1 INFO-VAX	Fri, 09 Jul 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 376       Contents:+ Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!) + Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!) + Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)  Re: Alpha 255 died Re: Alpha 255 died$ Re: AlphaServer 400 4/233 won't boot* Re: Alphastation 255 with "KEYBOARD ERROR" ANN: MBU - Mailbox utility Re: Blogging on VMS  Re: Blogging on VMS $ Re: Datatrieve Help Creating Domains$ Re: Datatrieve Help Creating Domains% Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS ) Re: Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS ) Re: Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS & Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege?& Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege?& Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege?P Re: Hello, I want to complain-- [You want to complain!] (Was: Accuweather...) Ac, Re: How does VMS decide what to call a disk?, Re: How does VMS decide what to call a disk?= Re: Intel Itanium's very survival in doubt - inquirer article C Re: Is anyone interested in an HP World 2004 comp.os.vms (COV) BOF? 1 New vms install, problem with serial console opa0 5 Re: New vms install, problem with serial console opa0 + Re: OpenVMS 7.3-1 on Alpha Wokstation 500au 6 Re: OpenVMS Management Station -  cluster storage ????6 Re: OpenVMS Management Station -  cluster storage ????8 Re: OpenVMS ssh login problem with pre-expired passwords0 Re: Question about AS 800 and display resolution/ Re: question on terminal settings for an AS1200 8 Re: Transferring a VMS file system onto a Unix-based SAN8 Re: Transferring a VMS file system onto a Unix-based SAN What is creating DADxx Devices? A [Ann] jPDF Suite - 100% Java server side suite for PDF generation   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:42:01 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>4 Subject: Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)* Message-ID: <40EDE9D9.8299239@comcast.net>   Nigel Barker wrote:  > R > On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:02:14 -0500, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> > wrote: > J > >Well, yes and no. A promo. targetted to Windows users only seems like aJ > >half-effort, worthy of recognition, but leaves the audience wanting (asI > >evidenced by this thread). A promo. that is agnostic of platform seems & > >to make a stronger statement, IMHO. > N > What format would you propose? Remember it must work without downloading anyC > additional software for the vast majority of the target audience.   F .mpeg seems to be fairly universal (Whinebloze Media Slayer handles it; quite nicely) and fits the "platform agnostic" requirement.    D.J.D.   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:46:12 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>4 Subject: Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)+ Message-ID: <40EDEAD4.30F47058@comcast.net>   * Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr wrote: > ^ > In article <dlrpe093jqgd8j1jlr8snkdp4tlv3b8f6m@4ax.com>, Nigel Barker <nigel@hp.com> writes:S > >On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:02:14 -0500, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> 	 > >wrote:  > > K > >>Well, yes and no. A promo. targetted to Windows users only seems like a K > >>half-effort, worthy of recognition, but leaves the audience wanting (as J > >>evidenced by this thread). A promo. that is agnostic of platform seems' > >>to make a stronger statement, IMHO.  > > O > >What format would you propose? Remember it must work without downloading any D > >additional software for the vast majority of the target audience. > L > I actually disagree with David's premise.  (I mean, yes, I'd prefer a niceJ > MP3 myself, but something that will work on the platform used by 90%+ of( > desktop users is a pretty good deal.)   D Ooohhh, careful there! Just because Whinebloze is ubiquitous doesn't@ mean that everyone has Media Slayer and/or that it's up to date.  & > It'd be nice if it were _also_ thereM > in Quicktime, too, but I'm just not going to get on HP's case for putting a D > VMS promo in a format the vast majority of its customers can read. > > > (And I say that as someone who is not very fond of Windows.)  G Y'know, I blast Billyware here and other places, but if you look at the G headers of this message you'll see that it was sent from Netscape V4.77  on W2K.   