Hi John,

Thanks for the info -- I'm experiencing the same symptoms and was going to call
HP this morning.  A question though, How do you stop STM?  The 7.0 Express 1
communicator doesn't say how.

Thanks!

John Pearce wrote:

> My thanks to Dennis at the HP Response Center for fixing the mess I made
> with Predictive Support.  Sorry, I don't have Dennis' last name.  The
> problem is related to MPE/ix 7.0 and the way diagnostics are handled.  The
> nightly backup job I migrated from 5.5 to 7.0 shut down both NS and
> transport at the start of the backup.
>
> I hope I state this correctly. The predictive monitor job and STM must be
> stopped prior to stopping the network transport.  Otherwise, the low level
> diag daemons get "confused."  The symptoms I noted: nightly scheduled
> Predictive doesn't run, PSCONFIG appears to hang without displaying its
> initial menu and CSTM appears to hang while trying to identify the unit
> under test.
>
> I have to admit that I read about stopping the diag monitor but didn't
> completely understand what needed to be done.  Again, many thanks to Dennis
> for setting me straight on the issue.
>
> John
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