Getting A Corrupt System Configuration File Analyzed; Recovering From A Reload Failure - HP NonStop NS-series Operation Manual

Starting and Stopping the System
Pending changes can appear (but are misleading) if the earlier configuration has
different system name, number, or time attributes than the configuration you
replaced. For example, if you load the \EAST system from the CONFBASE file
(which specifies \NONAME as the system name), an INFO SUBSYS $ZZKRN
command displays \EAST as the current system and \NONAME as a pending
change. Enter an ALTER SUBSYS command to change the system name to
\EAST and cause the pending change to disappear. It is not displayed when you
enter INFO.

Getting a Corrupt System Configuration File Analyzed

If the current system configuration file is corrupt, send it to your service provider for an
analysis:
1. Return to a saved, stable configuration file. See
2. After the system is up and stable, copy to a backup tape the corrupt CONFSAVE
file. For example:
> BACKUP $TAPE, $SYSTEM.ZSYSCONF.CONFSAVE, LISTALL
You must backup the CONFSAVE file before you perform the next system load.
Another system load operation overwrites the CONFSAVE file you want analyzed.
3. Submit the tape to your service provider for analysis, along with a copy of any SCF
command file or SCF log file of the commands that were part of the process that
created the corrupt configuration.

Recovering From a Reload Failure

If a reload is not successful:
1. Check the Processor Status dialog box of the OSM Low-Level Link for halt codes.
Look up the halt codes in the Processor Halt Codes Manual for further information
about the cause of failure and the appropriate recovery procedure.
2. Check the System Load dialog box of the OSM Service Connection for messages.
3. Check for any event messages. Look up event messages in the EMS logs ($0 and
$ZLOG) and refer to the OSM Event Viewer or the Operator Messages Manual for
further information about the cause, effect, and recovery for any event message.
4. Perform a processor dump, if needed, as described in
Disk on page 9-15.
5. Try a soft reset of the processor.
6. Reload the processor or processors as described in
Components: Monitoring and
contact your service provider.
7. If you still cannot reload the processor or processors, try a hard reset of the
processor.
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Getting a Corrupt System Configuration File
Configuration File
Recovery. If you cannot to correct the problem,
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Dumping a Processor to
Section 9, Processors and
Analyzed