Reset Error Counters

[Vallentin, Manfred]

Hello,
in the new OpenVMS Version 7.3-2 is it possible to reset Device Errors.
How is it functioned?

[Ian Miller.]

$ SET DEVICE/RESET=ERROR_COUNT xxxx
See HELP SET DEVICE /RESET
or
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732FINAL/9996/9996pro_053.html#brass_48

[Guy Peleg]

....also a message is sent to the operator
log and the error log indicating device
error log has been reset.

SHOW DEVICE/FULL shows the last time of RESET.

Note you can also reset the operation
count of a device...this is useful if you are doing performance testing.

Guy

[Jan van den Ende]

Manfred,


OT, but from your profile:
"I have assigned points to 0 of 45 responses to my questions. "

See:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/pageList.do?userId=CA1060036&listType=unassigned&forumId=1

some of those are already rather old.

-- maybe you can find some time to fixe up some loose ends? Even if you do think an answer deserves no points, then assigning 0 points will remove the "unassigned" flag.

Proost.

Have one on me.

Jan

[Anton van Ruitenbeek]

Manfred,

I've never understand why resetting the errorcount of a device. But last we had a problem with a tapeunit. It was not possible to use the unit anymore (and there was a tape in it, on the otherside of the city I was in). So I did both reset the counters and the unit was accessable. So it saved me a long trip.

AvR

[David B. MacKenzie]

Attached is a VMS macro program that will reset device error counters. The first comment lines explain how to compile/link the program.

[David B. MacKenzie]

Attachment didn't post. Renamed RESET_AXP_ERRORS.MAR to RESET_AXP_ERRORS.TXT

[Robert Brooks_1]

A minor nit regarding the program that was posted to clear device errors . . .

You correctly acquire the I/O database mutex, but you do not really need write access, since you are not modifying the I/O database.

That is, you are not either adding or deleting
an element from a linked list; you are simply
walking the list. The fact that a cell in the UCB is being modified is irrelevant; taking the mutex for read access is sufficient in this case.

[Terri Hilburn]

can someone help me? when i put a diffrent hard drive on mky computer the message came up error 1782 what does this mean

[Jan van den Ende]

Terri,

Welcome to VMS!!

... but, I rather doubt that here is where you should be!!.

Your question suggests that your issue is not VMS-related: the syntax of your error message is completely wrong, and "mky" is unknown to me.

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Proost.

Have one on me.

Jan