Nikon UPS User's Manual
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1. DEQA The job is waiting for completion of a dequeue operation in the pool activity level DEQW The job is waiting for completion of a dequeue operation For example QSYSARB and subsystem monitors generally wait for work by waiting for a dequeue operation DKTA The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a diskette device in the activity level DKTW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a diskette device DLYW Due to the Delay Job DLYJOB command the job is delayed waiting for a time interval to end or for a specific delay end time The function field shows either the number of seconds the job is to delay 999999 or the specific time when the job is to resume running DSC The job has been disconnected from a work station display DSPA The job is waiting for input from a work station display in the activity level DSPW The job is waiting for input from a work station display END The job has been ended with the IMMED option or delay time has ended with the CNTRLD option EOFA The job is waiting in the activity level to try a read operation again on a database file after the end of file has been reached EOFW The job is waiting to try a read operation again on a database file after the end of file has been reached EOJ The job is ending for a reason other than End Job ENDJOB or End Subsystem ENDSBS For example SIGNOFF End Group Job ENDGRPJOB or an exception that is not bei2. Selection of this option starts the UPS 400 power monitor The message UPS 400 Power Monitor Started appears at the bottom of the Main Menu to confirm that the monitor has been started End the UPS Power Monitor Selection of this option ends the UPS 400 power monitor The message UPS 400 Power Monitor Ending appears at the bottom of the Main Menu to confirm that the monitor is ending Remote System Maintenance Selection of this option allows the user to identify network AS 400s that will be notified by the UPS 400 power monitor The AS 400 that serves as the notifying AS 400 for the network will not be listed in this table but all other AS 400s in the network will be listed in the table Work with Monitor Status Selection of this option allows the user to work with active UPS 400 jobs as well as review the overall status of the AS 400 activity This screen is the same as the Work with Active Jobs AS 400 command except that only UPS 400 jobs are listed Display Activity Log All activity is logged Clearing messages from the log is at the discretion of the user Work with Current Status Selection of this option displays the current UPS 400 system status This includes information such as remaining battery life number of power failures since last recharge chronological logging of power down step processed and other information pertinent to a systematic power down process System Setup Selection of this option allows the
3. if you have any problems using UPS 400 we recommend the following steps 1 Review the documentation and help text provided by UPS 400 which contains answers to a majority of questions that might arise 2 Have job logs error messages first and second levels screen prints etc available to discuss with an PBS technical support representative 3 Call an PBS product support representative at the number show at the front of this manual PHONE SUPPORT Call PBS technical support between the hours of 7 30 a m and 5 30 p m CST five days a week for questions or problems you may be having We will be happy to answer them If the problem is of a critical nature our 24 hour answering service can reach us at all hours Please have ready any material pertaining to your questions job logs printouts to refer to displays etc This makes it easier for our product support analyst to understand the problem and assist you promptly PRODUCT WARRANTY AND MAINTENANCE PBS warrants that UPS 400 software will be free of defects for 90 days after software installation Product technical phone support and replacement materials will be provided during this period at no charge Annual maintenance agreements may be purchased at published rates by licensed users for ongoing UPS 400 support after the initial 90 day free warranty period Payment of this fee entitles you to continuing technical support product enhancements problem corrections OS 400 relea
4. a list of subsystems that you wish UPS 400 to end during a specified format These subsystems will be ended first and should be those that have the least impact on your system When the power is restored these subsystems will be restarted Format is Subsystem Library F8 SBS 2 Pressing F8 provides a pop up window that allows the entry of a second list of subsystems that you wish UPS 400 to end during a specified interval These subsystems have the greatest impact on your system i e batch and or interactive usage If power is restored these subsystems will be restarted Format is Subsystem Library F10 UPS 400 Autostart Job Pressing F10 not shown on screen allows the user to Y N decide whether to use the UPS 400 Autostart Job A response of Y will change the system value QSTRUPPGM to point to program QSTRUP in UPS400 This allows UPS 400 to restart itself after IPLs A response of N will cause no changes to be made to the IBM supplied startup program You may elect to use the UPS 400 Autostart Job at any time by pressing F10 while on the UPS 400 System Attributes screen Additionally the user may elect to include source code found in UPS400 UPSSRC member QSTRUP in your own startup program F19 Test mode Pressing F19 allows you to toggle back and forth in the Test mode for UPS 400 F23 Read Me Pressing F23 provides an online UPS 400 User Manual F24 will print the online UPS 400 User manual UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power
5. classes SECADM SECOFR SYSOFR or b have a special authority of ALLJOB or SECADM RESTARTING AFTER AN IPL To use UPS 400 startup program the IBM system value QSTRUPPGM should be set to Program QSTRUP in UPS400 This will allow UPS 400 to restart itself after IPLs You may elect to use the UPS 400 Autostart Job at any time by pressing F10 while on the UPS 400 System Attributes screen or you can include the supplied source code UPS400 UPSSRC member QSTRUP in your own start up program UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system MAIN MENU Work with UPS 4BB System Attributes Start the UPS Power Monitor End the UPS Power Monitor ON Remote em Maintenance Wo i onitor Status nuh J co This is the main menu for UPS 400 that provides access to all other system functions However where the user knows the display name a menu transfer can be made directly to the desired system function HELP is available from all screens and cursor sensitive HELP is available where applicable Option 1 Work with UPS 400 System Attributes Permits user specification of system attributes used to control UPS 400 during the UPS monitoring process To use Option 1 the monitor cannot be active If you find that the monitor is active select Option 3 to end the monitor and then proceed with Option 1 After working with the UPS 400 System Attributes restart the monitor using Option 2 Start the UPS Power Monitor
