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◆ Solutions

◆  Powerpoint Presentations

We also provide course material as Powerpoint presentations (.pps), freely downloadable using the links shown below. The course exercises and practical material are unavailable but the presentations content is otherwise complete:

Flexcourse.zipSupervisor course.zipOpal course.zip

◆  Reference Cards

Various OPAL Language and Supervisor command Reference Cards are available for download.  These zipped files hold Acrobat PDF files which can be printed on card and then folded to provide a valuable reference guide for OPAL programmers and operations personnel. 



◆ Free Utilities

These utilities were provided by Sam Brasel and are free to use. The source files for these Utilities are provided in containers for download.

  • DCKEYIN
    This utility Permits a job running under a privileged usercode or running nonusercoded to execute system commands and COMS control and configuration command.
    Download DCKEYIN Container
  • COMMANDER
    This utility Permits a job to execute system commands, with the feature that any mix entry object(s) of a command may be identified by name and other criteria; includes an option to pause until the commanded process EOTs; includes a HELP function
    Download COMMANDER Container
  • NEWUSER
    This utility Permits a job running under a privileged usercode to modify its usercode and accesscode attribute values without specifying a password; also permits a job running under a nonprivileged usercode X to set its usercode attribute to Y without specifying a password when that specific privilege has been granted to X by the security administrator
    Download NEWUSER Container
  • MIPS-SLEUTH supervisor
    On metering systems that are neither base+usage nor COD, upon the close of the monthly billing interval, in the event that no halt/load occurred during the interval, automatically reports on MIPS consumption broken down by usercode and then by job name; reporting over ad hoc time intervals is also supported
    Download MIPS-SLEUTH Container
  • LOOP_BUSTER supervisor
    Alarms when any process's cpu rate and other execution metrics meet thresholds, or when system idle = 0%
    Download LOOP_BUSTER Container
  • Z utility
    An MCP analog to Jam Software's TreeSize storage-analyzer Windows app; includes a HELP function
    Download Z Container

◆ Tips & Tricks

This section contains frequently asked questions, tips and tricks and OPAL solutions for customer problems using Metalogic Software. 
Many of the entries here were in direct response to customer requests.