Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities (32022-90053)

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NMMAINT

Running NMMAINT

If the modules were correct when installed, only unusual circumstances

such as a reload, a disk problem, or a system failure would result in

missing or invalid modules. Restore a known valid version of the

modules in error.

Question marks displayed for the overall version number indicate that

the ﬁx levels of the individual modules do not match. Remember that

the internal ﬁx level, represented by the last three numbers of the

version ID, does not need to match between modules for the software to

be compatible. Fix numbers are requested in service requests for HP to

use when troubleshooting.

As each subsystem is displayed, NMMAINT checksthat all the modules

are present and compatible. However, NMMAINT does not perform any

cross-subsystem version veriﬁcation. When a system has HP-to-IBM

products as well as HP-to-HP products installed, the Node

Management Services, link services and the port software are used by

both types of data communications products. Therefore, it is important

to check that the version numbers of these common subsystems and

port software module are correct. It is possible for the HP-to-IBM

products to use previous versions of the common software that are not

compatible with the HP-to-HP products.

NMMAINT displays information on only the subsystems for the

products installed on your system. In the example above, none of the

HP-IBM products were installed, so their subsystems were not

displayed.

Running NMMAINT With Subsystem ID

NMMAINT can also be executed to display the version information for

just one subsystem, by entering a command: NMMAINT, Subsystem

number, where the subsystem number can be obtained from running

NMDUMP.

For example, NMMAINT,3 displays the version information for Network

Transport 32098-20033.

The only exception for using the subsystem number found from running

NMDUMP is for the NMS, Node Management Services, which would be 0.

Use NMMAINT, 10000 to display NMS version information.