Thanks for the tips John. I was thinking of the way HP puts iLO on the Integrity boxes; I can telnet into the management port and turn the box on, off, get a console etc.  I kind of simulated that by hooking the console port up to a PC an them I just use remote desktop to get to that PC if I need to.

Seems like this is slightly older release than what you run.

RELEASE: C.60.00   MPE/iX HP31900 C.16.01   USER VERSION: C.60.00


How does licensing work with this? Do licenses go with the box, or do I need to contact HP and figure out how to "get legal?" Hopefully at a nominal cost. I would like to get a full system tape, as there are things that have been customized, or removed. Like the cobol commands to link and go, and the RPG compiler.

Dang, it is a shame HP stopped selling these boxes - I am surprised nobody has written an emulator for 'em. At least, when I good HP3000 and emulator, it comes up with some pages that are about three years old now.

Yours,
-Paul


On Wednesday, October 01, 2008, at 11:10PM, "John Pitman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>More....
>console defaults to the hard connected unit(dev 20), but you can use a pc running hyperterm if needed. If you logon via the network(do you have an emulator like Reflections?), find the logical device you are on (showme will list it), and do 'console <devno>' to move console to your session.
>There is a facility to have a web console, but its another piece of hardware that you would need to do remote shutdowns.
>Some of things I speak of may be dependent on the version of mpe you are on - last one is 7.5. Do a showme and post the result - here is mine on 7.5:
>
>RELEASE: C.75.00   MPE/iX HP31900 C.45.05   USER VERSION: C.75.00
>
>jp
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Raulerson
>Sent: Thursday, 2 October 2008 12:37 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [HP3000-L] Hello!
>
>I joined the MPE list a few days ago, and they pointed me to this list
>as a bit of a larger resource. I've been lurking about noticing some
>familiar names and enjoying the postings. :)
>
>I just aquired my first HP 3000 machine and have been having a great
>deal of fun getting it to boot and work, and then starting to explore
>MPE/ix. What a fascinating and enjoyable machine! I've been having an
>argument with it about talking on the network, and just got it
>completely up and operating today. (Thanks to loads of advice from
>Craig Lalley, Donna Hofmeister, and others - all of whom I thank very
>sincerely. :)
>
>I hope y'all don't mind if I take advantage of your good natures and
>ask some more questions over here... especially so since they will be
>"newbie" questions.  To me this is great fun, and a really fun way to
>relax after the pressures of my day job.
>
>Well here goes...
>
>I have the network (TCP/IP) up and operating, but occasionally if I am
>doing something stupid like "listfiles @[log in to unmask]@ 6"
>the output data to a terminal over the network will freeze. This has
>the look of a buffer problem, and I did specify 0 (zero) buffers
>somewhere in the TCP/IP networking setup. Should I go revist this and
>specify some number of buffers? Or is this more a result of the
>freeware terminal emulation clients I am using?  (Screenjet, QCTerm,
>and a demo copy of Reflection HP.)
>
>Tapes are a fascinating subject - how might one read the directory off
>a tape? I have a few tapes that were sent with the machine, and
>absolutely no clue of how to find out what is on them.
>
>Also, the manual talks about labeling tapes, but I think it means
>actually physical labels! Do I need to to somehow initialize a tape
>with a standard, ansi, or no label format?
>
>And speaking of which, can I back up the entire system to a tape? Do I
>need to do that with an ISL utility?
>
>Alternatively, can I attach some external DASD and back up the system
>volume to one of those?
>
>Is the only console on the machine the serial port console? Is there a
>way to get access to a remote console, especially to power the machine
>on and off remotely? I'm think iLO or the equivalent...)
>
>Pretty obviously I am at the point where I am concerned with making a
>copy of the system in case the drive fails or I trash something. The
>machine had a pretty rough ride with UPS getting here, and I have
>little trust in a drive this old.
>
>I sure would appreciate any pointers you folks are willing to share. I
>also welcome good stories about the machine, as I tend to paste the
>stories in my machine notebook and read them later - sometimes years
>later.
>
>Yours,
>-Paul
>
>Paul Rauleson, Georgetown, Texas
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