[Info-vax] Logging systartup_vms.com progress to operator.log VMS 7.3-2

[Dave Froble]

On 10/14/2020 11:14 AM, Frank Gribbin wrote:
> VMS 7.2-2
> I would like to log the progress of the system boot. It would be neat to do this to operator.log
>
> I've seen examples where at the end of systartup_vms.com there is a command at the end along the lines of
>
> REPLY/ALL/BELL "SYSTEM UP"
>
> I was hoping to do something similar and have the messages recorded in the operator.log
>
> The background is a recent incident where a boot didn't fully complete. A script invoked from systartup_vms.com bombed because of nameserver problems (the 3 nameservers are external systems). I'll add SET NOON to this script to make it more robust, but would still like to record progress.
>

I'll just mention my practice.

SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM does the minimum necessary, then, one or more batch 
jobs are run to do the rest of the startup.  Network startup and such. 
Additional queues.  Terminal setup.  Application startup(s).  Most 
things that are not required in SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.

Of course, the batch jobs produce logs.

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