topic Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY in Operating System - OpenVMS

CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jim D Frederick — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:17:43 GMT

I tried to use cmdscript to run VTDPY. To get to command mode of vtdpy, the instructions say hit Control-C, which unfortunately breaks me out of cmdscript and back to DCL instead of sending the Control-C to the VTDPY program.

Is there a way to either 1) send Control-C through to VTDPY or 2) somehow exit VTDPY so I can run it using hyperterm and the wired command line interface?

I am stuck!
Thanks.

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jess Goodman — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:30:37 GMT

If by cmdscript you mean a DCL .COMmand procedure, then add this line to it:

$ SET NOCONTROL=Y

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jim D Frederick — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:49:25 GMT

Jess,

No, CMDSCRIPT is a utility to control HSG raid controllers (I have an HSG80 running version V86F-8 ... which I am trying to upgrade to -13) from the DCL prompt instead of connecting to the management port of the HSG raid controller via a serial cable and hyperterminal.

You would use a command like :
$ CMDSCRIPT :== $CMDSCRIPT
$ CMDSCRIPT -f "$1$GGA99"
which gets you to the HSG80 prompt where I ran VTDPY.

HSGOCC3> RUN VTDPY

When I hit CONTROL-C, I get ...

*INTERRUPT*
$

I did try the $ SET NOCONTROL=Y before using the CMDSCRIPT -f "$1$GGA99" and I still get the *INTERRUPT*, however it does not kick me back to the DCL prompt.

It was worth a try! :)

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Hoff — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:51:46 GMT

I might look to trump this, given the somewhat spotty status of the cmdscript tool. Can you acquire the data you need via SNMP?

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jim D Frederick — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:28:49 GMT

Hoff,

Thanks for the response.

The data I need is the HSG80 controller % idle. The patch procedure states that I can restart the HSG80 without shutting down the OpenVms system if the idle time is greater that 50%.

The system does not run SNMP, so if it is possible to get the data that way, it will not be an easy process to get setup. I assume there is some setup required to get SNMP to report back HSG80 statistics. A lot of setup issues there I do not know how to do :(

It is really too bad there does not seem to be a way to kill off the CMDSCRIPT session on the HSG80 from the hyperterminal/serial cable session. I could get the data I need by running VTDPY via hyperterminal and the serial cable, but with VTDPY already running via CMDSCRIPT it will not allow me to run any other program.

I also tried to create a file that has a CONTROL-C ascii character (03) in it, and copying that to the FTA terminal device that is running CMDSCRIPT/VTDPY but that did not work. :(

My main problem now is trying to kill off the CMDSCRIPT session on the HSG80 that is currently running the VTDPY program.

Thanks.

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jess Goodman — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:45:35 GMT

You might be able to write a program to do this using the pseudo-terminal driver. See chapter 6 of the I/O User's Reference Manual.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732FINAL/aa-pv6sf-tk/aa-pv6sf-tk.HTMl

Re: CMDSCRIPT and VTDPY

Jim D Frederick — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:33:31 GMT

I ended up rebooting the HSG. Thank to those that responded with suggestions.