What monitoring tools are folks using here? I have so far found Ergosol's Watchdog - it provides a neat solution to high-level server security, status and connectivity monitoring with email alerts. I tweaked it a little for adjusting it to OpenVMS 7.3 - you can grab it from http://sanyal.duckdns.org:81/pub/rampage.sav I am getting (NUMEROUS!) emails from all intrusion attempts and whenever someone logs in to the monitored accounts, as well as when any of the monitored HECnet nodes or internet IPs are unreachable. The watchdog.com script is enough by itself - configuration is between markers in watchdog.com, like so: $ ! (insert desired PERFORM's here) $ ! - Start Marker - Place your PERFORMS between these Start and End markers ... ... YOUR CONFIG LINES HERE ... ... $ ! - End Marker - Place your PERFORMS between these Start and End markers I start it up at boot using this at the bottom of systartup_vms - $ RUN/DETACHED/UIC=[1,4] - /PRIORITY=0 - /INPUT=DUA0:[TOOLS.RAMPAGE]WATCHDOG.COM - /OUTPUT=NL: - /ERROR=DUA0:[TOOLS.RAMPAGE]WATCHDOG.LOG - /PROCESS_NAME="Watchdog" - SYS$SYSTEM:LOGINOUT.EXE Here is the header of watchdog.com $ ! The RamPage Watchdog Dispatcher performs selected functions at a $ ! repeated interval to monitor systems activities requiring the attention $ ! of system managers. Problem notifications may be delivered via MAIL, $ ! REPLY, OPCOM, and/or personal pagers. (NOTE: The RamPage paging $ ! software is not required for MAIL, REPLY, and OPCOM deliveries.) $ ! $ ! The following table describes the available functions: $ ! $ ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ! Function Parameter(s) Description $ ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ! $ ! INTERVAL period [refresh] Sets the interval period between $ ! successive problem checks. The period $ ! must be specified as hours, minutes, $ ! and seconds in the format HH:MM:SS. The $ ! default interval period is 10 minutes. $ ! $ ! An optional refresh period may also be $ ! specified in the format HH:MM:SS. This $ ! value determines how frequently the $ ! countdown status is refreshed for $ ! viewing by RamPage Watchdog Monitor $ ! utility. The default refresh period is $ ! 5 seconds. New values must not be $ ! greater than the interval period, and $ ! should be evenly divisible by it. $ ! $ ! NOTIFY username_list delivery $ ! $ ! Sets the usernames in the given list as $ ! the receivers of problem reports, with $ ! delivery method as RAMPAGE, MAIL, $ ! REPLY, and/or OPCOM. (NOTE: RAMPAGE $ ! requires Ergonomic Solutions' RamPage $ ! paging software). $ ! $ ! SYSBOOT Checks and reports the system boot time $ ! upon startup of the watchdog. Useful $ ! in detecting unexpected reboots. $ ! $ ! DISKS fill_percentage [device] $ ! $ ! Checks the fill percentage of mounted $ ! disk drives. Any which exceed the $ ! given value are reported. A full or $ ! partial device name may be provided to $ ! override the default of checking all $ ! disks. If a partial device name is $ ! given, all devices whose device names $ ! begin with what you entered. $ ! $ ! NODES node_list [method] Checks all nodes in the given list and $ ! reports any that aren't reachable. If $ ! a method is provided, it indicates how $ ! the node(s) are queried for detection $ ! using the keywords DECNET (default), $ ! CLUSTER, or NCP. $ ! $ ! INTRUSIONS type Checks the intrusion database and $ ! reports on any new entries. You must $ ! specify an intrusion type of ALL, $ ! SUSPECT, or INTRUDER. $ ! $ ! DEVICE (none) Checks all known devices and reports $ ! changes in error counts. $ ! $ ! LICENSE (none) Checks the license database and reports $ ! any products due to expire. $ ! $ ! USERNAME username_list Checks all usernames in the given list $ ! and reports any that are currently on $ ! the system. $ ! $ ! PROCESS process_list action Checks all processes in the given list $ ! for actions REPORT_MISSING or $ ! REPORT_PRESENT. $ ! $ ! QUEUE status queue Checks the given queue and reports if $ ! the status becomes one of MISSING, $ ! STOPPED, STALLED, RESETTING, CLOSED, $ ! PAUSED, STARTING, STOPPING, or IDLE. $ ! $ ! PING address_list Checks all remote TCP/IP addresses in $ ! the given list and reports any that $ ! fail to respond. $ ! $ ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Supratim QCOCAL::SANYAL

Hi, Mark. A bit surprised you didn't ping me, as I thought you knew I have a working 8650... On 2016-06-23 23:03, Mark Pizzolato wrote: Right. Not so. Well, on the 86x0 they could have provided lots more. And they did, but at least my console pack do not have the 11/730, 750 or 780 supervisor. As I said above, the description with VMB, and DIAGBOOT and so on, is not correct for an 86x0 machine. Here is EDSAA.CMD, which is invoked at the chevron prompt: ==== .type edsaa.com ! ! Version: 001.000 ! Load and start the diagnostic supervisor for VAX 8600/8650 ! INIT ! Do basic initialization SET SNAP OFF ! Don't take snapshots DEP CSWP 8 ! Turn off cache CLEAR MEMORY ! Clear blue sky LOAD/START:0FE00 EDSAA ! Load supervisor DEP CSWP B ! Turn on the cache UNJAM ! Unjam all existant sbia's START 10000 ! Start supervisor ==== As you can see, VMB is not involved. The FE loads EDSAA.EXE directly, and jumps right into it. Also, assuming you got this far, once you have the CPU running EDSAA, the correct next step is normally to run EVSBA, which will then autosize the machine for you. After that you can run various diagnostics in the DS. However, basic CPU testing in an 86x0 is not done in this environment. It is done in an environment called the MicroHardCore (or MHC). It's a special mode in the FE, and there is a long set of tests for the entire machine in there. In addition you then have macro tests, which tests the larger system blocks. And then you have DS, which only should be used once all these other tests pass. (Running the full set of MHC and Macro tests takes more than half an hour on a real 8650, I can tell you.) I'm trying to remember more details, but right now my brain is not recollecting anything more, but let me know if there is anything more/else I can help with... Johnny through another set of tests. -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

FWIW, you left out EBSAA, for the 82x0/83x0 family. Don't know if there's a simh variant for those, though. Bob

On 2016-06-24 00:08, Mark Pizzolato wrote: Of course I do. Those bits are important to preserve... ftp://mim.update.uu.se/8650.dsk Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol

Requesting an account "SANYAL" anywhere to probe QCOCAL for vulnerabilities Thanks in advance Supratim