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SYSMAN and Startup Customization, Debugging?

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The Question is:

 
I am troubleshooting a system startup issue and need to understand the order in
 which the various steps occur.  Eleven steps are called out in section 5.2.2
 of the system manager's manual the last of which ends with enabling the
 operator console and SMI s
erver.  This list does not go far enough for me.
 
Specifically, I need to know the order in which the SYSMAN LPMAIN procedures
 and the SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM procedure are executed.  I believe I am
 seeing that LPMAIN procedures are done after SYSTARTUP_VMS, but cannot reboot
 with sufficient freedo
m to proove that to myself.
 
Thanks
 

The Answer is :

 
  The System Manager's manual has a section on Understanding Startup
  Databases, and on customizing the operating system, both of which
  will be of interest here.  Other material in the same general area
  of the manual will likely also be of interest, of course.
 
  To display the sequencing, commands such as the following can
  be used:
 
  SYSMAN> STARTUP SET DATABASE STARTUP$STARTUP_VMS
  SYSMAN> STARTUP SHOW FILE
  SYSMAN> STARTUP SET DATABASE STARTUP$STARTUP_LAYERED
  SYSMAN> STARTUP SHOW FILE
 
  As documented, the LPBEGIN phase contains the invocation of the
  SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM system startup procedure.  Phases LPMAIN and
  LPBETA follow.
 
  There are also documented mechanisms for logging and debugging the
  system startup procedures, using the STARTUP_Px parameters.  For
  details, see Booting While Displaying Startup Procedure Commands
  in the System Manager's manual.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 3-MAY-2004 )
     
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