6. down the system If during the UPS 400 orderly shutdown power had been restored the message would have been sent to the system operator and active users ATTENTION POWER RESTORED The AS 400 has just been switched back to regular service System will NOT be powered down This example can be simulated in Test mode or can be modified to specify your specific UPS shutdown requirements and then tested 13 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES SCREEN EXAMPLE SYSTEM DEFAULTS These values will be used where not modified by the system operator Version 2 8 UPS 488 MBALUZ System Attributes Type choices press Enter Interyal HSN SOPR Users BSS Procedure pgqm lib Minutes Y N Seyv 1 2 3 JOBO SBS1 SBS2 INT PWRD F3 Exit F6 Job Queues FP SBS 1 F8 SBS 2 F19 Test Mode 14 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system REMOTE SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE NETWORKING Remote Systems Notification Entries Type options press Enter Position to 1 reate 4 Delete 9 Change Text Opt System Name Text Pi dL Ee EE SYSTEMB Manufacturing AS 468 SYSTENC Corporate AS74080 F3 Exit F12 Cancel The Remote Systems Maintenance screen allows the user to identify remote network AS 400s that will be notified by UPS 400 in case of a power failure and subsequent power restoration Any AS 400 in the network may serve as the notifying AS 400 with all others identified as
7. monitoring system SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES SCREEN 10 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES TEST MODE Test mode of UPS 400 is turned on or off from the UPS 400 System Attributes display by pressing F19 not shown on the screen Test mode should not be started until all entries have been made in the System Attributes screen After turning Test mode on the user should exit to the Main Menu and Start the UPS Power Monitor Option 2 Several items should be noted before proceeding with a test 1 While in Test mode the AS 400 will not be powered down nor will job queues be held subsystems ended user messages and user procedures executed Message delivery to the system operator and or users will take place at intervals specified in the System Attributes screen 2 When the monitor is started the message will indicate Test mode Two commands allow the simulation of a power loss and restoration without actually disconnecting power or having to restore it They are SIMPWRLOSS simulate power loss and SIMPWRRST simulate power restore To begin the Test mode process start the UPS monitor Main Menu Option 2 then type SIMPWRLOSS on the UPS 400 Main Menu command line UPS 400 will now begin simulating a power loss and sending messages to the system operator and or users at the specified intervals The SIMPWRRST command may be used at any time to end the test If you let the test run to completion a messag
8. power down is 19 minutes The Display Messages display shows messages sent to a message queue Among the parameters shown are message queue name delivery mode and break handling program For specific information about messages put the cursor on the message you want information about and press the Help key An additional message information display will then be shown QUEUE The name of the message queue that is being shown LIBRARY The name of the library that contains the message queue being shown SEVERITY A two digit value ranging from 00 through 99 The higher the value the more severe or important the condition The value is used when the delivery mode is BREAK or NOTIFY Only messages equal to or greater than the value defined here will cause the break or notification of the message to occur PROGRAM The following values may be shown e DSPMSG When a message arrives for an interactive job with break delivery the message is displayed e A program name The name of the program that is called when a message arrives if the message queue is in BREAK delivery and the message is equal to or greater than the severity value shown on the display LIBRARY The name of the library that contains the break message handling program 22 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system DELIVERY The following values may be shown e BREAK The job to which the message queue is allocated is interrupted when a message arr
9. suspended group job is displayed e UO The job is a subsystem monitor that is performing input output operations I O to a workstation for the sign on display file The name displayed is the name of the work station device e MNU The name of the menu e MRT This is a multiple requester terminal MRT job if the type is MRT or an interactive job attached to a MRT job is the type is INT If it is an MRT job the characters that follow the dash is a number a slash and another number The first number indicates how may requesters are currently attached to the MRT job and the second number indicates the maximum number MRTMAX of requesters NEP indicates the MRT is a Never ending program the MRT stays active even if there are no requester of the MRT If it is an interactive job attached to a MRT the MRT procedure name follows the dash e PGM The program name is the high level program called interactively or a program called in a batch input stream or the initial program specified in the user profile or the name of a system request processor If the high level program transfers control the program name remains in the function field even though it is no longer in the program stack e PRC This is the name of the procedure IDX The value is the name of the file associated with an index access path rebuild operation The previously logged value replaces this value when the index rebuild operation has finished LOG QHST History i
10. with Subsystem Job WRKSBSJOB Work with Submitted Jobs WRKSBMJOB Work with User Jobs WRKUSRJOB This is because a status indicator that is used to determine whether a job is active in the job s internal structure indicates an active status just before and just after the actual processing of the job Normally the amount of time that a job is in this state is very short but the following conditions can make it longer e If there are many jobs in the system competing for processor use each job has a smaller share of processor time which can increase the amount of time a job is in this state e The machine does not start the process for the job until an activity level is available for the job being started If the activity level has already been reached the job remains in this state until an activity level is available 17 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system e The subsystem can be interrupted while the job is in this state by other requests such as a user signing on The job remains in this state until the subsystem has finished processing all of these requests CPU This shows the average of processing unit time used by the system during the elapsed time This percentage compares to the ratio of the total amount of processing unit time used during the elapsed time to the total elapsed time The value in this field is normally higher than the sum of the processing unit time percentages used by the active jobs displ
