0 INFO-VAX	Sun, 25 Jan 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 49      Contents: Re: asspache web server " Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ?" Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ?" Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ?" Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ?" Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ?, Re: DS10L 617Mhz Blowout Complete for USD795 Re: Help with VMS installation, Re: Hobbyist OpenVMS sytem, recommendations? hpWorld-2004 - in Chicago!!  Re: HSZ50 problem  Re: HSZ50 problem * Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s* Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s* Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s La chance de votre vie, Re: Monitoring idle /cpu time at night time., Re: Monitoring idle /cpu time at night time. Re: ODS5 and UNZIP Re: OpenVMS and Railways Rdesktop on VMS - RE: TCP/IP Services Load Broker Configuration @ Re: The Register: OpenVMS among most-secure of operating systems2 Trouble installing VMS AXP Hobbyist on a PWS 600au6 Re: Trouble installing VMS AXP Hobbyist on a PWS 600au Re: walking into a war zone # Re: Where is XML generator for VMS? # Re: Where is XML generator for VMS?   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 05:43:22 -0500 * From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@istop.com>  Subject: Re: asspache web server) Message-ID: <40139D9E.62CC6C55@istop.com>    david20@alpha2.mdx.ac.uk wrote: ; > Supporting just stream_lf files is simply not acceptable.   L In fairness, it is also the fault of VMS/RMS engineers who only provided for7 file size hints on streamlf files and not on all files.   M This is the same with the /TAIL qualifier which doesn't work on indexed files K (which can be TYPEd), nor with files where certain records exceed a certain 7 length. It should work on all files which can be typed.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 05:35:42 -0600 / From: Chris Scheers <chris@applied-synergy.com> + Subject: Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ? 3 Message-ID: <4013AA0E.411ACDBC@applied-synergy.com>    Hans Vlems wrote:  > C > "Manfred Grafinger" <m.grafinger@tuwien.ac.at> schreef in bericht . > news:4012a43a.446915039@news.tuwien.ac.at... > > Hello VMS-Gurus. > > I > > I have changed the VAX-station, where our plotter was connected to an G > > Alpha. Now i cannot identify the devicename of the COM1. On the Vax H > > the plotter was connected at the serial port device tta0: but on theH > > alpha tta0: goes to nirwana, also ttb0: and i have not any other tt* > > devices in show device.  > > G > > Somebody out there knows the device name of the COM1 on Alpha-VMS ?  > >  > > Much thanks, Manfred > >  > J > It very much depends on what model you're actually using. If SHOW DEVICEI > shows TTA0: and TTB0: then it's one of these. The cable you use between L > Alpha and plotter may also be at fault. The DB9 lay-out is not the same asG > on a microVAX II IIRC. A BCC08 cable usually won't work for instance.   3 Actually, it can also depend on the version of VMS.   3 On my AXP150, under VMS 6.1, the COM1 port is OPA1.   5 Under a later version of VMS (7.1?), it becomes TTA0.   G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- $ Chris Scheers, Applied Synergy, Inc.  C Voice: 817-237-3360            Internet: chris@applied-synergy.com     Fax: 817-237-3074    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:26:48 GMT 4 From: brad@.gateway.2wire.net (Bradford J. Hamilton)+ Subject: Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ? / Message-ID: <suPQb.115569$sv6.602775@attbi_s52>   S In article <00A2C65E.8A9B3454@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:  !snip!) !Thus... <==> 1 is TTB0   <==> 2 is TTA0:  !  !How is this the opposite? !   O Apologies - I read it wrong (I also misunderstood when setting it up originally M - I *assumed* that a device labeled "1" would have a "lower" designation in a / system device ordering list.  Live and learn...    !  !-- C !http://www.legacy-2000.com  for the *best* OpenVMS system security D !                            solutions that others only claim to be. !-- L !VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker   VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM !           6 !  "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"   J __________________________________________________________________________A Bradford J. Hamilton                    "All opinions are my own" K bMradAhamiPltSon-at-coMmcAast.nPeSt     "Lose the MAPS, and replace '-at-'  0                                          with @"   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:25:35 +0100 + From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.nieuw@zonnet.nl> + Subject: Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ? 9 Message-ID: <bv0qtk$mp1ts$1@ID-143435.news.uni-berlin.de>   > "Chris Scheers" <chris@applied-synergy.com> schreef in bericht- news:4013AA0E.411ACDBC@applied-synergy.com...  > Hans Vlems wrote:  > > E > > "Manfred Grafinger" <m.grafinger@tuwien.ac.at> schreef in bericht 0 > > news:4012a43a.446915039@news.tuwien.ac.at... > > > Hello VMS-Gurus. > > > K > > > I have changed the VAX-station, where our plotter was connected to an I > > > Alpha. Now i cannot identify the devicename of the COM1. On the Vax J > > > the plotter was connected at the serial port device tta0: but on theJ > > > alpha tta0: goes to nirwana, also ttb0: and i have not any other tt* > > > devices in show device.  > > > I > > > Somebody out there knows the device name of the COM1 on Alpha-VMS ?  > > >  > > > Much thanks, Manfred > > >  > > L > > It very much depends on what model you're actually using. If SHOW DEVICEK > > shows TTA0: and TTB0: then it's one of these. The cable you use between K > > Alpha and plotter may also be at fault. The DB9 lay-out is not the same  asI > > on a microVAX II IIRC. A BCC08 cable usually won't work for instance.  > 5 > Actually, it can also depend on the version of VMS.  > 5 > On my AXP150, under VMS 6.1, the COM1 port is OPA1.  > 7 > Under a later version of VMS (7.1?), it becomes TTA0.  >  Yes indeed!    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:47:53 -0600 @ From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net>+ Subject: Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ? 6 Message-ID: <4013F339.3CE6EC57@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net>   "Bradford J. Hamilton" wrote:  > U > In article <00A2C65E.8A9B3454@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:  > !snip!+ > !Thus... <==> 1 is TTB0   <==> 2 is TTA0:  > !  > !How is this the opposite? > !  > Q > Apologies - I read it wrong (I also misunderstood when setting it up originally O > - I *assumed* that a device labeled "1" would have a "lower" designation in a 1 > system device ordering list.  Live and learn...   H What I do is hook up a terminal, log in and use SHOW TERMINAL to tell me what port I'm on.    FWIW...    --   David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:19:39 GMT 4 From: brad@.gateway.2wire.net (Bradford J. Hamilton)+ Subject: Re: Devicename for COM1 on Alpha ? / Message-ID: <%MTQb.119183$nt4.502857@attbi_s51>   y In article <4013F339.3CE6EC57@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net>, "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net> writes:  !"Bradford J. Hamilton" wrote: !>  V !> In article <00A2C65E.8A9B3454@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:	 !> !snip! , !> !Thus... <==> 1 is TTB0   <==> 2 is TTA0: !> ! !> !How is this the opposite?  !> ! !>  R !> Apologies - I read it wrong (I also misunderstood when setting it up originallyP !> - I *assumed* that a device labeled "1" would have a "lower" designation in a2 !> system device ordering list.  Live and learn... ! I !What I do is hook up a terminal, log in and use SHOW TERMINAL to tell me  !what port I'm on. !   O I also realized, (shortly after my original post) that I record the output from L my "consoles" to a *.TXT file on my PC's - I was able to go back to my AlphaN console "log", and confirm that I was using TTA0: most of the time, and that IN had, indeed, looked at my "console" terminal to determine which port I was on.  > I've been having a bad few weeks; that's my only excuse...	:-)  O Now I'm going to write a small program to periodically upload my "console logs" L to a webpage, where I can view them while I'm away from home.  Not exactly a> "real-time" console monitor, but it will have to do for now...   !FWIW... !  !--  !David J. Dachtera !dba DJE Systems !http://www.djesys.com/  ! ) !Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page:   !http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/  J __________________________________________________________________________A Bradford J. Hamilton                    "All opinions are my own" K bMradAhamiPltSon-at-coMmcAast.nPeSt     "Lose the MAPS, and replace '-at-'  0                                          with @"   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:16:43 GMT > From: Michael Austin <maustin@no-more-spam.firstdbasource.com>5 Subject: Re: DS10L 617Mhz Blowout Complete for USD795 < Message-ID: <%RSQb.10242$m14.916@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>   DAVID TURNER wrote:   6 > COMP.OS.VMS SPECIAL >>>Complete system for only $795 > + > Alphaserver DS10L 617Mhz EV67 w/2mb cache  > 256MB Compaq original Memory! > 30GB Hard disk (VMS compatible)  > Dual 10/100 Ethernet" > Dual Serial Ports (COM1 Console) > Parallel Port/Printer Port > USB Ports  > 1 Open PCI Slot  > NO CD or Floppy ? > Set up ready to install VMS and latest firmware 6.6 installed  > Only $795 + Shipping !!! > , > Shipping charges as follows: (approximate) >  > USA: $35 by Ground' > Canada: $68 by Economy air (3-5 days) 
 > Europe: $90 ! > Australasia (large cities) $130 2 > We do not ship to Africa (except S. Africa $150) >  > Warranty: 12 months ; > Payment: Visa/Mastercard or Cheque/Money order in advance  > We accept PO's also !!!!  : and how would one go about installing VMS without the CD??  B I used one of these boxes for more than 3 years as a ConsoleWorks E <http://www.tditx.com/> server for almost 200 servers and HSGS.  CPU  G never pegged above 20% and only a single 30Gb IDE drive.  Alas, it has  E succumed to fatigue and a faulty PDU's surge and it has passed on...  I (including the HDD -fried to a crisp).  Because it is not under warranty  G or contract, we replaced it with a DS20E cluster and 72GB worth of SAN  C storage.  If we actually needed a DS10L, we would have a hard time  I justifying the repair on a PER-CALL rate.. it would be less expensive to  F just buy another one.  But for our shop, we just don't need/can't use  anything that small.  I remember, this box only has 1 PCI slot, so choose wisely how to use it...    