[Info-vax] SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]STARTUP.LOG

[Bob Gezelter]

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:04:41 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> What determines whether SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]STARTUP.LOG is written 
> 
> during startup?

Phillip,

My preference on running systems is to use SYSMAN for short-term changes. For permanent changes (e.g., I generally want unattended machines to log the startup process to a file, rather than to an unwatched screen), I would put the change into MODPARAMS.DAT to ensure that the "policy" change propagates through future operation of AUTOGEN.

Of course, if I am building/maintaining an OpenVMS Cluster, I prefer to maintain site/cluster-specific underlying MODPARAMS.DAT files as an underlying base for site/cluster-generic parameter settings. I discussed this use of AGEN$INCLUDE in my 2011 OpenVMS Bootcamp presentation "Using OpenVMS Technologies to Build an Agile Computing Base" (slides/audio available at: http://www.rlgsc.com/openvms-bootcamp/2011/agile-openvms.html)

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com