11. PS 448 MBALUZ System Attributes Type choices press Enter Procedure T Minutes Y N Sev 1 2 3 JOBQ SBS1 SBS2 INT PWRD ex Test Mode Queues F SBS 1 FS8 SBS 2 F19 Test Mode 12 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system AN EXAMPLE The following narrative describes an example of the functions performed by UPS 400 during a power loss The functions performed are based on the system default values carried in the System Attributes screen The system administrator has a UPS system for the AS 400 with a recharge time of 120 minutes The administrator has determined that the orderly shutdown process should take 25 minutes broken up into 5 five minute intervals with immediate notification of the system operator upon detection of power loss Interval 1 The system operator is notified immediately that a power loss has been detected Active users are likewise notified immediately with a severity level 1 message Attention The AS 400 has lost power and is running on battery backup Be ready to sign off if the condition is not corrected Estimated battery life is 25 minutes UPS 400 performs the process JOBQ which holds QBATCH A user program has been specified USEREXIT that begins during interval 1 Interval 2 After 5 minutes the system operator is notified with a severity level 2 message Warning The AS 400 has lost power and continues to run on battery backup Please complete your pro
12. System Attributes screen contains default values These should be reviewed modified by the user as follows prior to starting UPS 400 Interval Intervals are expressed in minutes and are the times that UPS 400 will check system status and perform specified functions At each interval UPS 400 will notify the system operator and or users with severity messages begin specific processes and execute exit procedures Six intervals are provided although the user may use less than this number Note Intervals are used in calculation estimated power down times for severity messages The first interval can be 0 which means that UPS 400 will issues its first message immediately upon power loss detection Intervals will be automatically adjusted when the remaining battery life is less than the last interval A message will be sent to the system operator message queue of the adjusted percentage Notification QSYSOPR Specify Y N if you wish UPS 400 to notify the system operator during a specified interval Normally the system operator would be notified Y at all times during a power loss situation Notification Users Specify is you wish UPS 400 to notify all active users during a specified interval Notification of users is handled by severity messages ranging from level 1 least severe to level 3 most severe see Test mode for severity message text If you do not wish to notify active users at a given interval leave the field blank The same se
13. UPS 400 Installation and Administration Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ageeeNRSNeNNNNle ENER NNN NK NN NGA NG NEES ENN Ne RN ERR ie INSTALLATION REINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS neen sek ek ek Ek KeER GETTING STARTED ease NENNEN GANAN AA EE NENNEN NENNEN SEENEN RESTARTING AFTER AN IPL 22e 200000028028028 8C RS KK EER ER Ek KK EK NANA ANA AAO MAIN MENU oeiiaev kV vele se NS ENEE RN SEENEN NNN KN ON NENNEN EN eise vele gu Eu ee SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES 22202220002802220 KEE 8n EN KEE EEEK KEE EE KKK EK KEEE ek SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES TEST MODE seenen ep REKEER EEN ERER KREE EEEEEER ER KEREN AN EXAMPLE E REMOTE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE NETWORKING nen eER KREE EREKEER ER UPS 400 NETWORK SUPPORT 22222022202 E KEER KE SA AKA KAANAK NAA KA WORK WITH MONITOR STATUS ee ekR Ek EK KEE EE KEE EK KR AA AA DISPLAY ACTIVITY LOG ssssss2 x NNN Nee WORK WITH CURRENT STATUS eene KEER KE KEER KEE SEEN KEE EEER KKK ER NC ET OTTEN To MAKE UPS 400 PERMANENT c22cez2e 200080028 ER EE KEREN Ek KKK en PRODUCT WARRANTY AND SUPPORT ek ekek ek EE KEE anuna ann KK aan REMOTE CUSTOMER SUPPORT eene ekR Ek EE KEE EE KEE EK K KEE ANAKAN We pride ourselves in producing good stuff If you have any questions problems or suggestions regarding this product please contact us at Pinnacle Business Systems 810 S Cincinnati Suite 200 Tulsa OK 74119 877 369 6922 FAX 918 587 1536 www pbsnow com E mail sales pbsnow
14. and Follow up Monitoring e f power is returned all active users are notified and the system is fully restored to its original active state e Remaining battery power is monitored by the system administrator through a UPS current status display which visually depicts remaining battery life by means of a battery life line These stages should not be confused with the six staged intervals used during actual UPS 400 shutdown processing USER CONTROLLED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES AND MESSAGES You may define UPS 400 shutdown procedures using the System Attributes display This display is used to specify the actions to be taken at the six intervals including Job Queues to be held Sub Systems to end and the severity level of the message to be issued A complete description of this display and its options are shown on the following pages The current UPS Status display can be used to monitor remaining battery life during and after shutdown procedure The following page shows a flowchart of UPS 400 shutdown activities Interval PWRD Minutes Pel JOBG SBS1 INT PWRD F23 Readme TECHNICAL SUPPORT For direct technical support on UPS 400 call 918 587 1500 Faxes may be sent to 918 587 1536 Modem dial in for PTF s and Updates 918 587 6923 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system INSTALLATION REINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS If you are installing UPS 400 for the first time or reinstal
15. ayed because it includes processing unit time used by system overhead excluded job and jobs that have ended during the measurement time interval This field is zero when the elapsed time is zero If there are multiple processors on the system this field contains the average processing unit time of the processors ELAPSED TIME This shows the amount of time that has elapsed between the measurement starting time and the current system time This field is present in hours minutes seconds This field is zero when the display is initially requested or when the display is restarted by pressing the F10 key The current system time end of elapsed interval is displayed beneath the system name ACTIVE JOBS This shows the current number of jobs active in the system jobs that have been started but have not yet ended including both user and system jobs Options 2 Change Use this option to run the Change Job CHGJOB command If no value is specified on the parameter s input field default parameters are shown when you press the F4 key However when values have been specified on the parameter s input field the command is run without the prompt appearing when you press the Enter key Similarly when you press the F4 key the specified values are highlighted and defaults are shown for remaining parameters This option is not valid for system or subsystem monitor jobs CHG replaces the status field if the command runs successfully 3 Hold Use t