E As soon as Novell/SuSE comes out with a suitable replacement, I'll be @ switching to it. (Gave up hoping for VMS desktop some time ago.)   D.J.D.   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:43:27 GMT L From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ("Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr")4 Subject: Re: Accuweather video mentions VMS (TWICE!)6 Message-ID: <00A348A3.EB99B701@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  ` In article <40EDEAD4.30F47058@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes:+ >Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr wrote:  >>  _ >> In article <dlrpe093jqgd8j1jlr8snkdp4tlv3b8f6m@4ax.com>, Nigel Barker <nigel@hp.com> writes: T >> >On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 20:02:14 -0500, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>
 >> >wrote: >> >L >> >>Well, yes and no. A promo. targetted to Windows users only seems like aL >> >>half-effort, worthy of recognition, but leaves the audience wanting (asK >> >>evidenced by this thread). A promo. that is agnostic of platform seems ( >> >>to make a stronger statement, IMHO. >> >P >> >What format would you propose? Remember it must work without downloading anyE >> >additional software for the vast majority of the target audience.  >>  M >> I actually disagree with David's premise.  (I mean, yes, I'd prefer a nice K >> MP3 myself, but something that will work on the platform used by 90%+ of ) >> desktop users is a pretty good deal.)   > E >Ooohhh, careful there! Just because Whinebloze is ubiquitous doesn't A >mean that everyone has Media Slayer and/or that it's up to date.   L Careful there, yourself.  Your premise is quoted just a couple of paragraphs1 ago: "A promo targetted to Windows users only..."   J If you want to say that you meant "Windows Media Player users only", okay,K fine, but that's not what you said, and what you said is what I was talking  about.   -- Alan    --  O =============================================================================== 0  Alan Winston --- WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDUM  Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL   Phone:  650/926-3056 M  Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA   94025 O ===============================================================================    ------------------------------  $ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:21:29 -0400+ From: Lord Isildur <isildur@andrew.cmu.edu>  Subject: Re: Alpha 255 died H Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58-035.0407081521090.6963@unix44.andrew.cmu.edu>  B maybe remove the video card and keyboard and try a serial console? isildur     H On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Miguel Angel [iso-8859-1] Us=F3n Finkenzeller wrote:   >  >  >  > Dear all!  > K > On Monday, after almost 8 years operation, I found that my VMS system had 5 > changed to console (operator?) mode, all by itself.  > L > No response to CTRL+F2 nor to the reset button, apparently. After powerin= g I > down and up, I don=B4t even get a signal on the screen (no >>> prompt). K > "Blind booting" (i.e., typing 'boot' in the keyboard after some 2 minutes L > have passed) does not cause any activity or sound, so I presume the troub= le" > is not just a faulty video card. > L > I have tried my best. The power supply puts out the expected +-12, +5, an= d F > 3.3 voltages; DKA0 spins up; the fans (power supply and CPU cooling)L > rotate; the motherboard diagnostic LED goes on on reset, and off after so= meI > 10 seconds; the CPU radiator warms up and the cooling fan increases its L > speed after some one and a half minutes; and no error beep codes are issu= ed.  > J > Any help or hint will be greatly appreciated. Digital/Compaq/HP expensesE > have always been prohibitive in Spain, and I am facing the dreadful L > perspective of joining the suicide squadron of MSWindows users: I probabl= y @ > will not convince my boss to pay for a visit of the HP serviceJ > representative more than what a "wonderful, brand new Wintel box" costs. >  >  > Thanks in advance, >  > Miguel Angel Us=F3n  >  > ------------ > Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry > University of Zaragoza > E-50006 SPAIN  >  >  >  >  >    ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 16:45:30 GMT < From: gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann) Subject: Re: Alpha 255 died 0 Message-ID: <ccjtna$3nk$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>   In article <l03110701bd133383dd82@[155.210.90.37]>, Miguel Angel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Us=F3n?