Michael Austin   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:30:28 +0100 + From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.nieuw@zonnet.nl> ' Subject: Re: Help with VMS installation 9 Message-ID: <bv0r6q$mv3gt$1@ID-143435.news.uni-berlin.de>   4 "lazzal" <r.lasbury@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht< news:R9CQb.28286$OA3.8832361@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net... > 8 > "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.nieuw@zonnet.nl> wrote in message5 > news:buul0i$m4n8n$1@ID-143435.news.uni-berlin.de...  > > 8 > > "lazzal" <r.lasbury@ntlworld.com> schreef in bericht@ > > news:01AQb.28244$OA3.8696070@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net...L > > > When I try to install OpenVMS 6.2 onto a DEC 3000 the process works OK	 > > until I > > > it reaches the point where it checks the system disk, it then hangs  with > > the C > > > message : %SWAPPER-I-SYSDISK, checking status of system disk.  > > > L > > > I have tried 2 different hard disks on both SCSI channels to no avail. > I'm H > > > sure the SCSI controller is OK because the SCSI CD-ROM works fine. > > >  > > > Where am I going wrong?  > > > ; > > > All help, advice and suggestions gratefully received.  > > > 	 > > > Laz  > > >  > > > I > > What kind of hard disk are you installing VMS on? What kind of CD ROM  > drive  > > are you using? > H > The hard disk and CD ROM are both SCSI (Seagate ST12400N hard disk andG > Compaq (Matsushita) CF-503-B CD ROM) however I am not sure I have the D > termination set correctly. How should I set the jumpers on the two drives -K > with termination turned on or off? and what about the "termination power" 
 > jumpers? >  > J Disable termination, there ought to be a passive terminator on the back ofK the DEC 3000. The onboard SCSI controller terminates it own end. As another L poster wrote, the SCSI bus must be terminated at the two extremes, not more.L Termination power is not required from the drives. Make sure that each has aL unique SCSI id. Note that the SCSI controller is usually id 6 (on DEC gear)./ The >>> SHOW DEVICE command will tell you that. I Does the Matsushita CDrom drive have a jumber that selects the block size < (transfer size)? IIRC VMS only works well with 512 B blocks.   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:44:18 GMT 6 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)5 Subject: Re: Hobbyist OpenVMS sytem, recommendations? 4 Message-ID: <66NQb.291932$Tz1.147179@news.chello.at>  [ In article <1016dva1mggtd73@corp.supernews.com>, Michael Rice <marice@whiteice.com> writes: D >Although they are going to discontinue developing the Alpha, HP is H >probably going to support it for several years. For a hobbyist system, D >you can pickup an Alpha pretty cheap (an XP1000 or a DS10 perhaps).  I Cheap DS10 ? Where ? I bought mine for EUR1000 in 2002 and am very happy. J Prices did get up since then. I saw up to EUR5000 asked for them in 2003 !$ And I even got an offer for my DS10.  2 DS10L for $300 ? Gone. $800 and up is current now.  2 Seems the Alpha EV6 entry level market dried up...  C EV4, EV45 and EV5 are cheap and almost unsellable, because they are B unusable for moderm Alpha features like APACHE, JAVA, MOZILLA. ...D EV56 is average, therefor recommended for hobbyists (but slow, too).  B If you know of a EV6 systems for less than 1000, please tell me... --   Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER % Network and OpenVMS system specialist  E-mail  peter@langstoeger.atF A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:10:29 -0600 @ From: "David J. Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net>$ Subject: hpWorld-2004 - in Chicago!!6 Message-ID: <4013F885.ACB248E9@NeOaSrPtAhMlNiOnWk.net>  F Imagine my glee when I went to the P.O. box yesterday and found the hpH propaganda for hpWorld-2004 indicating it was right here in Chicago this year! 16- thru 20-Aug-2004.   F Then, imagine my shock when I read that submissions for sessions closeH in six days (well, five today)! I'd been to the mailbox two weeks ago atH most. That means the window for submissions was less than one month. The@ mail piece was first class bulk, so there's no postmark or other! indication of when it was mailed.   D Well, if that's the biggest mistake they make, it ought to be a very good symposium.   F I was up until midnight last night submitting ten sessions. I know notG all of them are likely to be accepted, but I'm hoping they won't all be 	 rejected.    --   David J. Dachtera  dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:33:35 -0500 3 From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net>  Subject: Re: HSZ50 problem0 Message-ID: <nOqdndZhZcMxWI7dRVn-hw@comcast.com>   Chris,  I What is the state of your cache battery backup?   I've never experienced  F it myself but the battery can turn to sludge if it's not kept charged.  H If the battery has not yet turned to sludge, it may need something like I 24 hours to become fully charged.  The HSZ50 won't be happy until it has   a fully charged battery.   Chris Scheers wrote:  F >I have an HSZ50 that has been off for a couple of months while things >were being moved and rewired. > D >Upon turning it back on, the controller now fails power up with the$ >first two lights lit, and displays: >  >Mist Diag Error  00000030 >Mist Diag Param1 A3FFFFFC >Mist Diag Param2 04000000 >Mist Diag Param3 BB00000D > : >I can't find a description of this in the service manual. > 1 >What is the meaning of this, can I fix it, etc.?  > ? >In addition to the information above, more data is dumped.  If F >necessary, I can get this.  (The system isn't wired up to something I >can cut and past from yet.) >  >Thanx!  > H >-----------------------------------------------------------------------% >Chris Scheers, Applied Synergy, Inc.  > D >Voice: 817-237-3360            Internet: chris@applied-synergy.com  >  Fax: 817-237-3074 >    >    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:18:19 -0500 ' From: Stuart Fuller <stufuller@usa.net>  Subject: Re: HSZ50 problem0 Message-ID: <snm0vb.bu9.ln@dadsys2.fuller.local>   Chris Scheers wrote:  G > I have an HSZ50 that has been off for a couple of months while things  > were being moved and rewired.  > E > Upon turning it back on, the controller now fails power up with the % > first two lights lit, and displays:  >   H If by "first two lights", you're referring to lights 5 and 6, then this 
