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Deactivates licenses registered in the LICENSE database.

Requires CMKRNL, SYSNAM, and SYSPRV privileges.

Format

LICENSE UNLOAD [product]

Parameter

product

Specifies the name of the product whose license you want to deactivate. If you enter the LICENSE UNLOAD command without specifying a product name, the system deactivates all available registered licenses.

Qualifier

/PRODUCER=string

Specifies the name of the company that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this qualifier only if the product is from a company other than HP.

Description

You can use the LICENSE UNLOAD command to deactivate licenses on multiple systems and on nonlocal systems in the system management environment. The SYSMAN LICENSE commands are a subset of the License Management Facility (LMF) commands. For more information about the LMF, see the HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual.

Example

SYSMAN> LICENSE UNLOAD FORTRAN 
      

This command deactivates the license for HP Fortran for OpenVMS. Because the license is for a HP product, the command does not include the /PRODUCER qualifier.

PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS

Bypasses validation of parameter values. SYSMAN parameter validation ensures that the parameters fall within the defined minimum and maximum values specified in the PARAMETERS SET command.

Format

PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS

Parameters

None.

Qualifiers

None.

Description

The PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS command enables you to override minimum and maximum values established for system parameters. SYSMAN does parameter checks by default. If you attempt to set parameter values outside the allowable limits when checks are enabled, the operating system issues an error message. By disabling checks you can set parameter values regardless of the minimum and maximum limits.

Note Range checks are enabled by default because HP suggests that systems operate within these minimum and maximum values. Setting parameters outside these limits can result in system failures or hangs.

Example

SYSMAN> SET ENVIRONMENT/CLUSTER
SYSMAN> SET PROFILE/DEFAULT=SYS$SYSTEM/PRIVILEGES=CMEXEC 
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET MAXPROCESSCNT 10
%SMI-E-OUTRANGE, parameter is out of range 
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET MAXPROCESSCNT 10 
      

In this example, the initial attempt to set MAXPROCESSCNT below the minimum fails because range checks are enabled. However, once range checks are disabled, the PARAMETERS SET MAXPROCESSCNT command succeeds.

PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS

Validates all parameter values to ensure that they fall within the defined minimum and maximum values.

Because range checks are enabled by default, use PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS after entering a PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS command.

Format

PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS

Parameters

None.

Qualifiers

None.

Example

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET WSMAX 20
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET WSMAX 30
%SMI-E-OUTRANGE, parameter is out of range
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW WSMAX
Parameter Name    Current  Default  Minimum  Maximum Unit  Dynamic
WSMAX                2000     1024       60   6400 pages          
 
      

The PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS command in this example shows that when range checking is disabled, the system accepts a working set value (WSMAX) of 20. However, once range checking is enabled with the PARAMETERS ENABLE CHECKS command, the system does not accept a WSMAX below the minimum, which is 60.

Changes the value of a specific parameter in the work area.

The PARAMETERS SET command does not modify parameter files, the current system parameter file on disk, or the active system. For information about performing these modifications, see the PARAMETERS WRITE command.

Format

PARAMETERS SET parameter-name [value]

/STARTUP filespec

Parameters

parameter-name

Specifies the name of the parameter to modify. Instead of a name, you can enter a period (.) to change the value of the most recently displayed or the most recently modified parameter. See the PARAMETERS SHOW command for an example of using the period in place of a parameter name.

For a list of system parameters and further information about them, use the command HELP PARAMETERS.

value

Specifies the new value for the parameter. Enclose values for ASCII parameters in quotation marks if they contain embedded spaces or other special characters.

Typically the value is an integer or the keyword DEFAULT. The keyword DEFAULT sets the parameter to its default value. The PARAMETERS SHOW command displays the defined minimum, maximum, and default values for the parameter, which are required unless range checking is disabled with the command PARAMETERS DISABLE CHECKS.

Qualifier

/STARTUP filespec

Sets the name of the site-independent startup procedure to the given file specification. A file specification has a maximum length of 31 characters. The initial startup command procedure is SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM.

Examples

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET PFCDEFAULT 20
      

This command assigns a value of 20 to the PFCDEFAULT parameter.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET GBLSECTIONS DEFAULT
      

This command assigns the default value (40) to the GBLSECTIONS parameter.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET/STARTUP SYS$SYSTEM:XSTARTUP.COM
      

This command assigns SYS$SYSTEM:XSTARTUP.COM as the current site-independent startup command procedure.

Displays the value of a parameter or a group of parameters in the work area. In addition, the command shows the minimum, maximum, and default values of a parameter and its unit of measure.

