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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1054.0. "questions while using bms" by HGSW03::SUSANCHAN () Sun May 26 1991 15:21

    Questions on using MCC:
    
    1.  When I perform a show operations on an NODE4 entity (the local or
    remote entity) the display time is different from the entity's system
    time, it is not a few minutes' difference but days.  What is the time
    it is using and how can I adjust it?
    
    2.	Operation can be perform on a list of selected entities.  But it
    seems that they have to be of the same class and on the same level
    (domain), am I right?
    
    3.	Does it required a DECnet account to register a NODE4 or NODE5? 
    Due to security reason (INSPECT) some nodes have their DECnet account
    removed.
    
    4.	How can I make changes on a defined rules from icon map?  And can 
    I have one rule apply on a number of entities?   
    
    
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1054.1$ SHOW LOGICAL MCC_TDFTOOK::GUERTINI do this for a living -- reallyTue May 28 1991 12:4916
    I will try to help you with item 1.
    
    The time and date are computed by taking the Greenwich Mean Time (the
    Universal Time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England), and
    adding the Time Differential Factor (the value of the MCC_TDF logical).
    Check the MCC_TDF logical.  It should have a time value of hours. 
    Sometimes people inadvertently set it to values like "-5" or "-4",
    which is interpreted at -5 days and -4 days respectively.  The correct
    syntax would be "-5:00" and "-4:00", to indicate -5 hours and -4 hours,
    respectively.  If (/when) you set the MCC_TDF logical, make sure you
    stop all MCC processes and restart them.  This is necessary because MCC
    only reads in the TDF value once, when it starts up.  Also, the event
    pool contains timestamps, and the event timestamps will be off unless
    you restart the MCC processes.
    
    -Matt.
1054.2more answersTOOK::CALLANDERJill Callander DTN 226-5316Tue May 28 1991 14:3441
    
    2.	Operation can be perform on a list of selected entities.  But it
    seems that they have to be of the same class and on the same level
    (domain), am I right?

You are right, this is how MCC is setup. We allow wildcarding of operations
only as they apply to a specific class (though things like node4 * line *
are accepted as well, since they are confinded ot a single class node4 line).

As to the domain stuff, if you run from the FCL you are confined by the
contents of the configuration if you use a wildcard, unless you also use
the IN DOMAIN=name qualifier. This allows you to constrain the view to
only those entities within the specified domain. From the Iconic map you
are always confined to the contents of a domain. (Note that from the FCL
a wildcard used with an IN DOMAIN means that the wildcard is expanded
down the entire hierarchy for all domains within the domain specified, as
long as the domains were defined as being dynamic domains.)
    
    3.	Does it required a DECnet account to register a NODE4 or NODE5? 
    Due to security reason (INSPECT) some nodes have their DECnet account
    removed.
    
I don't believe so, but you might have to user the BY USER, BY PASSWORD
qualifiers to get around it....someone from the DECnet team should be
able to answer this one.

    4.	How can I make changes on a defined rules from icon map?  And can 
    I have one rule apply on a number of entities?   

Alarms only supports child entity wildcarding in the V1.1 rules. Also rules
are currently NOT modifiable. To change a rule you will have to delete and
recreate it. This is easier than it sounds since an extract rule facility
is provided for readingall of the rules out to an ascii file. Also note
that doing a show on all attribute, to a file in the FCL will give you an
easy to modify ascii file for creating the new rule (also use keyword TOOLS
to see some of the com files people have placed in the conference as
well.)

jill