DECevent Installation

[Sunil_uk]

I want to install DECevent on my server to collect the error and event logs..

i have downloaded 4 files from the site..

I have verified the checksum and found correct.

My server is runing with vms 7.1.
can some one tell me about how to proceed with the installation...

does decevent supported on vms 7.1

sunil

[Kris Clippeleyr]

Hi,

If I'm not mistaken, you should have 4 savesets DIAA034.A, DIAA034.B, DIAA034.C, and DIAA034.D.
Let's say these files are located at DISK1:[KITS].

To install DECevent, simply do:

$ @sys$update:vmsinstal diaa034 disk1:[kits]

and answer any questions that are posed.

AFAIK, you still need a license for DECevent.
And, DECevent is no good on the latest AlphaServers, e.g. DS25.

Regards,
Kris (aka Qkcl)

[Volker Halle]

Sunil,

you would need to RUN DIAV034A.EXE, this will create a DIAV034.A backup saveset. Same for DIAV034B.EXE etc.

Then you can install DECevent as shown by Kris.

You do NOT need a DECevent license for binary-to-text translation of errlog entries with the command $ DIAGNOSE errlog.sys

The license is only needed to analysis and notification.

Volker.

[Volker Halle]

Sunil,

let me be more specific:

DECevent V3.4 (the current and last version of this tool) can be installed on OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha.

It was supported up to OpenVMS VAX V6.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V7.3, but will also work on higher versions.

DECevent needs to be installed with @VMSINSTAL DIAx034 dev:
(x = A for OpenVMS Alpha and V for OpenVMS VAX).

The savesets are downline loadable as self-expanding images. You need to RUN them to obtain the savesets:

DIAA034A.EXE -> RUN ... -> DIAA034.A
DIAA034B.EXE -> RUN ... -> DIAA034.B
...
DIAV034A.EXE -> RUN ... -> DIAV034.A
...

DECevent can do bit-to-text translation (equivalent to ANAL/ERR), but translates ERRLOG.SYS files much more detailed (especially for the older hardware: SCSI, CI etc.). This operation does not require a DECevent license.

DECevent can also do analysis and notification - this requires a DECEVENT license and the DECEVENT_node detached process. Analysis will try to automatically decode errlog-entries (in real-time or on request) and come up with a repair-plan (swap this or that), if the built-in knowledge has detected a specific error pattern.

Volker.

[Sunil_uk]

Thak you all...let me try it out...

Any issues I wll again revert back..

Thank ypu once again...