16. cessing as soon as possible to avoid data lost Estimated battery life is 20 minutes Users are not notified at this interval nor are any process or user exits specified Interval 3 After 10 minutes the system operator is notified with another severity level 2 message Warning The AS 400 has lost power and continues to run on battery backup Please complete your processing as soon as possible to avoid data lost Estimated battery life is 15 minutes Users are sent the same severity level 2 message as the system operator The process SBS1 begins ending subsystems QSNADS and QSPL Interval 4 After 15 minutes the system operator is notified with another severity level 2 message Warning The AS 400 has lost power and continues to run on battery backup Please complete your processing as soon as possible to avoid data lost Estimated battery life is 10 minutes Users are sent the same severity level 2 message as the system operator The process INT begins ending interactive users one at a time Interval 5 After 20 minutes the system operator and users are notified with a severity level 3 message Emergency Due to continued power loss on the AS 400 you are required to immediately sign off Estimated battery life is 5 minutes The process SBS2 begins ending subsystems QBATCH QINTER and QCMN Interval 6 After 25 minutes UPS 400 will notify the system operator that the AS 400 is being powered down and then power
17. com UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system INTRODUCTION UPS 400 is power monitoring software that continuously monitors your UPS hardware 24 hours a day 7 days a week for alerts indicating an AS 400 system power fluctuation or loss Upon detecting a notification UPS 400 sends messages to users advising them of pending power outage If power is not returned UPS 400 notifies users to sign off the system takes control of your system and begins an orderly shutdown If at any time during the shutdown period power is restored UPS 400 resets the system to normal and informs all users User friendly menus and pop up windows provide an easy non technical approach to installation and customization UPS 400 is delivered with a sample shutdown plan already in place so you can activate the product with or without further tailoring UPS 400 includes a simulated UPS power failure test function that utilizes the shutdown criteria shown on the System Attributes display The test function permits you to test your system attributes whether defaulted or customized in simulation mode UPS 400 executes the specified parameters for each step and sends messages to the system operator and active users at each of the six time intervals that you specify In this way you can test and modify the message intervals and message notifications prior to activating the actual UPS 400 You can customize UPS 400 to your environment so that
18. commands e Interactive job The user name is typed in at sign on or the user name is provided from the default in the job description referred to by the work station s job entry e Autostart job The user name is specified in the job description referred to by the job entry for the autostart job TYPE This shows the type of active job Possible values are e ASJ Autostart BCH Batch e BCI Batch immediate 19 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system EVK Started by a procedure start request INT Interactive MRT Multiple request terminal PJ Prestart job PDJ Print driver job RDR Reader SBS Subsystem monitor SYS System WTR Writer ELAPSED CPU The percent of processing unit time attributes to this job over the elapsed time compared to the measurement time interval FUNCTION The high level function being performed by the job This field is blank when a logged function has not been performed The prefix of this field indicates what the characters that follow the hyphen represent e CMD The command is run interactively or in a batch input stream or requested from a system menu Commands in the CL programs are not logged e DLY This job is processing a DLYJOB Delay Job command The time displayed is the number of seconds that job is delayed up to 999999 seconds or the time when the job is to resume processing hh mm ss depending on how the command was specified e GRP The group name of a
19. ding with step 1 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system Internet Download Installation 1 At the AS 400 command prompt type CRTLIB UPSTRIAL then CRTSAVF UPSTRIAL UPSTRIAL 2 Go to the Pinnacle website at http www pbsnow com go to Products Go to UPS 400 and click on Download your 30 day free trial at the bottom of the page You will be asked to register before download Follow the instructions for download 3 After downloading open a DOS session on the PC and at the prompt type cd name of directory where you downloaded the Then type FTP name of your AS 400 or its TCP IP address Type your AS 400 user profile and press enter Type your password and press Enter Type bin Type put UPSTRIAL SAV UPSTRIAL UPSTRIAL SAVF Type quit and press enter then exit and press enter Back at the AS 400 command prompt type OT oO RSTOBJ OBJ ALL SAVLIB UPSTRIAL DEV SAVF SAVE UPSTRIAL UPSTRIAL 10 You should receive a message indicating that five objects were restored Note You may see a security message Don t be alarmed 11 Type CALL UPSTRIAL UPSINST 12 To start UPS 400 type STRUPS400 or GO UPSMON on a command line You will be presented with the option to specify UPS 400 Autostart features at this time A prompt will be displayed asking if you wish to use the UPS 400 Autostart Job __Install the UPS 400 modified System Startup Program Y N A response of Y will change
20. e will be issued to QSYSOPR that the system would have been powered down but that UPS 400 was in Test mode UPS 400 should be further tested by actually disconnecting power to the AS 400 This testing should only be done after thoroughly testing your UPS hardware We strongly recommend that testing be performed when the machine is not in use and when skilled systems technical personnel are available Standard UPS 400 severity level 1 2 and 3 messages are available as well as the power restoration message Severity codes for messages 1 through 3 can be used on the System Attributes display to specify which message is to be sent at each interval Severity 1 Attention The AS 400 has lost power and is running on battery backup Be ready to sign off if the condition is not corrected Estimated battery life is 25 minutes Severity 2 Warning The AS 400 has lost power and continues to run on battery backup Please complete your processing as soon as possible to avoid data lost Estimated battery life is 15 minutes Severity 3 Emergency Due to continued power loss on the AS 400 you are required to immediately sign off Estimated battery life is 5 minutes Power ATTENTION POWER RESTORED The AS 400 has just been switched back to Restore regular service System will NOT be powered down 11 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES SCREEN TEST MODE Version 2 8 U
