58:52 GMT

Hello Mario,

the easiest way is:
$ cons conn/exit=CTRL_x

Best regards,
Gerhard

Re: console acces to integrity machine

Volvocars — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:31:43 GMT

Hello Gherard,

I tried your solution, you really solved my problem. Thank you very much.

Mario