 indicates:  5         NVMEM write error : replace controller module   E Or, if you referring to lights 1 and 2 blinking, then this indicates:   7         Journal SRAM is bad : replace controller module    --             Stu    ------------------------------   Date: 25 Jan 2004 07:41:36 GMT2 From: "Dave Weatherall" <djw-nothere@nospam.nohow>3 Subject: Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s 5 Message-ID: <DTiotGxQ0bj6-pn2-pJDpNdvn4kPc@localhost>   ? On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:49:05 UTC, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry   Kilgallen) wrote:   ( > > X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net > u > In article <GFsQb.22115$q4.9352@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, "C. Pangus" <craigpangus@sprintmail.com> writes:   F I can understand your frustration and anger Larry but if you check theB msg header you'll see the guy probably believed he was posting in F 'rec.travel.air'. Where his statement is OT there is another question.@ The person performing the abuse is the one trying to get at JF.    --   Cheers - Dave.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:41:00 +0000  From: BCS <bcs234@nospam.ac.uk> 3 Subject: Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s @ Message-ID: <bcs234-4B3758.12410025012004@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>  B In article <GFsQb.22115$q4.9352@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,0  "C. Pangus" <craigpangus@sprintmail.com> wrote:   > I >     Just how far Bush & Co will go in faking it is a recurring thought.   D They will present a 'recently captured/killed' Osama bin Laden just G before the presidental elections to ensure a landslide re-election. It  G is thought that bin Laden is already in custody, probably in Pakistan,  & but there is no to make it public yet.   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:37:21 GMT 3 From: gazelle@yin.interaccess.com (Kenny McCormack) 3 Subject: Re: Kay resigns: no WMDs since early 1990s . Message-ID: <bv0kn9$scm$1@yin.interaccess.com>  @ In article <bcs234-4B3758.12410025012004@pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk>,! BCS  <bcs234@nospam.ac.uk> wrote: C >In article <GFsQb.22115$q4.9352@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, 1 > "C. Pangus" <craigpangus@sprintmail.com> wrote:  >  >>  J >>     Just how far Bush & Co will go in faking it is a recurring thought. > E >They will present a 'recently captured/killed' Osama bin Laden just  H >before the presidental elections to ensure a landslide re-election. It H >is thought that bin Laden is already in custody, probably in Pakistan, ' >but there is no to make it public yet.   A I don't doubt this, but let me ask the bigger question to all you J conspiracy buffs out there.  How likely do you think it is that these guysC that they find ("Saddam" & "bin Laden") are fakes?  I mean, we (the J American public) certainly have no way of knowing if they didn't just findH these guys at Central Casting.  I doubt anybody has any real way to know	 for sure.    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 06:56:23 GMT " From: "Marc" <Marc_X4@hotmail.com> Subject: La chance de votre vie 4 Message-ID: <rMJQb.27712$vj.4313@charlie.risq.qc.ca>  K Faite de l'argent facilement avec un commerce internet  paliers multiples.  L'achat de ce commerce comprend sa propre promotion auprs de 3600 personnes par mois et ne demande aucune connaissance commerciale.3 Tout ce que vous avez  faire est de vous inscrire. d P.S.: Parlez en  vos ami(e)s si vous voulez qu'ils vous accompagnent dans votre futur train de vie.  ; Inscription et informations additionnelles  cette adresse: ' http://marcjr.carrefourinternet.com/fr/    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:55:14 -0600 ( From: brandon@dalsemi.com (John Brandon)5 Subject: Re: Monitoring idle /cpu time at night time. 1 Message-ID: <04012508551450@dscis6-0.dalsemi.com>    Daryl Jones wrote:E > I have used Monitor when no other performance utility was available H > and didn't find it any more a hog as any other. However, I did set the@ > recording interval to be every 5 or 2 minutes like SPM and VPA > respectively.   + Depends on what and how you are collecting.   M If you are comparing SPM and VPA - then that is not a valid comparison to ECP  and MONITOR.    K I too used MONITOR when others were not available (or we could not purchase  them).  L At one minute intervals with all the items in ECP that I posted - MONITOR isJ inefficient.  Extremely heavy on Page Faults compared to ECP.  That is oneM itme.  Add to that the number of comparitive collection points and MONITOR is N a resource hog compared to ECP.  There is CPU, DISK, IO, HW, LOCKS, MEM, PAGE,N PROC, SCS, and XQP.  I use CPU, DISK, IO, LOCKS, and MEM.  Some day I will use
 PAGE and XQP.   M Then there is the effort involved in condensing the recorded information from M MONITOR into a usable format.  If you are just viewing the information fine - K there it is.  However if you want to track, trend, analyze, or whatever you M want to do with it - over short or long periods you have to parse through the K screen data and format it to an output file.  This is relatively easy to do O with ECP - only problem here is you have ALL records in one file.  Still easier 
 than MONITOR.   O For what it does, ECP is a good product.  I am sure there are better and easier K to use - and at a price - however for our environment it fits well and does M not consume the resources as does MONITOR and is easier to extract data from.      J*o*h*n B*r*a*n*d*o*n  VMS Systems Administrator * firstname.lastname.spam.me.not@dalsemi.com   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:52:08 GMT > From: Michael Austin <maustin@no-more-spam.firstdbasource.com>5 Subject: Re: Monitoring idle /cpu time at night time. > Message-ID: <4013ED83.2080005@no-more-spam.firstdbasource.com>  	 MB wrote:   . > Pls could someone tell me how I might get a + > summary on one page of idle and cpu time.  > ; > I have been looking at monitor, but that just give you x  . > number of graphs for a given period of time. > C > Is the free ECP Data Collector and Performance Analyzer any good?  > ; > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/ecp/index.html  >  > thks > M   ? look at the FREEWARE from HP called T4... it actually uses the  F monitor/record and other features and puts the output into a CSV file + that can be loaded into Excel for graphing.   & See a demo of what it can give you at 0 <<http://www.firstdbasource.com/t4/t4chart.php>>  C The demo system is obviously not very busy and all of the "little"  I spikes are associated with a batch job written in PERL that logs into my  C Linksys router every 5 minutes and updates my Dynamic DNS provider.   G as to the system load -- I run it on over 100 systems and it has never  G reached topcpu or top<anything> unless it is the ONLY thing running on  H the box.  Extracting just the T4 processes data vs. the overall, I have " never seen it peak above 1% total.   Michael Austin   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:00:09 +0100 2 From: martin@radiogaga.harz.de (Martin Vorlaender) Subject: Re: ODS5 and UNZIP ; Message-ID: <4013a1b9.524144494f47414741@radiogaga.harz.de>   5 Craig A. Berry (craigberry@mac.com.spamfooler) wrote: D > This sounds interesting, but I'm not entirely happy with vmstar's G > approach.  On an ODS-5 disk, it creates filenames in extended format  G > regardless of whether extended parse is enabled.  I've lost count of  E > how many times I've unpacked a package and then been unable to set  J > default into its top-level directory with a name like [.foo-1^.0] until J > I enable extended parse.  This is annoying to me and must be disastrous  > for newbies.  G $GETJPI has item codes JPI$_PARSE_STYLE_IMAGE and JPI$_PARSE_STYLE_PERM > returning PARSE_STYLE$C_TRADITIONAL or PARSE_STYLE$C_EXTENDED.   It's a SMOP...   cu,    Martin --  F                           | Martin Vorlaender  |  VMS & WNT programmer3  Cetero censeo            | work: mv@pdv-systeme.de F  Redmondem delendam esse. |   http://www.pdv-systeme.de/users/martinv/:                           | home: martin@radiogaga.harz.de   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:14:29 GMT # From: "John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> ! Subject: Re: OpenVMS and Railways J Message-ID: <9ITQb.143725$7JB1.34524@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>   Main, Kerry wrote: >> -----Original Message----- 8 >> From: Fabio Cardoso [mailto:fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.br]! >> Sent: January 24, 2004 5:19 PM  >> To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com$ >> Subject: OT: OpenVMS and Railways >>F >> Is there any Railway in the US using OpenVMS as control software  ? >> >> Like Amtrak etc ? >>? >> I am asking because the my Country will make new investments ? >> in Railways calculated about US$ 2 billion dolars ! May be I ! >> can work in any project here !  >> >>
 >> Regards >> >> FC  >  > Fabio, > F > Not in the US, but OpenVMS has very mission critical role With India > Rail.  >  > Reference:A > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/brochures/indiarr/indiarr.pdf 6 > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/brochures/indiarr/F > "Consider the scope of the operation. Indian Railways is the world'sC > second-largest railway, with 6,853 stations, 63,028 kilometers of G > track, 37,840 passenger coaches and 222,147 freight cars. Annually it G > carries some 4.83 billion passengers and 492 million tons of freight"     G Is that information (ie. VMS still running the railroad) current?  That K story has been kicking around for a loooong time, and things do happen over H time.....(from millions of VMS licenses to 411,000 to 400,000 to ......)  ? So maybe India Rail wants to license their software to Brazil ?    ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:07:48 -0000 6 From: "Roger Haxby" <roger.haxxxby_rem2x@ntlworld.com> Subject: Rdesktop on VMSB Message-ID: <NyTQb.28841$OA3.9245532@newsfep2-win.server.ntli.net>  J Rdesktop is a open source project that allows Windows Terminal Services to  be displayed on an X-Server box.F The rdesktop project is written in c and can be found on Sourceforge.I  I A port of rdesktop 1.2.0 to VAX/VMS exists, and I can post details of the ( changes needed if people are interested.J (I have posted them on the rdesktop-devel mailing list, but I thought that* people on this group might be interested.)  F It has been tested on VMS 6.1SE, against Windows 2000 Server, with SP4 applied.H Also works against NT4 Terminal Server edition.  Its now considered goodE enough for production work; the main problem is that VAX workstations " are very slow by todays standards.  = Its not been tried on Alphas, since we are not an Alpha shop.    Roger Haxby   roger.haxxxby_rem2x@ntlworld.com   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:34:28 -0500 ' From: "Main, Kerry" <kerry.main@hp.com> 6 Subject: RE: TCP/IP Services Load Broker ConfigurationR Message-ID: <FD827B33AB0D9C4E92EACEEFEE2BA2FB2381B5@tayexc19.americas.cpqcorp.net>   > -----Original Message-----3 > From: Jeff [mailto:dirkdiggler@totalise.co.uk]=20   > Sent: January 24, 2004 8:35 PM > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com 4 > Subject: TCP/IP Services Load Broker Configuration >=20H > Is anybody out there running the TCP/IP Services Load Broker service ? >=20> > If so would you care to share your configuration values for; >=20 > (Can be found in=20 < > SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$LD_BKR]TCPIP$LBROKER.CONF under v.5.x	 > TCP/IP)  >=20 >     i) dns-ttl >     ii) dns-refresh  >     iii) polling-interval  >=20A > Am looking to configure alias for 2 node cluster, to balance=20 , > interactive IP sessions under TCP/IP v.5.4 >=20 > Thanks in advance, >=20 > Jeff >=20   Jeff,   / As a fyi, the following might be of assistance:     Complete TCPIP V5.4 docs online:* http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/tcpip54.html   DNS and Load Balancing: H http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732final/6526/6526pro_contents_002.html#to c_chapter_7   H TCPIP Services V5.4 tuning and troubleshooting guide (good guide to keep
 handy btw)H http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732final/documentation/pdf/aa-rn1vb-te.pdf   Regards   
 Kerry Main Senior Consultant  HP Services Canada Voice: 613-592-4660  Fax: 613-591-4477  Email: kerryDOTmainAThpDOTcom . (remove the DOT's and AT for email address)=20   ------------------------------    Date: 25 Jan 2004 09:57:23 -0800( From: bob@instantwhip.com (Bob Ceculski)I Subject: Re: The Register: OpenVMS among most-secure of operating systems < Message-ID: <d7791aa1.0401250957.627f590@posting.google.com>   Andrew Harrison SUNUK Consultancy <Andrew_No.Harrison_No@nospamn.sun.com> wrote in message news:<burn79$cim$1@new-usenet.uk.sun.com>...  > Wayne Sewell wrote: * > >>From: jlsue <jefflsxxxz@sbcglobal.net> > >>X-Newsgroups: comp.os.vms M > >>Subject: Re: The Register: OpenVMS among most-secure of operating systems $ > >>Organization: not that I know of > >  > > K > >>Also not that you'll NEVER win the argument that layered product issues O > >>should be reported as an OS vulnerability in th is discussion, so why waste & > >>our time any longer on that issue. > >> > >  > > L > > Because he apparently doesn't have anything else to do.  Sitting here inG > > comp.os.vms harrassing us appears to be his entire job description.  > ; > You seem to be labouring under a serious missaprehension.  > : > I am not harrassing anyone, I am putting some trolls out > of their misery. > 9 > Anyone posting articles claiming that the low number of ; > CERTS published for OpenVMS is an indication that OpenVMS = > is more secure than other OS's is a troll. Its a point that 6 > has been conclusively disproved over and over again. > 7 > If you don't want to see trolls getting flamed then I 8 > would suggest that you ask them nicely to stop posting > BS.  > 	 > Regards  > Andrew Harrison   < you are the troll here ... the last time I checked this site< was identified as comp.os.vms, not sun.garbage.os ... do you< know how to navigate to the unix garbage boards or would you like me to give you the links?   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:01:00 GMT 0 From: Wesley Dunnahoo <wdunnahoo@mindspring.com>; Subject: Trouble installing VMS AXP Hobbyist on a PWS 600au B Message-ID: <gDSQb.24210$i4.2113@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>  F I've spent the past several weeks trying to install VMS on an old PWS D 600au that used to contain Debian Linux.  I can load Windows NT but G receive an error when I try to boot the Hobbyist version of the CD-ROM  6 (see below).  Any help would be extremely appreciated.   Thanks,    Wesley   SRM details:  " Digital Personal WorkStation 600au# Console V7.2-1 Mar  6 2000 14:47:02 % Environment variable srm_boot created ' pmem:                0 00023E7C00000000   >>>      >>>show device D dka0.0.0.1010.0            DKA0                       RZ1CB-BA  LYE0D dka400.4.0.1010.0          DKA400     PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-303R  1.06 dva0.0.0.0.1               DVA0 > ewa0.0.0.3.0               EWA0              00-00-F8-75-5C-3BD pka0.7.0.1010.0            PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7  5.57> pqa0.0.0.4.0               PQA0                       PCI EIDE> pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE  >>>  
