I was trying to use the command PRODUCT INSTALL for CSWB when I got an error relating to parsing 'ACTION'
delving further, the problem doesn't relate to a particular product but is more general, eg:
$ prod show history *
%CLI-F-SYNTAX, error parsing 'ACTION'
-CLI-E-ENTNF, specified entity not found in command tables
%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
image module routine line rel PC abs PC
DCL 0 000000000009A0E4 000000007AFA20E4
DCL 0 0000000000099FF4 000000007AFA1FF4
DCL 0 0000000000099024 000000007AFA1024
0 FFFFFFFF8007DEF8 FFFFFFFF8007DEF8
DCL 0 000000000009A0E4 FFFFFFFF8007DEF8
0 FFFFFFFF8007DEF8 FFFFFFFF8007DEF8
PCSI$MAIN 0 00000000000556D4 00000000000556D4
PCSI$MAIN SPIU_COMMAND_VMS process_DCL
24887 00000000000002BC 000000000003E37C
PCSI$MAIN SPIU_COMMAND_VMS main 24839 0000000000000184 000000000003E244
PCSI$MAIN SPIU_COMMAND_VMS __main 0 000000000000009C 000000000003E15C
0 FFFFFFFF80373CE4 FFFFFFFF80373CE4
%TRACE-I-END, end of TRACE stack dump
I suspect that the error relates to my recent re install of V8.3 from CD using the PRESERVE option.
- apparently problems can occur with the DCLTABLES.EXE file and ECO patches (if I understand)
(the machine seems to be otherwise running ok - though I was unable to do a system disk image backup, booting from the V8.3 CD and at the $$$ prompt - CNTL/T showed "input file scan inactive" - though perhaps Alpha V8.3 doesn't allow this anyway. It seemed a good option to avoid locked or open files, etc.- the relevant disk LEDs had started flashing but then only the 'target' disk green LED glowed, continuously)
I wonder if anyone can help with the possible DCLTABLES problem?
Seem to have resolved the problem - used BACKUP to get a version of DCLTABLES.EXE from a few months ago (which sort of relied on the the second shelf of disks - to where I'd copied a backup file - the installation of which created the problems )
I replaced DCLTABLES and DCL.EXE (as the backed up files were different sizes and date) and rather than trying to INSTALL did a reboot.
the PRODUCT command worked but for some reason CXX and CC no longer worked and there were some error messages when starting TCPIP and SSH login didn't work!
- the copy of DCL.EXE didn't have WORLD RE - after setting the protection SSH seems ok!
Anyhow, reinstalled CXX and CC (maybe it was just some startup problem). Not sure why PRODUCT INSTALL and VMSINSTALL exist in parallel..
Also can now try to do some browsing, via the PC, maybe?
$ prod show hist *
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --- -----------
PRODUCT KIT TYPE OPERATION VAL DATE
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --- -----------
CPQ AXPVMS CSWB V1.7-13 Full LP Install Val 13-AUG-2012
CPQ AXPVMS GTK V1.2-10 Full LP Install Val 13-AUG-2012
CPQ AXPVMS OPL V1.0-0A9 Full LP Install Val 13-AUG-2012
... etc.
I have a horrible feeling that there are some more nasties lurking thanks to my disk exploits
For clarity you might want to specify whether your "Alpha 4000" is a AlphaServer 4000 or a DEC 4000 AXP. It doesn't really matter in this context, but they are very different machines.
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