21. f an AS 400 APPN defined network Multiple power sensor cables can be used 16 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system WORK WITH MONITOR STATUS MBABKY 08 12 98 13 19 22 CPU x 15 2 Elapsed time 66 68 46 Active jobs 11 Type options press Enter 2 Change 3 Hold 4 End 5 Work with 6 Release f Display message 8 Work with spooled files 13 Disconnect No active jobs to display Parameters or command F3 Exit FS Refresh F1 Restart statistics 5BFll Display elapsed data F12 Cancel F23 More options F24 More keys The Work with Active Jobs display shows the performance and status information for jobs that are currently active on the system All information is gathered on a job basis The jobs are ordered on the basis of the subsystem in which they are running Jobs that run in a subsystem autostart jobs interactive jobs batch jobs readers and writer are alphabetized by job name and indented under the subsystem monitor field they are associated with Subsystem monitors with the jobs in the subsystem grouped under each monitor job are alphabetized and presented before system SYS jobs The system jobs SCPF QSYSARB QLUS are alphabetized by job name and presented following the subsystem monitors and jobs within the subsystems It is possible for a job to not appear on the WRKACTJOB display even though an active status is shown for the job on one of the following displays Work with Job WRKJOB Work
22. her by UPS or Utility e Total battery life Total minutes of usable battery life as defined in the System Setup screen 23 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system e Recharge rate Rate of recharge as defined in the System Setup screen This value is expressed as the number of minutes recharging time required to yield one minute of usable UPS battery time e Minutes remaining Number of minutes remaining that the UPS can sustain the system during a power outage This value will equal total battery life above when the UPS batteries are fully charged PERCENTAGE OF UPS BATTERY LIFE REMAINING This value is graphically indicated as a horizontal number line bar and represents the percentage of actual UPS battery time remaining in relation to the total UPS battery life The following is a description of logged UPS 400 activity e Elap Elapsed number of minutes since FIRST power outage i e since UPS was fully charged e Act Time Actual time of event e Status Status of event TEST indicates event occurred during UPS 400 Test mode ACTIVE indicates event has completed Note that ACTIVE and DONE will not be reported in Test mode e Description Textual description of occurrence An asterisk 7 indicates a group process that occurred as a scheduled event in the UPS 400 System Attributes screen NOTE You can now access a command line window from the current UPS Status Screen by pressing the F9 key and then Option 7 This wil
23. his option to run the Hold Job HLDJOB command the job s spooled files are not held unless the default for the Hold Spooled Files SPLFILE parameter is overridden by using the Parameter s input field Select the Hold Reader HLDRDR command if this option is selected for a spooling reader job or the Hold Writer HLDWTR command if this option is selected for a spooling writer job This option is not valid for system or subsystem monitor jobs HLD replaces the status field if the command was run successfully 4 End Use this option to run the End Job ENDJOB command the job s spooled files are not deleted unless the default for the Deleted Spooled File SPLFILE parameter is overridden by using the parameter s input field Unless the OPTION parameter is overridden by the parameter s input field a controlled end is performed as if the End Job ENDJOB command was typed with all the default parameter values assumed The End Reader ENDRDR or End Writer ENDWTR command with OPTION CNTRLD is issued if this option is selected for spooling reader or spooling writer job This option is not valid for system or subsystem monitor jobs END replaces the status field if the command was run successfully 5 Work with Use this option to run the Work with Job WRKJOB command which displays the Work with Job Menu The Work with Job Menu allows you to select options to work with The possible options are Job status attributes Job definition attribu
24. ifications is optional The alternate subsystem defined here will be automatically started immediately after all other interactive subsystems are ended in the power down process i e INT step you scheduled in the System Attributes menu The library names above should already exit but the subsystem description will be created by UPS 400 25 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system To MAKE UPS 400 PERMANENT To make UPS 400 permanent the user should complete and return the AS Manager License agreement to PBS Based on your CPU serial number s PBS product support will issue a permanent security number s To install this permanent security number please do the following 1 Start UPS 400 by keying in STRUPS400 and press Enter 2 Key in UPDUPSSYSV on the command line and press Enter 3 Input the 7 digit permanent security number supplied by PBS product support in the entry field and press Enter The user will get a message indicating that the product has been made permanent If questions arise during this process call PBS product support at 918 587 1500 26 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system PRODUCT WARRANTY AND SUPPORT This section contains important warranty and product support information Please read it carefully PRODUCT SUPPORT UPS 400 has been thoroughly tested and comes with online help text as well as user documentation Displays are simple to understand and use However
25. ives and the program or action specified in the Program parameter is performed e DFT Messages requiring replies are answered with their default reply No messages are added to the message queue whether they require a reply or not e HOLD The messages are held in the message queue until they are requested by the user or program e NOTIFY For an interactive job the audible alarm at the workstation is sounded and the message waiting light is turned on WORK WITH CURRENT STATUS Utility N ka PB Do Oo CG Percentage of UPS Battery Remaining Elap Act Time Status Description You can reach this display by pressing Option 7 Work with Current Status on the Main Menu This screen displays the current UPS 400 system status This includes information such as remaining battery life number of power failures since last recharge chronological logging of power down steps processes as well as other information pertinent to a systematic power down process The following is a description of UPS 400 statistics UPS 400 subsystem Active or Inactive status of ZZUPS400 UPS 400 subsystem Last power fail date Date of last logged power outage Last power fail time Time of last logged power outage Number of failures Number of logged power outages since last full recharge of UPS batteries The following is a description of UPS Battery Statistics e Current power source Source of electrical power currently servicing system May eit
