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

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Using NMMGR in Screen Mode
Opening a Configuration or Directory File
Creating a New Configuration File
If you want to create a new configuration file (one that does not exist),
follow these steps. At the Open Configuration/Directory File screen:
Step 1. Enter the name of the file you want to create in the Configuration file
name field.
The name must be a valid MPE file name. If you do not specify a group
or account, NMMGR will qualify the file name with your logon group
and account.
The default file name is NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS. You may use the default
if no NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS file currently exists.
Step 2. If a write access password has been assigned, you must enter the
password in the Write access password field in order to create a new
file. If no write access password has been enabled, leave this field blank.
Step 3. Press the
[Open Config] key. NMMGR will ask you to press the key
again to verify that you want to create a new file. Press the key again.
The Main screen will appear and you can proceed with subsystem
configuration.
NOTE Instead of creating a new, and therefore empty, configuration file, you
may want to use the sample configuration file provided by
Hewlett-Packard for use as a configuration template. To do so, see the
instructions that follow for “Copying a Configuration File”.
Copying a Configuration Files
Most new configuration files are created from existing ones, rather than
from scratch. You can copy an existing file from the same system or
from a different system on your network. Note that if you are copying
the file to NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS there are certain rules which must be
followed or the new file may not be found or run when the system is
booted.
The steps that follow show how to copy the sample configuration file
provided by Hewlett-Packard, NMSAMP1.PUB.SYS, to
NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS. The sample file is provided for use as a template
when you are configuring a system with no existing configuration.
1. Purge or rename any existing NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS. (Take care when
doing this that you do not destroy useful configuration information.)
2. Create a file equation similar to the following example:
:FILE CONFIG = NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS; DEV = 1; DISC = 2048,1,1
The configuration file must reside on LDEV1, because the system
does not have access to other LDEVs at startup and the
configuration file is needed at that time. Only one file extent is
allowed.