Format

PARAMETERS SHOW [parameter-name]

Parameter

parameter-name

Specifies the name of a parameter or a period (.). A period is interpreted as a request for the parameter specified in the last PARAMETERS SET or PARAMETERS SHOW command. The parameter name can be abbreviated, but the abbreviation must be unique because SYSMAN selects the first parameter that matches.

Beginning in OpenVMS Version 8.2, if the parameter-name that you enter is obsolete, SYSMAN displays OBSOLETE in the Units column.

Qualifiers

/ACP

Displays all Files--11 ACP parameters.

/ALL

Displays the values of all active parameters.

/CLUSTER

Displays all parameters specific to clusters.

/DYNAMIC

Displays all parameters that would be in effect immediately after you enter a PARAMETERS WRITE ACTIVE command.

/GEN

Displays all general parameters.

/HEX

Displays numeric parameters in hexadecimal rather than decimal radix. Specify the /HEX system parameter name or the parameter type. If you specify the /HEX qualifier with the /NAMES qualifier, /HEX is ignored.

/JOB

Displays all job controller parameters.

/LGI

Displays all LOGIN security control parameters.

/MAJOR

Displays the most important parameters.

/MULTIPROCESSING

Displays parameters specific to multiprocessing.

/NAMES

Displays only parameter names. You can combine other qualifiers with this one.

/OBSOLETE

Displays the names of all obsolete system parameters.

/OUTPUT

Directs output to the specified file rather than SYS$OUTPUT. Without a file specification, the output goes to SYSMAN.LIS in the current directory.

/PAUSE

Controls the rate at which the system displays information about parameters.

/PQL

Displays the parameters for all default process quotas.

/RMS

Displays all parameters specific to OpenVMS Record Management Services (RMS).

/SCS

Displays all parameters specific to OpenVMS Cluster System Communications Services.

/SPECIAL

Displays all special control parameters.

/STARTUP

Displays the name of the site-independent startup procedure.

/SYS

Displays all active system parameters.

/TTY

Displays all parameters for terminal drivers.

Description

SYSMAN displays parameters in decimal unless you specify the /HEX qualifier. ASCII values are always displayed in ASCII.

Abbreviations for parameter names must be unique because SYSMAN displays the first parameter matching the abbreviation. Ambiguity checks do not occur. For example, a specification of PARAMETERS SHOW GBL displays the GBLSECTIONS parameter. To display the GBLPAGFIL parameter, you must specify PARAMETERS SHOW GBLPAGF to avoid displaying the GBLPAGES parameter.

You can use a period (.) to indicate that you want to work with the system parameter that you specified in the last PARAMETERS SET or PARAMETERS SHOW command.

Examples

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW GBLSECTIONS
Parameter Name    Current   Default   Minimum     Maximum Unit  Dynamic
GBLSECTIONS           100        40        20     -1  Sections
 
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SET . 110
SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW .
Parameter Name    Current   Default   Minimum     Maximum Unit  Dynamic
GBLSECTIONS           110        40        20     -1  Sections          
      

In this example, the user first displays the values of the GBLSECTIONS parameter and then refers to the parameter with a period to set its current value to 110. The next PARAMETERS SHOW command also uses the period notation to obtain confirmation that the change occurred.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/ACP
      

This command produces output similar to the following example:

Parameters in use: Active Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic ACP_MULTIPLE 0 1 0 1 Boolean D ACP_SHARE 1 1 0 1 Boolean ACP_MAPCACHE 52 8 1 -1 Pages D ACP_HDRCACHE 138 128 2 -1 Pages D ACP_DIRCACHE 138 80 2 -1 Pages D ACP_DINDXCACHE 37 25 2 -1 Pages D ACP_WORKSET 0 0 0 -1 Pages D ACP_FIDCACHE 64 64 0 -1 File-Ids D ACP_EXTCACHE 64 64 0 -1 Extents D ACP_EXTLIMIT 300 300 0 1000 Percent/10 D ACP_QUOCACHE 130 64 0 -1 Users D ACP_SYSACC 4 8 0 -1 Directories D ACP_MAXREAD 32 32 1 64 Blocks D ACP_WINDOW 7 7 1 -1 Pointers D ACP_WRITEBACK 1 1 0 1 Boolean D ACP_DATACHECK 2 2 0 3 Bit-mask D ACP_BASEPRIO 8 8 4 31 Priority D ACP_SWAPFLGS 14 15 0 15 Bit-mask D ACP_XQP_RES 1 1 0 1 Boolean ACP_REBLDSYS 0 1 0 1 Boolean

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/ACP/HEX
      

This command produces a hexadecimal display of the values of the ACP system parameters.

