Wierd messages at boot

[Fredrik.eriksson]

Hi all :)

I have these somewhat wierd messages that doesn't really make any sense to me in my operator.log from the boot sequence.

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
RP: lp

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
SD: TCPIP$LPD_SPOOL

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
BP: TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
PA: FALSE

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
ND: FALSE

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
CR: FALSE

%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 5-JUN-2009 18:19:34.09 %%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM on NODE1
SN: FALSE

Does this tell anyone anything?

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[marsh_1]

hi,

they look like entries from your ucx/tcpip$printcap.dat displayed during lpd startup.

fwiw

[Jim_McKinney]

Found in the printcap file...

RP=remote printer
SD=spool directory
BP=banner program
PA=passall flag
ND=nodelete flag
CR=carriage return flag
SN=

[Fredrik.eriksson]

So this basiclly just tells me what settings is set in the printcap file?

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Hoff]

mayhap

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/6526/6526pro_055.html#pri_opcom_def_sec

?

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I tried it with all LPD log options enabled. Got several messages but not yours. VMS 7.3, tcp 5.3 eco 2.

Any (undocumented) LPD logicals active ?

Wim

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

But of course it's not the service LPD that doing it. The outbound symbiont is doing it. Found the messages in tcpip$lpd_shr.exe.

Activated by TCPIP$LPD_RECV_DEBUG ?

Tried with value 1 but no success.

Wim

[Fredrik.eriksson]

This is the only logical defined containting "lpd" i have.
"TCPIP$LPD_ROOT" = "DSA0:[SYS1.TCPIP$LPD.]"

This must be something that is set somewhere else :/

Thank you for all the replies so far :)

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Did you try sh log *lpd*/tab=* ?
It could be given local to the process.

Wim

[marsh_1]

hi,

if there is nothing directly in systartup_vms.com do you call any other site-specific routines during startup that are doing things with print queue setup ?

fwiw

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

GOT IT ! Exectly the same messages.

def/sys/exec tcpip$lpd_symb_debug 15

Restart tcpip and you get the messages.
May be the logical is removed after the usage ?

Wim

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

7.3.1 release notes
TCPIP$LPD_DEBUG
LPD_DEBUG

Replaced by TCPIP$LPD_SYMB_DEBUG.

It was from 5.3 upwards.

Wim

[Fredrik.eriksson]

So it's just debug messages?
Then i'll try to figure out what file is setting that logical since apperantly it will be set somewhere.

NODE1>sea dsa0:[*...]*.com "lpd_symb","lpd_debug"
%SEARCH-I-NOMATCHES, no strings matched

Seems somewhat elusive thou.

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Which tcp version ?
Boots can be modified and can use ANY file for containing the command. Try *.*/excl=(*.exe,*.olb).

And of course one can do @ of something on another disk (we do).

Wim

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

The debugoptions for LPD have changed from logicals to options in TCPIP$LPD_ROOT:[000000]TCPIP$LPD.CONF in later versions of TCPIP.

Hakan

[Fredrik.eriksson]

We're TCPIP V5.4-15 on OpenVMS 7.3-2 (we don't dare upgrade these machines :P).

Anyway, cannot find a tcpip$lpd.conf and searching throu all the files with excl=(*.exe,*.olb) did not yield any results.

I'm very certain that there are no boot files on other disks.

Can this be some default setting or something you can disable in the printcap file?

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

The Printcap-file just holds information about the queues. Nothing for the configuration of LPD.

What happens if you start LPD manually after boot ? Add an EXIT at the top of the LPD-startupfile.

Hmmmm..... does LPD work as expected ?

Hakan

[Fredrik.eriksson]

I have tried to restart LPD on our test cluster (which also have these messages) without getting any of the messages I get from the boot.

I would try a real reboot, but sadly this is not possible since the developers needs them online.

LPD is working as expected yes.

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

Does your printcap-file look OK ?

Is there a queue called TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE ?

It's the queue where incoming LPD-jobs are placed by the LPDservice and processed before printcap is red for a target-queue.

In later versions the incomming queue is a generic queue called TCPIP$LPD_IN

Hakan

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[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

In my vcersion stopping TCP didn't stop LPD symbionts. I had to stop/id. I think it(s a pure cliuent that hopes that TCP wil work again when the next reauest comes in.

Wim

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

Cluster ????

Is the logical TCPIP$LPD_ROOT pointing to the same location on all nodes ?

Hakan

[Fredrik.eriksson]

Hi again, sorry for the late reply.

The cluster shares a disk, but the configuration is done seperatly.

The content of the printcap.dat files are identical thou and the configuration output taken from the TCPIP$LPD_IN_NODE1__1.LOG is as follows:

%%%%%%%%%%%% 5-JUN-2009 18:18:33.97 %%%%%%%%%%%%
%TCPIP-I-LPD_LOGSUC, using log file TCPIP$LPD_ROOT:[000000]TCPIP$LPD_IN_BASNG1_1
.LOG

%%%%%%%%%%%% 5-JUN-2009 18:18:34.02 %%%%%%%%%%%%
%TCPIP-I-LPD_SYMBRUN, symbiont is running the queue TCPIP$LPD_IN_BASNG1_1

TCPIP LPD configuration data:
LPD Spooler Directory : TCPIP$LPD_ROOT:[000000]
Retry-Interval : 0 00:05:00.00
Retry-Maximum : 0 01:00:00.00
Idle-Timeout : 0 00:05:00.00
Inbound-Queues-Per-Node : 1
Utility-Queues-Per-Node : 0
Receiver-Debug : 0
Symbiont-Debug : 0
Utilities-Debug : 0
Loop-Max : 0
Droptime : 0
Probetime : 0
PS-Extensions : LPS
Stream-Passall : FALSE
VMS-Flagpages : FALSE
Persistent-Server : FALSE
Keepalive : FALSE
Synchronize-All-Jobs : TRUE
Setup-NoLF : FALSE
1st-VFC-Prefix-Special : FALSE

PCB for printer
PA: FALSE
ND: FALSE
CR: FALSE
SN: FALSE


Obviously, the last part shows the same kind of messages displayed in my operator.log, but I can't seem to find any way of changing these configuration settings or even just look at them.

This is the content of my printcap file:
TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE:\
:lp=TCPIP$LPD_QUEUE:\
:sd=TCPIP$LPD_SPOOL:

This is not a prioritized thing since it doesn't seem to break anything. It just annoys me that there is messages that doesn't make any sense :P

Best regards
Fredrik Eriksson

[Hakan Zanderau ( Anders]

Fredrik,

Could you supply a

$ SHOW LOGICAL TCPIP$LPD_ROOT

from all clustermembers and a

$ SHOW QUEUE *LPD*/FULL

Hakan

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