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Contents
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
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Starting Historical Server on UNIX .......................................... 33
Stopping Historical Server on UNIX ........................................ 34
Starting and stopping Historical Server on Windows NT ............... 36
Starting Historical Server on Windows NT .............................. 37
Inferring start-up parameters from the NT Registry................. 37
Verifying that Historical Server is running ............................... 38
Stopping Historical Server on Windows NT ............................ 38
Command Reference..................................................................... 43
Command summary....................................................................... 43
Command syntax ........................................................................... 44
Command status and errors........................................................... 45
Script files as input to Historical Server.......................................... 46
Connecting to Historical Server...................................................... 46
Assumptions before connection .............................................. 46
How to connect........................................................................ 47
Required permissions for Historical Server activities .............. 47
Mutually exclusive sessions .................................................... 49
Historical Server commands .......................................................... 50
hs_create_alarm ............................................................................ 51
hs_create_filter............................................................................... 54
hs_create_playback_session ......................................................... 57
hs_create_playback_view .............................................................. 67
hs_create_recording_session ........................................................ 69
hs_create_view .............................................................................. 72
hs_delete_data............................................................................... 73
hs_initiate_playback....................................................................... 74
hs_initiate_recording ...................................................................... 75
hs_list ............................................................................................. 75
hs_playback_sample...................................................................... 79
hs_shutdown .................................................................................. 83
hs_status........................................................................................ 85
hs_terminate_playback .................................................................. 86
hs_terminate_recording ................................................................. 86
Data Files........................................................................................ 89
Overview of Historical Server data files ......................................... 89
Description of Historical Server files........................................ 89
Permissions on files ................................................................ 90
General file format................................................................... 90
Control file ...................................................................................... 91
Header record ......................................................................... 91
Session control record............................................................. 92
Historical Server