26. l provide you with greater mobility within the system UD d DD Utility z 10 Percentage of UPS Battery Remaining Elap Act Time Status Description Command 24 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system SYSTEM SETUP UPS battery specifications Battery life 44 Zb Minutes Recharge rate Minutes Alternative subsystem specifications Work stati WAGI akap Gar Name Work AMES ok Se Name Work tion name 3 Name Work bi name Gr Hep ay OS dt Name Work station name SECH Name This menu allows setting of values that are global in nature to the operations of UPS 400 This includes information specific to your type of UPS as well as requirements for system power down For this section you will need to acquire some of this information from you UPS documentation or your supplier UPS BATTERY SPECIFICATIONS e Battery life The number of minutes your UPS can sustain your system in the event of a power outage e Recharge rate The number of minutes recharging time required to yield one minute of usable UPS battery time ALTERNATIVE SUBSYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS e Subsystem description Valid AS 400 object name you wish to assign to alternative subsystems e Library Library name where UPS 400 will create the alternate subsystem description e Work stations 1 5 Work station name entries assigned to alternate subsystems Note This portion of the System Setup Alternative Subsystem Spec
27. ling the instructions are the same The program will install the product for you If you are re installing UPS 400 the installation program will create a library UPSMBKU where it will back up the library UPS400 before it begins installation At the end of a successful installation you can delete the library UPSMBKU If you are using UPS 400 with multiple AS 400s in an APPN network environment you must load a copy of UPS 400 on each machine that is to be monitored in the network Sign on as QSECOFR and load the distribution media or follow instructions below for internet download First Installation CD NR Load CD into the CD ROM drive Enter the following command LODRUN DEV OPT The CD ROM product installation menu is displayed To install UPS 400 please enter a 1 beside UPS 400 The product information will automatically be installed Use the command STRUPS400 to access the UPS 400 Main Menu First Installation Tape Ne Load tape in the appropriate drive At the command line type RSTLIB SAVLIB MBAINST DEV device name Execute the install command MBAINST MBAINST PRODUCT UPS ACTION INSTALL DEV device name 4 Use the command GO ICM to access the ICOM 400 Main Menu Upgrade 1 Back up your current UPS 400 system library UPS400 2 Follow steps for the proper media format above 3 NOTE If you are upgrading to a new system you will need to restore the old product library on the new system before procee
28. messages are sent at up to six intervals that you specify UPS 400 also ends active processes and subsystems according to your present instructions Field sensitive help information is provided to assist you in understanding and customizing UPS 400 In the event of a power loss system shutdown activities will occur in four basic stages STAGED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES Once installed and customized UPS 400 will interact with the system administrator and online users to effect an orderly shutdown if a UPS power loss occurs Actions will be taken in the following stages Stage 1 Alert e The system operator is notified that power has been lost and UPS 400 has taken control e Users are alerted that they are on UPS power and asked to complete critical tasks before possible signoff Stage 2 Preliminary Shutdown Continued periodic notifications of shutdown severity status are sent to the system operator Specified Job Queues are held Users are notified to end tasks and log off due to continued outage Specified subsystems are being ended in anticipation of continued power outage User specified procedures optional are run at indicated time intervals Stage 3 Critical Shutdown System operator is notified that full system shutdown has been initiated All remaining subsystems are ended All active users are logged off A full system AS 400 power down is performed UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system Stage 4 System Restore
29. nding Now enter a 2 beside it to vary it off If you get a failure on the vary on then there is another line currently varied on to the resource Enter the command WRKHDWRSC TYPE CMN to look at all lines that share this resource Then use WRKCFGSTS command to vary the line off 5 Order or view PTFs Use option 1 Order PTFs from AS Manager on the ACS menu to order the PTF Simply enter the PTF ID supplied by AS Manager The PTF will be transferred to you machine and will be accompanied by a report highlighting the PTF and giving instruction on how to load it PTF ID Provided to you by AS Manager technical support CUSTOMER INFORMATION Enter you company name contact name and telephone number A message will be displayed at the bottom of the screen giving the status of the transfer operation To view a summary of all available PTFs enter ASMSUMMARY in the PTF ID NOTE If the keyword PASSTHRU is keyed into the PTF ID field AS Manager technical support will be able to sign onto your AS 400 to provide online support Please contact PBS technical support before entering PASSTHRU into the PTF ID field If you have any questions or problems with the above procedure contact PBS technical support at 918 587 1500 29
30. nformation is being logged to a database file JOBLOG A job log is being produced DUMP A dump is in process ADDLACTJOB Auxiliary storage is being allocated for the number of active jobs PASSTHRU The job is a pass through job RCLSPLSTG Empty spooled database members are being deleted specified in the QADLACTJ system value This may indicate that the system value for the initial number of active jobs was set too low e ADLTOTJOB Auxiliary storage is being allocated for the number of jobs specified in the QADTOTJ system value e CMDENT The command entry display is being used e DLTSPLF A spooled file is being deleted STATUS The status of the job Only one status is displayed per job A blank status field represents a job that is in transition The possible values are 20 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system BSCW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a binary synchronous device CMNA The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a communications device in the activity level CMNW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a communications device CMTW The job is waiting for the completion of save while active checkpoint processing in another job This wait is necessary to prevent a partial commitment control transaction from being saved to the media CPCW The job is waiting for the completion of a CP Communications call
