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3.7.2 Background Testing and Display
Several tests can be run in the background freeing the console for
other operations. Displaying background test status is possible using
the show_status command and the ps command. Stopping background
tests is done using the kill_diags command.
Example 3– 28 Running sys_exer in the Background
P00>>> sys_exer
Default zone extended at the expense of memzone.
Use INIT before booting
Exercising the Memory
memtest -bs 1000000 -rb -p 0 &
memtest -bs 1000000 -rb -p 0 &
memtest -bs 1000000 -rb -p 0 &
memtest -bs 1000000 -rb -p 0 &
memtest -sa 80000000 -ea FFFDE000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 1000000000 -ea 103FFE4000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 2000000000 -ea 205FFE2000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 3000000000 -ea 30FFFD8000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 4000000000 -ea 407FFE0000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 5000000000 -ea 507FFE0000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 6000000000 -ea 607FFE0000 -z -p 0 &
memtest -sa 7000000000 -ea 707FFE0000 -z -p 0 &
Exercising the DK* Disks (read only)
Exercising the DQ* Disks (read only)
dqa0.0.0.15.0 has no media present or is disabled via the RUN/STOP switch
dqd0.0.0.15.20 has no media present or is disabled via the RUN/STOP switch
dqf0.0.0.15.56 has no media present or is disabled via the RUN/STOP switch
file open failed for dqd0.0.0.15.20
file open failed for dqf0.0.0.15.56
file open failed for dqa0.0.0.15.0
Exercising the EW* Network
Type "show_status" to display testing progress
Type "cat el" to redisplay recent errors
Type "init" in order to boot the operating system
The sys_exer command creates SRM test commands that run in the background.
The “&” at the end of each command line created causes the diagnostic to execute in the
background enabling the console to accept other commands.