= Finkenzeller <mauf2@unizar.es> writes: J >On Monday, after almost 8 years operation, I found that my VMS system had4 >changed to console (operator?) mode, all by itself. > K >No response to CTRL+F2 nor to the reset button, apparently. After powering H >down and up, I don=B4t even get a signal on the screen (no >>> prompt).J >"Blind booting" (i.e., typing 'boot' in the keyboard after some 2 minutesL >have passed) does not cause any activity or sound, so I presume the trouble! >is not just a faulty video card.   < The system will refuse to boot if it detecs severe problems.  K >I have tried my best. The power supply puts out the expected +-12, +5, and E >3.3 voltages; DKA0 spins up; the fans (power supply and CPU cooling) L >rotate; the motherboard diagnostic LED goes on on reset, and off after someH >10 seconds; the CPU radiator warms up and the cooling fan increases itsM >speed after some one and a half minutes; and no error beep codes are issued.  > I >Any help or hint will be greatly appreciated. Digital/Compaq/HP expenses D >have always been prohibitive in Spain, and I am facing the dreadfulK >perspective of joining the suicide squadron of MSWindows users: I probably ? >will not convince my boss to pay for a visit of the HP service I >representative more than what a "wonderful, brand new Wintel box" costs.   J Try to plug in a terminal at the serial console and see whether you get an
 output there.    Regards,    Christoph Gartmann    --  E  Max-Planck-Institut fuer      Phone   : +49-761-5108-464   Fax: -452   ImmunbiologieI  Postfach 1169                 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de   D-79011  Freiburg, Germany 9                http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:58:43 -0700  From: Z <z@no.spam> - Subject: Re: AlphaServer 400 4/233 won't boot 0 Message-ID: <10er6b0hg57i894@corp.supernews.com>   Robert Deininger wrote:  >>You mean >>> show console?  E > Yes, or something similar.  There's some variation between systems. L > SHOW or SHOW * would show you all the environment variables.  Also use the > console's HELP command. 6 > The usual values for CONSOLE are SERIAL or GRAPHICS.  ( That was it.  console was set to serial.   Duh!  8 I changed it to graphics, booted and the system came up.   Thanks a bunch.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 12:01:24 -0700  From: Z <z@no.spam> 3 Subject: Re: Alphastation 255 with "KEYBOARD ERROR" 0 Message-ID: <10er6g19n2osr0b@corp.supernews.com>   Christoph Gartmann wrote: N > I had a very similar problem once with such an AlphaStation. It is caused byN > a small exploding capacitor on the mainboard. It is located just between theK > outlet of the keayboard and the mouse. Because of the explosion you get a H > short-circuit there. Remove this capacitor or separate the two halves.Q > You may replace it (that is what I did) but I know of people who didn't do that , > and whose station is working nevertheless.   Your diagnosis was _perfect_.   > I pulled the cover and once I knew what to look for, I spotted> the capacitor, with a bubble and a crack in the body.  Our lab. was able to remove the old one and replace it.  ) The 255 then booted w/o a keyboard error.    Thank you very much.   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 22:08:11 -0500 - From: Hunter Goatley <goathunter@goatley.com> # Subject: ANN: MBU - Mailbox utility * Message-ID: <40EE0C1B.8060507@goatley.com>  = Thanks to Ian Miller, MBU v1.4 for OpenVMS Alpha is available 0 from my VMS freeware archives.  From the README:  = MBU is a utility for VMS mailboxes. MBU can create mailboxes, B delete mailboxes, read and write mailbox messages, and display andB change the characteristics of mailboxes. It can also view messages" in a mailbox without reading them.   http://www.process.com/openvms/   3 ftp://ftp.process.com/vms-freeware/fileserv/mbu.zip 8 http://vms.process.com/ftp/vms-freeware/fileserv/mbu.zip  / ftp://ftp.tmk.com/vms-freeware/fileserv/mbu.zip 4 http://www.tmk.com/ftp/vms-freeware/fileserv/mbu.zip   And on the other mirrors soon.     