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by Hank Cureton
Commercial Systems Division
Introduction
The I/O configuration on a 997 server has one additional hardware layer (the
HP-PB I/O bus converter) compared to the earlier Corporate Business Servers
(990, 991, 992, 995, and 996). As a result, the system I/O configuration on a
997 needs to be updated to reflect this additional hardware layer.
Example:
A typical SCSI disk device I/O configuration on a 995 would be described by
the following I/O path:
2/52.3.0
The same SCSI disk device I/O configuration on a 997 would be described by the
following I/O path:
2/28/52.3.0
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NOTE: The HP-PB bus converter always has the fixed slot address 28
(decimal).
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The utility packages IOCNVRT and JADETOOL are used to
convert the OS software I/O configuration of a pre-997 Corporate Business
Server to the new 997 I/O configuration format.
IOCNVRT.PUB.SYS
The command file IOCNVRT.PUB.SYS is used to convert the system
SYSGEN I/O configuration from a pre-997 Corporate Business Server
configuration to a 997 configuration, or vice versa.
Syntax:
:IOCNVRT {source group}, {target group}
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- source group
- is the name of a valid SYSGEN configuration group in the
SYS account, containing the "source system" I/O configuration.
This is a required parameter. The files in the
source group will remain untouched unless the
target group name is the same as the
source group. The group must exist, and its files must
be valid for IOCNVRT to work.
- target group
- is the name of the SYSGEN configuration group in the
SYS account into which the "target system" configuration files
will be stored. This is a required parameter. If the group does not
exist, it will be created by the program.
Examples:
:IOCNVRT CONFIG, CONFIG
This command converts a pre-997 configuration in the group CONFIG.SYS
into a 997 configuration in the same group CONFIG.SYS.
:IOCNVRT CONFIG, NEWCONFG
This command converts a pre-997 configuration in the group CONFIG.SYS
into a 997 configuration and places it into the group NEWCONFG.SYS.
JADETOOL
The JADETOOL utility is used to convert a pre-997 Corporate Business
Server data communications configuration to a 997 data communications
configuration.
Example:
:JADETOOL
Jade Tool Version A0000006
W A R N I N G ! ! ! ! !
This program is only to be used after authorization from HP
In a failure situation, use of this program could corrupt
the configuration file which could result in a system abort
It is recommended that this program be only used on a copy
of the NMCONFIG configuration file
Do you understand and agree to the above warning? (Y/N) y
Enter file name to convert: NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS
Restrictions
IOCNVRT requires that its user has SM (System Manager)
capability, as a safety measure to prevent unauthorized or inadvertent changes
to the system configuration file groups.
JADETOOL does not automatically convert RJE link I/O paths. This
means that any users of RJE must reconfigure those links manually in
NMMGR.
Recommended Sequence of Steps for Upgrading from a Pre-997 to a 997
The recommended order for upgrading a pre-997 Corporate Business Server (990,
991,992, 995 or 996) to a 997 server follows:
- Update the system with C.55.05 or C.6.0.
- Reboot the system.
- Back up the S995 CONFIG.SYS group and the file
NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS.
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NOTE: In the event that you need to convert back to the pre-997
configuration, these files will be needed.
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- Convert the SYSGEN configuration files using the command file
IOCNVRT.:IOCNVRT CONFG995,CONFG997
where your current 995 SYSGEN configuration files are located
in the group CONFG995.SYS and the new 997 SYSGEN
configuration files will be placed in the group
CONFG997.SYS.
- Convert the file NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS using the tool
JADETOOL.
:RUN JADETOOL
- If RJE links are used on the system, run NMMGR to update any
RJE links.
:RUN NMMGR.PUB.SYS
- Shut down the system.
- Upgrade the hardware to a 997.
- Reboot the system using the new configuration group.
:START NO RECOVERY GROUP=NEWCONFIG
- If the 997 SYSGEN configuration files are not in the group
CONFIG.SYS, copy them into the CONFIG.SYS group.
- Validate DTS.
:RUN NMMGR.PUB.SYS
- Shut down and reboot the system from CONFIG.SYS configuration
group.
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