31. ng handled EVTW The job is waiting for an event For example QLUS and SCPF generally wait for work by waiting for an event GRP The job is suspended due to a Transfer to Group Job TFRGRPJOB command HLD The job is being held ICFA The job is waiting in an activity level for the completion of an I O operation to an intersystem communications function file ICFW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to an intersystem communications function file INEL The job is ineligible and not currently in the pool activity level LCKW The job is waiting for a lock MLTA The job is waiting in an activity level for the completion of an I O operation to multiple files MLTW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to multiple files MSGW The job is waiting for a message from a message queue MTXW The job is in a mutex wait A mutex is a synchronization function that is used to allow multiple jobs or processes to serialize their access to shared data MXDW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to a mixed device file Details are in the Remote Work Station Support book OPTW The job is waiting for the completion of an I O operation to an optical device OSIW The job is waiting for the completion of an OSI Communications Subsystem 400 OSLISN OSRACS OSRACA OSRCV or OSRCVA operation PRTA The job is waiting for output to a printer to complete in the activity level PRTW The j
32. ob is waiting for output to a printer to be completed PSRW The job is a prestart job waiting for a program start request RUN The job is currently running in the activity level 21 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system e SELW This job is in a select wait More information on the select function is in the Sockets APIs chapter in the System API Reference SC41 4801 SRQ The job is the suspended half of a system request job pair SVFA The job is waiting for completion of a Save File operation in the activity level SVFW The job is waiting for completion of a Save File operation TAPA The job is waiting for completion of an I O operation to a tape device in the activity level TAPW The job is waiting for completion of an I O operation to a tape device TIMA The job is waiting in the activity level for a time interval to end TIMW The job is waiting for a time interval to end DISPLAY ACTIVITY LOG Display Messages System PBSEO4 Program Library Library Severity Delivery Type reply if required press Enter ATTENTION POWER RESTORED The AS 400 has been switched back to utility power at 09 27 98 20 29 29 UPS 400 detected a temporary power loss at 09 27 98 20 30 58 UPS 400 detected a power loss at 20 52 Estimated time to power down is 20 minutes ATTENTION POWER RESTORED The AS 400 has been switched back to utility power at 09 27 98 20 53 45 UPS 400 detected power loss at 20 54 Estimated time to
33. r Customer Support Thanks for using electronic support 2 Check the resource name e Enter the command DSPLIND QESLINE e Look at the IBM line and check the value Resource Name It will normally be LINO11 3 Configure the line e Use option 2 Configure Communication for Support on the ACS menu To access the online user documentation take Option 3 for the Configuration Menu then press F23 to View it or F24 to print it Option 3 should be executed before any PTFs are ordered It will create a line ASMSLINE a controller ASM CTL and a device ASM DEV The user should not vary these objects on The order process will vary them on during the 28 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system procedure and off at the end You must insure that there are no other lines varied onto the resource that you name for this line In most cases the screen can be used with the provided defaults Enter the resource name if different from LIN011 The line speed should be left at 2400 and the phone number should be correct unless you do not have a direct line and need something like 9 to precede the number in order to get an outside line Press enter and a line ASMSLINE a controller ASM CTL and a device ASM DEV will be created 4 Check for another line varied on Use the WRKCFGSTS LIN ASMSLINE command to look at the status of the ACS line Enter a 1 beside it to vary iton The line should then show connect pe
34. remote systems UPS 400 will manage an orderly system and power shutdown on the notifying machine as well as each of the remote AS 400s Note that a copy of UPS 400 must be loaded on each machine that is to be monitored in the network see chart on the following page Option 1 Create Permits the user to identify each remote system name and short description of the remote system 4 Delete Permits the user to delete entries from the list of remote systems 9 Change Text Permits the user to change the description of the remote system 15 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system UPS 400 NETWORK SUPPORT Power aa Notifying System 7 7 f System System A B SYSTEMB SYSTEMC SYSTEMD AS 400 APPN Network UPS 400 Remote Systems Notification Entries System G System D Note The sensor cable from the UPS may be connected to an AS 400 on the network All AS 400s to be networked should be connected to the same power source The AS 400 with the sensor cable is the notifying system however any system detecting failure or restore of utility power will notify ALL systems in its Remote Systems Notification Table i e System A table would contain B C and D System B table would contain A C and D etc If the notifying system is disabled for any reason the power sensor cable should be reconnected to an active machine Network capabilities of UPS 400 depend upon the existence o
35. se compatibility and new releases of UPS 400 27 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system REMOTE CUSTOMER SUPPORT Automated Customer Support ACS is designed to permit remote user access to the PBS customer support AS 400 This product is offered at no charge to customers who are under a software maintenance license agreement It provides menu screens to assist you in defining ACS connectivity to the PBS customer support machine and in ordering any necessary enhancements or corrections PTFs to PBS software products ACS allows you to Order PTFs for any AS Manager product Send a message to technical support Page a technical support representative for emergencies Ask questions or search for answers on Q amp A database Automated Customer Support is provided as a service to our valued customers in order to assure the highest level of support If you are interested in purchasing the product for your own PTF distribution requirements call us and we will provide additional information INSTALL REINSTALL PROCEDURE The following instructions will give you an overview of how to load ACS and order a PTF Be sure that the user installing ACS has ALLOBJ authority before entering the following commands 1 Install ACS e Enter the command RSTLIB LIB ACSLIBC DEV xxxxx e Enter the command ADDLIBLE ACSLIBC e Enter the command GO ASM This will take you to the main menu for Automated Customer Support A5 Manage
