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- NLMSentinel
-
- NetWare File Server Automatic Reboot
- and ABEND Trapper
- Version 1.00, 1st December 1992
-
- Author Jason Hart
- ShareWare
-
- NLMSentinel is designed to automatically reboot a
- fileserver if it encounters any Abnormal termination
- (ABEND) message. NLMSentinel will write a log file
- containing the system console screen to a local disk, in
- order to help track the problem at a later date.
-
-
- It is intended that NLMSentinel be used in environments
- where server up time is required to be maximised. Given
- that a fileserver ABEND's, NLMSentinel traps the ABEND
- error message and saves this to a user specified logfile
- on a local disk. DOS must be present to perform the write
- operation, if DOS is not present no logfile will be
- created and Sentinel will not reboot the server unless
- the override option (/L) was specified. This is too
- ensure that the error message is not lost.
-
- NLMSentinel should be used alongside AUTOREP.NLM. AUTOREP
- is a companion NLM that will invoke VREPAIR.NLM and
- automate the process of a disk repair if a volume fails to
- mount at server startup time.
- AUTOREP.NLM is available on NetWire or by contacting the
- author via postal mail or on CompuServe.
-
- By using NuMega's NETCHECK in combination with
- NLMSentinel, an extra level of system protection can be
- given. NETCHECK will trap all unusal memory access's but
- in the event that the server decides to ABEND from bad
- system parameters(NETCHECK doesn't stop this) NLMSentinel
- will write the log and reboot the server. NetCheck is a
- commercial product, copyrighted by NuMega Technologies
- and is available by contacting them at (603) 889-2386.
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- OPTIONS
-
- LOAD Sentinel <filename> <options>
-
- <filename>
- This MUST be a local drive. Preferrably a floppy so that
- the disk may be removed to analyse the logfile without
- requiring the server to be brought down. Alternatively if
- it is stored on a local hard-disk, a number of utilities
- are available which emulate DOS commands from the console
- enabling the logfile to be copy from the console.
-
-
- <options>
- /R Do not write logfile, just reboot on ABEND.
- /L If logfile write was not succesful - still
- reboot.
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-
- Installation
-
- NLMSentinel is invoked by loading it from the fileserver
- console. It should be copied to the fileservers SYS:SYSTEM
- directory and then loaded like
- :LOAD SENTINEL <options>
-
- It may also be added to the systems AUTOEXEC.NCF.
-
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- !! READ THIS !!
-
- To obtain the latest version of SENTINEL and 12 months of updates,
- send a cheque or money order for $35US to the below postal address.
-
-
- Source Code
- ====== ====
-
- If you would like to receive the original commented
- source code to this application please send a cheque or
- money order for $90US to:
-
- Jason Hart
- Post Office Box 92
- Canterbury, Victoria, 3126
- Australia.
-
- If you have any suggestions, questions about the program
- or customisations, they are welcome and I am reachable on
- CompuServe at 100033,3202 or via the above address.
-
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-
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- Feel free to distribute this program and documentation in
- its original untampered state.
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
-
- I wish to acknowledge the help of Ken Lowrie from Novell
- Austin, for his contributions.
-
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-
- DISCLAIMER:
- While all care has been taken in the development of this
- product, you are using it AT YOUR OWN RISK. It has been
- tested on different platforms and with a number of
- testing tools to ensure that the product is stable. No
- loss of any kind is accepted by the author arising from
- the use of any of these programs. You are free to
- distribute provided the program and text files are not
- changed.
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