[Info-vax] $GETRMI RMI$_DISKS

[Neil Rieck]

On Mar 26, 8:29 am, Paul Sture <p... at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:49:22 -0700, Neil Rieck wrote:
> > Does anyone else out there remember anything about SPI or SPM? Also, if
> > anyone out there has any docs from VMS-4.x or VMS-5.x then you could do
> > me a favor to see if those docs contain any mention of SYS $GETSPI or
> > SYS$GETRMI.
>
> I recall a consultant arriving at a customer site circa 1983/4 with SPM
> to do a couple of days of performance analysis.
>
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_1412.html
>
> ----
> Whither SPM?
>
> The Question is:
>
> What happened to SPM?  I've been away from VMS for a few months and used
> to use it heavily (as opposed to other fancier and more expensive
> products).
>
> The Answer is :
>
>   SPM was retired many moons ago, the last release of the product was in
>   1990.  SPM was replaced by POLYCENTER Performance Solution back in 1993.
>   Computer Associates (CA) is now the vendor for this product.
> ----
> --
> Paul Sture

Try this hack:

$ lib BASIC$STARLET.TLB/text/extract=$getspidef /out=getspidef.txt
$ lib BASIC$STARLET.TLB/text/extract=$rmidef /out=rmidef.txt

$ dir/since=tod/siz/width=file=25

Directory SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSLIB]
GETSPIDEF.TXT;1           142
RMIDEF.TXT;1              219
Total of 2 files, 361 blocks.

$ dif GETSPIDEF.TXT RMIDEF.TXT /par

Notice that the two files are almost identical (except for variable
prefixes) until the point where GETSPI almost runs out of data. So it
does look like SPI was used as a starting point for RMI then a bunch
of stuff was tacked on. So why isn't SYS$GETRMI better document in the
manuals. Inquiring minds need to know :-)

Neil Rieck
Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/