  >>>show conf    Firmware4 SRM Console:    V7.2-1          Mar  6 2000 14:47:02 ARC Console:    5.70E PALcode:        OpenVMS PALcode V1.20-16, Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1.22-18  SROM Version:   v5.90c  	 Processor 6 DECchip (tm) 21164A-2  Pass   600MHz  96 Kbytes SCache 0 MB BCachea PYXIS ASIC Pass 257r   MEMORY     Memory Size = 640Mbr   Bank     Size/Sets   Base Addr ------   ----------  ---------     0       256Mb      00000000      1       256Mb      10000000e     2       128Mb      20000000n     BCache Size = 0Mb-   Tested Memory = 640Mbytesb   PCI BusSE       Bus 00  Slot 03: Digital Semiconductor 21143 Network ControllernK                                     ewa0.0.0.3.0          00-00-F8-75-5C-3Bc         Bus 00  Slot 04: PCI IDEB                                     pqa0.0.0.4.0          PCI EIDE  &       Bus 00  Slot 07: Intel SIO 82378      '       Bus 00  Slot 11: Matrox Milleniumi      6       Bus 00  Slot 20: DECchip 21052 PCI to PCI Bridge@         Bus 01 Slot 09: Vendor: 9005 Device: 80 sub_id: e2a090050         Bus 01  Slot 10: ISP1040 Scsi ControllerG                                     pka0.7.0.1010.0       SCSI Bus ID 7LC                                     dka0.0.0.1010.0        RZ1CB-BA-C                                     dka400.4.0.1010.0      PIONEER e DVD-ROM DVD-ISA4K Slot     Device  Name           Type         Enabled  BaseAddr  IRQ     DMAs 0hC           0       Mouse          Embedded        Yes     60      12lB           1       KBD            Embedded        Yes     60      1B           2       COM1           Embedded        Yes     3f8     4B           3       COM2           Embedded        Yes     2f8     3B           4       LPT1           Embedded        Yes     3bc     7J           5       FLOPPY         Embedded        Yes     3f0     6       2C           6       EIDE           Embedded        Yes     1f0     14eC                                                          3f6     15,<                                                          170<                                                          376J           7       ES1888         Singleport      Yes     220     5       1  >>>  
  >>>show * adv_diag                offc auto_action             HALT boot_dev	 boot_file@ boot_osflags            0,0l boot_reset              OFFe bootdef_devV
 booted_dev booted_filet booted_osflags char_set                0c  console                 graphics controlp                on d_bell                  offe d_cleanup               on d_complete              offs d_eop                   off  d_group                 fieldi d_harderr               halt d_loghard               on d_logsoft               off  d_oper                  offt d_passes                1  d_quick                 offm d_report                full d_runtime               0   d_softerr               continue d_startup               off  d_status                off  d_trace                 offn dma_prefetch            ON dump_dev enable_audit            ON ewa0_arp_tries          3c ewa0_bootp_files ewa0_bootp_servers ewa0_bootp_tries        30 ewa0_def_ginetaddr      0.0.0.0  ewa0_def_inetaddr       0.0.0.0f ewa0_def_inetfileo ewa0_def_sinetaddr      0.0.0.0- ewa0_def_subnetmask     0.0.0.0- ewa0_ginetaddr          0.0.0.0, ewa0_inet_init          bootp: ewa0_inetaddr           0.0.0.0:
 ewa0_inetfiles ewa0_loop_count         3e83 ewa0_loop_inc           a-  ewa0_loop_patt          ffffffff ewa0_loop_size          2e ewa0_lp_msg_node        1r ewa0_mode               Fast ewa0_protocols          MOP  ewa0_sinetaddr          0.0.0.00 ewa0_tftp_tries         3c% exdep_data              23E7C00000000, exdep_location          8  exdep_size              8< exdep_space             pmem exdep_type              3p ffauto                  OFFe ffnext                  OFFt graphics_page           0i graphics_type           VIDEOv kbd_hardware_type       PCXALo language                36) language_name           English(American)  license                 MU mop_debug               OFF , mop_password            00-00000000-00000000 mop_version             1e mopv3_boot              OFFV os_type                 OpenVMSeE pal                     OpenVMS PALcode V1.20-16, Tru64 UNIX PALcode , V1.22-18 pci_device_override     0  pci_parity              off_ pka0_host_id            7_ pka0_mode               ultraJ pka0_soft_term          diff quick_start             OFFM scsi_poll               ON srm2ctrl srm2dev  srm_boot                on" sys_serial_num          NI720035VB tt_allow_login          1- tta0_page               0  tta0_type               VIDEO  tty_dev                 0s3 version                 V7.2-1 Mar  6 2000 14:47:02o  >>>    >>>boot dka400 flags 0,0# (boot dka400.4.0.1010.0 flags 0,0) 2 block 0 of dka400.4.0.1010.0 is a valid boot block) reading 969 blocks from dka400.4.0.1010.0s bootstrap code read in1 base = 1d8000, image_start = 0, image_bytes 79200i initializing HSRPB at 2000! initializing page table at 1ca0005 initializing machine state# setting affinity to the primary CPU  jumping to bootstrap coden   halted CPU 0  
 halt code = 5  HALT instruction executedc
 PC = 20067e80t  >>>   ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:27:05 GMTs4 From: brad@.gateway.2wire.net (Bradford J. Hamilton)? Subject: Re: Trouble installing VMS AXP Hobbyist on a PWS 600aue/ Message-ID: <YTTQb.116300$sv6.616725@attbi_s52>t  u In article <gDSQb.24210$i4.2113@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>, Wesley Dunnahoo <wdunnahoo@mindspring.com> writes:uG !I've spent the past several weeks trying to install VMS on an old PWS  E !600au that used to contain Debian Linux.  I can load Windows NT but  H !receive an error when I try to boot the Hobbyist version of the CD-ROM 7 !(see below).  Any help would be extremely appreciated.t !r !Thanks, !e !Wesley  !u
