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(lightbulb) Basic knowledge of shell programming is needed to implement the clean shutdown / stop script.

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expect

Requires you pass user and password to the script so that it can connect to the OPA0 console via "telnet" and execute the shutdown commands. The "guest_shutdown.exp" script, located in the /opt/charon/utils folder, can perform operations to:

  • log off a user connected on the console if the prompt is detected,
  • enter a username/password to login if "login:" or "username:" is detected,
  • execute the shutdown command if the prompt is detected,
  • detect the SRM prompt (>>>) to issue the "power off" command (AXP) or send the F6 key (AXP & VAX) if enabled.

This method is useful if the virtual machine has no telnet connection available and cannot handle "rsh" and "ssh" remote connections.

Important notes:

  • Note any local existing connection to the console has to be killed before executing the expect script.
  • If the console is locked from an external connection or if the prompt is not detected after sending a carriage return, the expect script will fail.
rsh

Requires:

  • a trust to be created between the Linux server and the Tru64 or OpenVMS guest (proxy) to issue password free remote commands
  • if the virtual machine is running OpenVMS, the CHARON_SHUTDOWN.COM script, located in the /opt/charon/utils folder, has to be copied in the SYS$MANAGER folder on the OpenVMS machine.
ssh

Requires:

  • a secured trust to be created between the Linux server and the Tru64 or OpenVMS guest (key pair) to issue password and passphrase free remote commands
  • if the virtual machine is running OpenVMS, the CHARON_SHUTDOWN.COM script, located in the /opt/charon/utils folder, has to be copied in the SYS$MANAGER folder on the OpenVMS machine.

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When the script is initialized using option 6 or when a new virtual machine is added, the following lines are added:

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case "$1"

in

  <configuration file>)

    #-- Uncomment and complete one of the following lines:

    #${CHARONDIR}/utils/charon_gstop_expect \$1 \$2 root <password> "<prompt>" <TRU64/VMS>

    #${CHARONDIR}/utils/charon_gstop_rsh \$1 \$2 <hostname> <TRU64/VMS>

    #${CHARONDIR}/utils/charon_gstop_ssh \$1 \$2 <hostname> <TRU64/VMS>

    #/<path>/<myscript>

  ;;

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esac

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