Dear Digital Service Customer,
Available now for Digital UNIX systems is a tool called UniCensus.
It is a kit containing Korn shell scripts and other specialized executables.
UniCensus setup is painless and assisted by in-line help files and
overviews. After the setup configuration is complete, UniCensus can
be ran at regular intervals to collecting system information. This can
be used for tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery. A key feature
is the HTML formatted output with a table of contents for jumping around
in the text output.
One of it features is, again if setup/flagged, it will mail the output
into us here at the Digital UNIX Support group (CSC/Atlanta) at which
time our MailBOT will file it in a secure repository here for Digital
technical teams to resource when needed.
This tool when used on a regular basis will provide an audit of your
configuration as well as a method to provide complete info when we
assist you in your troubleshooting and performance problems. It will
also decrease your problem cycle time, or better, prevent it.
Below is a list of other aspects of the UniCensus kit.
- Output is formatted to text HTML format files for review by Web-Browser.
- It can Email a compressed copy of output to the Digital CSC for archive.
- It queries all aspect of the operating system and it's modules.
- Will sharply reduce problem cycle time for service calls.
- Can indicate the need for preventive and pro-active tasks.
- Generated output contains time-stamp in filename. (unique, quick search)
- Output contains instructions for manual Email if needed (firewalls).
- Output can be put to UNIX tape or DOS floppy for Postal shipment.
- Output has hyper-link Table of Contents for retrieval of specifics.
- Subscript for 'tar-balling' large binarys for ftp to DU Eng
- Other scripts/executables can be ran and output included.
Enjoy!
Your customer advocates at the Digital CSC Support Center
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HOW TO OBTAIN THE UniCensus
#ftp atlanta.service.digital.com (ip address:192.208.34.1)
login using "anonymous"
password is your "login id" (e-mail address or company name)
At the "ftp>" prompt:
ftp> cd pub/tools
ftp> hash
ftp> get unicensus.tar.Z
Note: you will not be allowed any other command in the pub/tools
directory except "get", typing "ls" or any other command will
immediately log the user out.
Should you have any problems retrieving this file, please
contact me at the support center.
The file is a compressed tar-file containing the UniCensus kit
directory. After you get it on your system do the following.
(copy the file you just ftp'd into /usr/field directory)
# cd /usr/field
# uncompress unicensus.tar.Z
# tar xvf unicensus.tar
# more ./README
# tar xvf unicensus_kit.tar
# cd UniCensus
# more ./README (print it for reference maybe)
# more overview (print it for reference maybe)
# unisetup [-advanced] (config tool for UniCensus kit)
# unicensus -all (run it!)
( rm unicensus.tar unicensus_kit.tar )
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FYI:
SUFFIX ACTION
".uu" = uuencode'd file #uudecode filename
".Z" = compressed file #uncompress filename
".tar"= tar'd file #tar xvf filename
Received on Thu Mar 13 1997 - 01:38:53 NZDT