Read Before Installing MPE/iX PowerPatch 1 Based on Release 6.5 (30216-90319)

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Information You Need Before Installing MPE/iX 6.5 PowerPatch 1

Patch MPELX33C

called the "powerfail message routing" option. In the future, more conﬁguration options

may be added to the UPS Monitor conﬁguration ﬁle facility, as the need arises.

When you type-in the newconﬁg command in response to the UPSUTIL > command

prompt, UPSUTIL will then prompt you to enter the name of your UPS Monitor

conﬁguration ﬁle that you want to activate.

REQUIREMENTS FOR UPS MONITOR CONFIGURATION FILES

UPS Monitor conﬁguration ﬁles handled by the NEWCONFIG command must adhere to

the following requirements of structure and placement:

1. ASCII text ﬁles of standard ﬁle structure (MPE ﬁle type STD).

These are simple, line-by-line, ﬂat ASCII text ﬁles, of the most basic kind, as created by

any of the HP3000 text editors.

2. The ﬁle resides in the standard MPE/iX ﬁle system, and hence the ﬁle's name is of the

form "ﬁle.group.account", according to standard ﬁle system naming rules.

POSIX-style HFS (hierarchical ﬁle system) ﬁles are NOT allowed.

3. Record size (line length) from 32 bytes to 128 bytes long.

Any record size within these limits is acceptable. EDITOR-style line numbered ﬁles are

acceptable.

4. The ﬁrst line (record) of the ﬁle must consist solely of the ﬁle's ﬁle name.

This is a simple means of verifying that a ﬁle speciﬁed in a NEWCONFIG command is,

in fact, a UPS Monitor conﬁguration ﬁle. It protects against accidentally using an

incorrect ﬁle.

5. Subsequent lines (records) in the ﬁle contain UPS Monitor conﬁguration information

settings, and are of the general form:

<conﬁguration parameter name> = <conﬁguration parameter value>

For example, the ﬁrst (and at present, the only) implemented UPS Monitor

conﬁguration command establishes the setting of how to route ** RECOVERY FROM

POWERFAIL ** messages, and it appears as follows in a UPS Monitor conﬁguration

ﬁle:

powerfail_message_routing = all_terminals

-or-

powerfail_message_routing = console_only

6. Conﬁguration parameter names and non-numeric conﬁguration parameter values are

alpha-numeric symbols, using the underscore character (_) to connect the parts of a

multi-part name or value.

7. Conﬁguration ﬁle contents are NOT case sensitive. Use upper and/or lower case text as

you wish.