Larry Boyd writes: >Raymond Zwankhuizen wrote: >> >> I'm looking for a way to make my HP3000/952 notify me if something has >> gone wrong on my system. >> This is not only when a hardware error occurs, or my system aborts, >> but also on events I can define, e.g. a job which has aborted. >> I remember having seen something on a HP3000 MPE/V system some years >> ago, but I don't remember where or what it was called. > >The product is CALLBACK/3000... I believe they are located in either >>Washington state, or Oregon. They're in Portland, Oregon; I don't have the number handy but the area code is 503. I investigated this for a client a couple of months ago. Design/3000 has a product that's very capable but very pricy -- $5,000 and up. For a less-capable but much lower-priced product, look at Telamon's Console Engine. It doesn't scan spoolfiles or anything like that, but it will watch the console for a particular sequence and page when it sees that. It also bothers the console every few minutes if it doesn't see any activity in order to detect crashes and hangs. Its remote console facilities are quite extensive; I don't know how they compare to the Callback/3000 product. We selected it in preference to CALLBACK/3000 on the basis of price and Telamon's reputation; the needs were simple enough that the Console Engine had all the facilities necessary. (The feature sets are disjoint enough that the client would have had to spend about $6700 to get a CALLBACK/3000 system with the features they needed.) If you're willing to modify your batch jobs a little, you might be able to get by a Console Engine as well; I'm using the client's application's built-in error logging to provide the necessary Console Engine messages. I have to mention one minor thing that irritated me about CALLBACK/3000 that has nothing to do with the product: the company has a flat $100 shipping charge. This seemed excessive for a small piece of hardware and a few pounds of manuals, especially given what they charge for the product. -- Bruce --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. [log in to unmask] | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay