User Environmental Test Package
Overview
When the user environmental test package (UETP) encounters
an error, it reacts like a user program. It either returns an error
message and continues, or it reports a fatal error and terminates
the image or phase. In either case, UETP assumes the hardware
is operating properly and it does not attempt to diagnose the
error.
If the cause of an error is not readily apparent, use the following
methods to diagnose the error:
VMS Error Log Utility
Run the error log utility to obtain a detailed report of
hardware and system errors. Error log reports provide
information about the state of the hardware device and I/O
request at the time of each error.
Diagnostic facilities
Use the diagnostic facilities to test exhaustively a device or
medium to isolate the source of the error.
Interpreting
UETP Output
You can monitor the progress of UETP tests at the terminal from
which they were started. This terminal always displays status
information, such as messages that announce the beginning and
end of each phase and messages that signal an error.
The tests send other types of output to various log files, depending
on how you started the tests. The log files contain output
generated by the test procedures. Even if UETP completes
successfully, with no errors displayed at the terminal, it is good
practice to check these log files for errors. Furthermore, when
errors are displayed at the terminal, check the log files for more
information about their origin and nature.
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