Seems to me that Autostart/iX should most definitely be bundled with the
918/DX :)

Neil


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael L Gueterman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 6:50 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: unattended automatic memory dump and reboot?
>
> There is such a critter except it will perform the dump to disk
> instead of tape.  It's called AutoRestart/iX.  Here is the description
> in the LaserRom:
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> What Is AutoRestart/iX?
>
> AutoRestart/iX is a software product that automatically restarts your
> system in the event of a system software failure.  It minimizes system
> recovery time and automatically saves system state information to disk
> using data compression, for later analysis.
>
> If the system fails, AutoRestart/iX resets the system, dumps failure
> state information to disk, then restarts the system.
>
> This fully automatic process requires no operator intervention.  In
> addition, dump-to-disk takes substantially less time than the
> traditional
> dump-to-tape method.
>
> Once the system transfers error information to disk, you can begin
> problem analysis.  This saves you from transferring error information
> from tape to disk.  You can perform problem analysis locally or
> remotely.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> __
>
> NOTE  AutoRestart/iX is supported on MPE/iX release A.40.00 or later.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> __
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Regards,
> Michael L Gueterman
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> ----------
> From:  WirtAtmar[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:  Tuesday, December 23, 1997 8:06 PM
> To:  [log in to unmask]
> Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] unattended automatic memory dump and reboot?
>
> Mark Bixby asks:
>
> >  Is there any way to configure a 3000 so that in the event of a
> crash, it
> >  will automatically perform a memory dump (a DAT tape is always
> mounted and
> >  online on the machine in question) and then do a START RECOVERY?
>
> Mark,
>
> My answer to the first part of your question is: "I doubt it." A crash
> is a
> crash -- and is therefore an undefined, unexpected, quite serious
> situation.
> The computer has essentially declared, "I've got an unreconcilable
> problem. I
> don't know what to do -- but I don't trust the data I've got. If I
> were to go
> forward at the point, corruption could potentially result. The best
> thing that
> I can do now is to shut down and let somebody analyze the problem."
>
> I think most people would argue that under these conditions, you
> shouldn't
> have automatic restart capability following a system abort. The
> situation
> could only be made much worse by repeatedly trying to autorestart a
> machine
> that has declared itself to be defective in some (generally) unknown
> manner.
>
> <snip>