 !SRM details:s !snipped for relevance...! !PCI BusF !      Bus 00  Slot 03: Digital Semiconductor 21143 Network ControllerL !                                    ewa0.0.0.3.0          00-00-F8-75-5C-3B !- !      Bus 00  Slot 04: PCI IDEaC !                                    pqa0.0.0.4.0          PCI EIDES !A' !      Bus 00  Slot 07: Intel SIO 82378o !O  I This CDROM will not boot VMS...at least not easily, from my understandingaA (folks, please jump in here if you have information to share...).d   !snip! ! >>>boot dka400 flags 0,0R$ !(boot dka400.4.0.1010.0 flags 0,0)3 !block 0 of dka400.4.0.1010.0 is a valid boot blocke* !reading 969 blocks from dka400.4.0.1010.0 !bootstrap code read int2 !base = 1d8000, image_start = 0, image_bytes 79200 !initializing HSRPB at 2000l" !initializing page table at 1ca000 !initializing machine state.$ !setting affinity to the primary CPU !jumping to bootstrap code !s
 !halted CPU 0  !t !halt code = 5 !HALT instruction executed !PC = 20067e80 ! >>>  !   J __________________________________________________________________________A Bradford J. Hamilton                    "All opinions are my own"-K bMradAhamiPltSon-at-coMmcAast.nPeSt     "Lose the MAPS, and replace '-at-' a0                                          with @"   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:07:27 -0800c% From: Dean Woodward <deanw@rdrop.com>k$ Subject: Re: walking into a war zone( Message-ID: <40136B2F.5090808@rdrop.com>   Chris Moore wrote:
 > "JF Mezei":I >>"David J. Dachtera" wrote:I >>>The older command is ANALYZE/ERROR (again, see the HELP), but this has.D >>DIAGNOSE does not exist on VAX, ANA/ERROR is still current on VAX.! > ANAL/Error can be used as well.a  F This would *probably* be a good time to clue the hapless newbie in to H the fact that on VMS, you can shorten most commands, i.e., "ANAL/ERROR" D doesn't mean see a proctologist; it's shorthand for "ANALYZE/ERROR".  F (And an unfortunate one, too- how many spam traps throw away messages C gatewayed through the infoVAX list because they see that shortcut?)r   ------------------------------  + Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:48:35 +0000 (UTC)g( From: ExGuardianReader <noway@noway.com>, Subject: Re: Where is XML generator for VMS?0 Message-ID: <buvvt2$9j7$1@sparta.btinternet.com>   Craig A. Berry wrote: 4 > In article <butbic$qcb$1@hercules.btinternet.com>,, >  ExGuardianReader <noway@noway.com> wrote: >>J >>Why not download Java for free and just write a simple SAX XMLReader to  >>read the data, e >  > H > How is an XML reader going to help him when his data are not (yet) in H > XML?  Java is a good suggestion, though; I'm sure there are XMLWriter  > classes for Java available.c  H The interface XMLReader does not read XML in the format you usually see 3 it with '<element attribute="value">' type text in._  E It simply sends events detailing the notional opening and closing of  C elements (with attached attribute values), and the textual content  I between the opening and closing tags to a ContentHandler (which can feed  H the events on). These are where you would LIKE opening and closing tags , to be - the underlying data can be anything.  B These events can be sent through to an XML "pretty-printer" which + produces the familiar XML view of the data.9  B For instance, I've just written a class (RsultSetXMLReader) which I produces an XML view of a JDBC ResultSet (The results from an SQL SELECT EE operation). The ResultSet object contains all the data rows and type  G information, and column heading information (from the 'SELECT field AS   "Column Heading"' form)o  / For each row in the ResultSet, this class callso  $ myContentHandler.startElement("row")% for (int i = 1; i <= numColumns; i++)$ { ) 	String theData = resultSet.getString(i);o' 	myContentHandler.startElement("data");r& 	myContentHandler.characters(theData);% 	myContentHandler.endElement("data");l }e$ myContentHandler.startElement("row")    5 You can see that the resulting XML will have the form    <row>V	    <data>a	      BLAHe
    </data>	    <data>       100.00 
    </data> </row>    I The syntax is a *little" mor involved than that because you usually have  E attribtes (like data type of the data element), but that's the idea:  
 event -> XML.s  H Pop over to comp.lang.java.* and ask. If I see you, I'll post some code.  > Nige (Former fanatical VMS programmer, and comp.os.vms lurker)   ------------------------------  % Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:31:43 +0800 , From: Paul Repacholi <prep@prep.synonet.com>, Subject: Re: Where is XML generator for VMS?- Message-ID: <87u12klytc.fsf@prep.synonet.com>e  * ExGuardianReader <noway@noway.com> writes:   > <row>       (row >    <data>     (data BLAH)s >      BLAHo >    </data> >    <data>     (data 100.00)w
 >      100.00e >    </data> > </row>      )   B This is called progress isn't it? we have now eliminated the silly parethesies :)   -- u< Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,7 +61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda.e@                                              West Australia 6076* comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot. Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.F EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2004.049 ************************