Parameters in use: Active Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic ACP_MULTIPLE 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000001 Boolean D ACP_SHARE 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000001 Boolean ACP_MAPCACHE 00000034 00000008 00000001 FFFFFFFF Pages D ACP_HDRCACHE 0000008A 00000080 00000002 FFFFFFFF Pages D ACP_DIRCACHE 0000008A 00000050 00000002 FFFFFFFF Pages D ACP_DNDXCACHE 00000025 00000019 00000002 FFFFFFFF Pages D ACP_WORKSET 00000000 00000000 00000000 FFFFFFFF Pages D ACP_FIDCACHE 00000040 00000040 00000000 FFFFFFFF File-Ids D ACP_EXTCACHE 00000040 00000040 00000000 FFFFFFFF Extents D ACP_EXTLIMIT 0000012C 0000012C 00000000 000003E8 Percent/10 D ACP_QUOCACHE 00000082 00000040 00000000 FFFFFFFF Users D ACP_SYSACC 00000004 00000008 00000000 FFFFFFFF Directories D ACP_MAXREAD 00000020 00000020 00000001 00000040 Blocks D ACP_WINDOW 00000007 00000007 00000001 FFFFFFFF Pointers D ACP_WRITEBACK 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000001 Boolean D ACP_DATACHECK 00000002 00000002 00000000 00000003 Bit-mask D ACP_BASEPRIO 00000008 00000008 00000004 0000001F Priority D ACP_SWAPFLGS 0000000E 0000000F 00000000 0000000F Bit-mask D ACP_XQP_RES 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000001 Boolean ACP_REBLDSYS 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000001 Boolean

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/OBSOLETE
      

This command displays the names of all obsolete system parameters.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/OBSOLETE

Node XENON3: Parameters in use: ACTIVE Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- VECTOR_PROC 1 1 0 3 Obsolete PAGFILCNT 0 0 0 0 Obsolete SWPFILCNT 0 0 0 0 Obsolete VIRTUALPAGECNT 2147483647 2147483647 2048 2147483647 Obsolete EXUSRSTK 1024 1024 1024 -1 Obsolete QBUS_MULT_INTR 0 0 0 1 Obsolete LAMAPREGS 0 0 0 255 Obsolete LOCKIDTBL_MAX 4251127 16776959 1792 16776959 Obsolete SCSCONNCNT 40 40 2 32767 Obsolete UDABURSTRATE 0 0 0 31 Obsolete SA_APP 0 0 0 1 Obsolete TAILORED 0 0 0 1 Obsolete BOOT_STYLE 0 0 0 2 Obsolete SD_ALLOCLASS 0 0 0 255 Obsolete NISCS_LAN_OVRHD 0 0 0 256 Obsolete SERVED_IO 0 0 0 0 Obsolete XFMAXRATE 236 236 0 255 Obsolete . . .

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW <parameter_name>
      

This command displays information about one obsolete system parameter, VIRTUALPAGECNT.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW VIRT

%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node XENON3 -SMI-E-NOSUCHPARM, no such parameter

You must enter the full name of the parameter:

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW VIRTUALPAGECNT

Node XENON3: Parameters in use: ACTIVE Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- VIRTUALPAGECNT 2147483647 2147483647 2048 2147483647 Obsolete SYSMAN> $

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/STARTUP
Startup command file = SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM
      

This command displays the name of the site-independent startup command procedure.

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS SHOW/PAUSE MAXPROCESSCNT

Node EXPERT: Parameters in use: ACTIVE Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- MAXPROCESSCNT 160 32 12 8192 Processes

Press return to continue [Return]

Node MODERN: Parameters in use: ACTIVE Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- MAXPROCESSCNT 157 32 12 8192 Processes

Press return to continue [Return]

Node IMPOSE: Parameters in use: ACTIVE Parameter Name Current Default Minimum Maximum Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- MAXPROCESSCNT 50 32 12 8192 Processes

Press return to continue [Return]

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The command in this example allows you to control the rate at which the information is displayed.

PARAMETERS USE

Reads a set of system parameters into the work area for display or modification.

Format

PARAMETERS USE source

Parameter

source

The source of a system parameter file for data to be read into the work area. The source can be any of the following items:

Qualifiers

None.

Description

Depending on the source you enter with the command, PARAMETERS USE activates the parameter values:

• Stored in memory (ACTIVE)
• Stored in the default boot parameter file (CURRENT)
• From another file (filespec)
• From the system default values (DEFAULT)

Example

SYSMAN> PARAMETERS USE DEFAULT
SYSMAN> SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
 
      

The first command activates the default parameter values that are supplied with the operating system. The second command sets the STARTUP_P1 system parameter to "minimum." This avoids starting all layered products on a system that is not tuned for them, which might cause the system to hang.