36. se this option to run the Disconnect Job DSCJOB command All jobs at the device will be disconnected SUBSYSTEM JOB This shows the name of the job as identified to the system Jobs that run ina subsystem autostart jobs interactive jobs batch jobs reader and writers are indented two positions under the subsystem monitor job they are associated with The indentation shows the jobs that are contained ina subsystem Subsystem monitors and system jobs are not indented If the job type is multiple requester terminal MRT the job name is the MRT procedure name A plus sign next to the first character of the job name indicates that the job is an active job of a group Suspended group jobs GRP shows as the prefix in the Function column are excluded from the display unless the F14 key is pressed Pressing the F14 key again will cause the suspended group jobs to be excluded once again When suspended group jobs are shown the plus sign is not displayed USER The user name identifies the user who submits the job and the user profile under which the job is run If the job type is multiple requester terminal MRT the user name is the user that initially started the MRT job The user name is the same as the user profile name and can come from several different sources depending on the type of job e Batch job The user name is specified on the Submit Job SMBJOB command or it is specified in the job description referred to by the JOB or SBMJOB
37. tes Job run attributes Job spooled files Job log information Job program stack information Job locks Library list information 18 UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system Open file information File override information Commitment control status Communications status information In addition the Work with Job Menu allows you to select options to change hold release or end the job The Work with Reader WRKRDR or Work with Writer WRKWTR command is issued if this option is selected for a spooling reader or spooling writer job 6 Release Use this option to run the Release Job RLSJOB command which releases the job if it is in the held condition The Release Reader RLSRDR or Release Writer RLSWTR command with OPTION CURRENT is run if this option is selected for a spooling reader or spooling writer job This option is not valid for system or subsystem monitor jobs RLS replaces the status field if the command was run successfully 7 Display message Use this option to display the message for which the job is waiting 8 Work with spooled files Use this option to display the job s spooled output files 9 Exclude Use this option to exclude the job from the display The option has no effect on the job it only affects the display 10 Display program stack Use this option to display the job s program stack 11 Work with locks Use this option to work with the job s locks 13 Disconnect U
38. the system value QSTRUPPGM to point to Program QSTRUP in UPS400 This will allow UPS 400 to restart after IPLs A response of N will cause no changes to be made to the IBM supplied startup program You may elect to use the UPS 400 Autostart Job at any time by pressing F10 while on the UPS 400 System Attributes screen or you can include the supplied source code UPS400 UPSSRC member QSTRUP in your own start up program NOTE UPS 400 program fixes can be applied by the customer through Automated Customer Support ACS which has been supplied to you on your UPS 400 installation media This feature permits online scanning and downloading of appropriate PTFs by the user through access to PBS s host AS 400 See the Remote Customer Support section at the back of this manual for instruction on how to install and use this feature UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system GETTING STARTED Use the command STRUPS400 to start UPS 400 This will transfer you to the UPS 400 Main Menu Because UPS 400 runs within its own subsystem a userid named UPS400 was set up during the installation process The userid UPS400 will own the UPS monitoring process and will have a password set to NONE to assure protection against unauthorized user This userid has an authority level comparable to QSECOFR but cannot be QSECOFR To review this user profile enter DSPUSRPRF USRPRF UPS400 To execute UPS 400 a user must a be within one of the following user
39. user to work with setting the values that are global in nature to the operations of UPS 400 This includes information specific to your type of UPS as well as requirements for system power down UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES The System Attributes display is used to identify the system parameters to be used by UPS 400 to create an orderly system shutdown during a power loss During a trial period of UPS 400 the date the trial copy expires is displayed on the screen This trial expiration date is 30 days after the date you installed UPS 400 After the system has been purchased and the copy made permanent this information does not display Test mode for UPS 400 When UPS 400 is installed the system is in Test mode This is indicated by the flashing Test mode at the bottom right hand corner of the screen Test mode allows the user to completely simulate a power loss as well as review the UPS 400 monitoring process that would take place if a real power loss had occurred If you wish to run a simulation of the monitoring process notify all users prior to the test as messages would be sent to their terminals notifying them of a power loss Test mode utilizes all intervals and notification specified in the System Attributes screen but does not shut down any processes or execute user Exit Procedures See the System Attributes Test mode page for a further explanation of this function The
40. verity message can be used at several intervals While in Test mode messages will not actually be sent to users but entries in the Current Status display will show as though they were sent Process One or two processes may be specified at each interval Valid processes are JOBQ Hold all specified job queues F6 SBS1 End all specified subsystems in SBS1 F7 SBS2 End all specified subsystems in SBS2 F8 INT End all interactive users that are on the system PWRD Power the system down Processes JOBQ SBS1 and SBS2 are specified via pop up windows describes below and illustrated in the System Attribute example on the following page Exit Procedure The exit procedure is used to specify user written programs that you wish UPS 400 to execute as part of the orderly power down process These programs must complete processing within the duration of the current interval and the last interval If processing does not complete in that time span the UPS 400 an IBM AS 400 UPS power monitoring system user program will be ended when the power down occurs NOTE There is no exit procedure specified at the last interval F6 Job Queues Pressing F6 provides a pop up window that allows the entry of job queues that you wish UPS 400 to hold during the orderly power down If the power is restored these jobs queues will be released Format is Program Library F7 SBS 1 Pressing F7 provides a pop up window that allows the entry of
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