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SYSGEN AND SYSGEN-RELATED PROCEDURES

Table 4-5.Steps to perform an online update sysgen

Step

Action

System Response

 

 

 

9.

For an online sysgen, Enter H (host) and

Waiting to read files from host.

 

press <ENTER>.

 

 

Request the host operator to vary the

You can then submit a job from the host to transmit the

 

printing system online.

next-to-last SST file to the printing system. This file contains

 

 

the new sysgen processor, which you must use to build the

 

Notes:

new operating system

 

 

 

You must use a host utility program to

 

 

advance the SST to the next-to-last file.

 

 

This file, which consists of 128-byte and

 

 

8192-byte fixed-format blocks, must be

 

 

deblocked to 128-block records (without

 

 

adding page numbering or reformatting the

 

 

data) before transmission to the LPS. Refer

 

 

to the appendix for an example of a typical

 

 

host utility program for file transmission.

 

 

If you have a user-created SST for an

 

 

online system, you do not need to advance

 

 

the tape to transfer the first file (which

 

 

contains the new sysgen processor).

 

 

Simply mount the tape and initiate the file

 

 

transfer process at the host.

 

 

 

System files are listed as they are read in from the host onto

 

 

the system disks.

 

 

End of tape found. Is another tape to be

 

Enter N and <ENTER>.

sent? ’y’ or ’n’

 

Vary offline at host. Then enter ’C’

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Request the host operator to vary the

When the sysgen completes processing, the following is

 

printing system offline, then enter C. (You

displayed

 

need not press <ENTER>.)

* Sysgen process successful *

 

 

 

 

* Sysgen program off *

 

 

Enter Cmd [’C’ for Menu]>

 

 

 

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