[Info-vax] New installment in The OpenVMS Consultant: Shutdowns using STARTUP.COM

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-12-28 kl. 11:09, skrev Chris Townley:
> On 27/12/2020 15:30, David Jones wrote:
>> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 9:26:25 AM UTC-5, geze... at rlgsc.com wrote:
>>> The latest installment of The OpenVMS Consultant has been posted.
>>>
>>> OpenVMS STARTUP.COM is far more than a tool for controlling system 
>>> startup. It can also be used to accomplish a phased Shutdown of a 
>>> complex environment.
>>>
>>> See 
>>> http://www.rlgsc.com/blog/openvms-consultant/shutdown-using-startup.html
>>>
>>
>> The biggest hazard to an orderly shutdown is that you terminal session 
>> goes when the network is shut off, leaving your system in a partially 
>> shutdown state.
>> I changed my shutdown symbol from "@sys$system:shutdown ..." to "$SYSMAN 
>> SHUTDOWN NODE /minutes=..." (appending /auto/save as needed).
>>
> 
> That is a good idea. I had this problem at work on development VAX and 
> Alpha, where the serial console terminals barely worked, so we had to 
> shutdown etc from terminal sessions (LAT or TCP/IP)

LAT has always been fine. LAT stays active long enough for the shutdown
process to go inte automatic mode with no requirement of a terminal.
Any TCPIP terminal is a problem, if you run SHUTDOWN.COM interactively.

> 
> Now, at home I will use this on my physical alpha - no need on the virtual 
> ones - they have a console courtesy of Putty
> 
> Chris