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

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Using NMMGR in Maintenance Mode
MAKESTREAM
MAKESTREAM
Creates a job stream that can then be used to perform network
directory or configuration file updates on remote nodes.
Syntax MAKESTREAM streamfile, nodefile, commandfile
Parameters streamfile The name of a file to be created that will contain the job
stream commands. The format is:
filename[.groupname[.accountname]]
The file must not already exist. The default allocation
of 5000 variable length records may be overridden
through a file equation.
nodefile The name of the file that contains a list of nodes to be
updated. The format is the same as that for
streamfile. This file may be generated by redirecting
the output of the LISTDIR command into a file, which
may then be submitted directly to MAKESTREAM or
edited with a text editor such as TDP/3000. All node
name entries must begin with an alphabetic character.
commandfile The name of a file that contains NMMGR maintenance
mode commands. The format is the same as that for
streamfile. The commands in this file are applied to
each node listed in nodefile.
Description MAKESTREAM generates a text file of job stream commands suitable
for updating a group of nodes. The job stream is created based on a list
of nodenames contained in the nodefile supplied. The nodefile acts
as a control file. The update status of each node is recorded for review in
the event of update failures such as transport problems or a network
being inaccessible.
The standard logon is NETADMIN.SYS,PUB. Progress messages are sent
to OPERATOR.SYS. These and other parts of the job stream may be
customized using a text editor once the stream file is created. The
commands executed on each node in the nodefile are taken from
commandfile. Commands may be any NMMGR maintenance mode
commands and are executed on the remote side of the connection
established for each node being updated.
Only lines that begin with an alphabetic character in column one of the
nodefile are considered node name entries.
Example nodefile NLIST contains the following:
ASTRO.MKT.IND
POGO.DCL.IND