Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C.75.00) (30216-90336)

Chapter 5
Technical Articles
Predictive Support Changes in MPE/iX 7.5
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5. The Predictive Support Monitor (PSMOND.PRED.SYS) startup model has changed. The
JPSMON.PRED.SYSjob has been modified to start PSMOND. To have Predictive monitor your system,
JPSMON.PRED.SYS must always be running. We chose not to change the name of the job from
JPSMON.PRED.SYS to JPSMOND.PRED.SYS so that customers would not have to change their existing
environment. The sysstart.pub.sys file does not need to be modified, and if the JPSMON.PRED.SYS job is
already incorporated into existing processes for starting and stopping the network, etc., they do not need
to be changed.
A noticeable change is that the logon changes from:
PSMON,MANAGER.SYS
or
PSMON,PREDMON.SYS
to:
PSMOND,PREDMON.SYS
WARNING If JPSMON.PRED.SYS is not running, Predictive will not perform the scheduled
daily run to monitor your system.
To determine if JPSMON is running, you can use the MPE/iX SHOWJOB command, as follows:
:SHOWJOB JOB=PSMOND,PREDMON.SYS
You should see one active job.
The installation job for Predictive Support attempts to place a "STREAM JPSMON.PRED.SYS" command in
the system startup file (SYSSTART.PUB.SYS), after the STREAMS command. If this fails, then you should
manually add a line to SYSSTART.PUB.SYS to stream the JPSMON.PRED.SYS job.
NOTE NOTE: The sysstart must have a creator of MANAGER.SYS in order to be automatically
executed during system startup. Additionally, the first line of sysstart should be the
STARTUP directive.
You should ensure that there is a "OPENQ LP" and a "STREAMS 10" command before the "STREAM
JPSMON.PRED.SYS" command in the sysstart file. Also recognize that for your system, the line printer
might have a different class name than "LP", and your streams device might have a logical device number
other than 10.
Here is an example of what the lines in sysstart.pub.sys might look like:
Startup
limit 20,60
jobfence 7
openq LP
streams 10
stream jstrtlan.sysmaint.sys
stream jpsmon.pred.sys
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6. The logon for the job PSMON.PRED.SYS was changed to the user PREDMON.SYS, which does not have AM,
SM or PM capability, for enhanced security.