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Introduction to MPE XL for MPE V System Administrators

An Example of SYSGEN in Use 

A common use for SYSGEN is expanding or modifying the system
configuration.  This is accomplished by building a new configuration on a
copy of the current configuration.  The new configuration should then be
saved under a different name for testing.  For example, from the MPE XL
prompt (:), enter SYSGEN and at the same time specify a newgroup as the
destination of the modified configuration:

         SYSGEN ,NEWFIG

This command sequence calls the configuration used to boot the system as
the basegroup and specifies an output group named NEWFIG.

The next steps are to enter a configurator, make the desired changes, and
KEEP the group, which has the name NEWFIG.

          SYSGEN>IO

       Make changes as required (THE FOLLOWING ADDS A PATH NAME FOR A
       DEVICE (HPxxxx); THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ONLY):

          IO>APATH 16.0 HPxxxx
          IO>HOLD
          IO>EXIT
          SYSGEN>KEEP
          SYSGEN>EXIT

       where 16.0 is the path name and HPxxx is the product ID of the
       device.

To look at the new group, enter:

          :SYSGEN NEWFIG
          SYSGEN>IO
          IO>LPATH
          IO>EXIT
          SYSGEN>EXIT

To test the group, reboot the system, using the GROUP= option:

          :CTRLB 
          CM>TC
          ISL>START NORECOVERY GROUP=NEWFIG


NOTE  Before rebooting, warn all users off the system and set system
      limits to prevent any new user activity.

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