[Info-vax] Pagefile is not showing on 8.2 running on Alpha

[Jeremy Begg]

Hello,

CY wrote:
> On Aug 25, 3:56 pm, Joseph Huber <joseph.hu... at NOSPAM.web.de> wrote:
> 
>>CY wrote:
> 
> ... and so on...
> 
>>>Just a bug in sho mem, or my eyes getting weeker...
>>
>>No , it is not SHOW MEM failing, there is no pagefile installed.
>>Since   DISK$ALPHASYS:[SYS0.SYSEXE]SWAPFILE.SYS the swapfile is on a
>>different disk than DSA0:[SYS0.SYSEXE], I suppose the pagefile is on a
>>different disk, and needs to be installed explicitly at startup:
>>put the mount and install commands for DSA0: in either
>> sys$system:SYPAGSWPFILES.COM
>>or sys$system:satellite_page.com
>>
>>--
>>Joseph Huber,http://www.huber-joseph.de
> 
> 
> But DISK$ALPHASYS: is DSA0: or I dont understand what you mean...
> 
> Its a bit tricky as the DSA didnt complete (system volumes dont want
> to) when somenone tripped on a cable this summer.
> 
> Its mounted by hand afterwards, might it be a clue to why its not
> showing, as its there.

That sounds very broken, or you've not quite understood how your system disk 
is set up.  If VMS is configured to use a system disk shadow set it will 
always be mounted as a shadow set.  (It's possible that not all physical 
drives will join the shadow set, but this wouldn't prevet VMS finding your 
pagefile.)

What do you see when you try

     $ show log/full sys$sysdevice
     $ show log/full disk$alphasys
     $ show dev dsa0
     $ mcr sysman
     SYSMAN> PARAM USE CURRENT
     SYSMAN> PARAM SHOW SHADOWING
     SYSMAN> PARAM SHOW SHADOW_SYS_DISK
     SYSMAN> PARAM SHOW SHADOW_SYS_UNIT
     SYSMAN> EXIT
     $

These will identify which volume you're actually booting from, and if your 
system disk is actually DSA0.


> we have the mount dsa in systartup_vms.com and all but the dsa0 will
> shadow up, and (as documented I think) dsa0 wont.
> 
> will check SYPAGSWPFILES.COM tomorrow, but cant se it being called
> from recollection in systartup.

Regards,

	Jeremy Begg