Hunter ------9 Hunter Goatley, Process Software, http://www.process.com/ ; <goathunter@GOATLEY.COM>     http://www.goatley.com/hunter/    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:54:14 -0500 . From: Alphaman <alphaman-nix-spam@alphant.com> Subject: Re: Blogging on VMS0 Message-ID: <10ernl74ik3ig7a@corp.supernews.com>   Michael Austin wrote: J > There must be a few more changes that need to be made or there is still  > a file problem...  >  > First, >  CSWS 1.3  >  CSWS_PHP 1.2  > : > Well, I am not sure what I did, but it is working now... > H > http://www.firstdbasource.com/blog/index.php - these are entries that  > were "published" > K > I am using ODS-5 disks - unzip puts the filename as xxxx_inc.php when it  I > should be xxxx.inc.php.  Trying to rename results in xxxx^.inc.php and  I > Pivot can't find the file. Parse style is extended... I will see about  I > reading the FAQ in the morning.... on how to get it to be xxxx.inc.php;  >  > Michael Austin.  >  >   G I found some more double extension changes on my ODS2 drive, and fixed  H the phpsniff problem in the process.  Look for .class.php and .core.php ? double extensions and change to _class.php and _core.php names.   G Any OpenVMS php hackers out there with good security tips of things we   should watch out for?    Aaron    ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:42:11 GMT 1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com>  Subject: Re: Blogging on VMS= Message-ID: <DRlHc.12112$G26.5932@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>    Alphaman wrote:    > Michael Austin wrote:  > E >> There must be a few more changes that need to be made or there is   >> still a file problem... >>	 >> First,  >>  CSWS 1.3 >>  CSWS_PHP 1.2 >>; >> Well, I am not sure what I did, but it is working now...  >>I >> http://www.firstdbasource.com/blog/index.php - these are entries that   >> were "published"  >>I >> I am using ODS-5 disks - unzip puts the filename as xxxx_inc.php when  I >> it should be xxxx.inc.php.  Trying to rename results in xxxx^.inc.php  H >> and Pivot can't find the file. Parse style is extended... I will see C >> about reading the FAQ in the morning.... on how to get it to be   >> xxxx.inc.php; >> >> Michael Austin. >> >> > I > I found some more double extension changes on my ODS2 drive, and fixed  J > the phpsniff problem in the process.  Look for .class.php and .core.php A > double extensions and change to _class.php and _core.php names.  > I > Any OpenVMS php hackers out there with good security tips of things we   > should watch out for?  >  > Aaron     G Thanks for finding the phpsniff stuff... In looking at the stats I can  G see the ip/name of the systems looking at the BLOG AND the really cool  2 thing is that I can block them from coming back :)  I A good NG for PHP stuff - regardless of OS - is comp.lang.php  There was  B some things recently about being able to "inject" code into a PHP 6 variable that would get executed on the target system.  D This instance will probably go away in the near future when I start  using it for something useful.   Enjoy,   Michael Austin.    ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:57:35 GMT L From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ("Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr")- Subject: Re: Datatrieve Help Creating Domains 6 Message-ID: <00A3487B.FC1C3D00@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  l In article <4b6ec350.0407080921.5792ee9d@posting.google.com>, JimStrehlow@data911.com (Jim Strehlow) writes:e >lsk55@hotmail.com (Scott) wrote in message news:<926edf3b.0407071439.61189330@posting.google.com>... $ >> In Datatreve enter the following: >> DEFINE RECORD MY-REC USING  >> 01  MY-RECORD. " >>     03  MY-FIELD-1   PIC X(10)." >>     03  MY-FIELD-2   PIC 9(10). >> ;C >> Once you've done that, it'll tell you the length of your record. $ >> Then enter the following command:9 >> DEFINE DOMAIN MY-FILE USING MY-REC ON MY_FILESPEC.DAT;  >... >  >That might work on old VAXes.! >Johnny, are you on VAX or Alpha?  > < >On Alpha, you need to create separate files in a directory.< >They "must" (works for me) be named *_DOM.DTR and *_REC.DTR > G >(1) create the record layout file first named   domainName_REC_REC.DTR D >(note: the leading  domainName_REC  portion is what you use in item >(2) ) >with contents such as >  >RECORD domainName_REC USING >01  MY-RECORD.   >    03  MY-FIELD-1   PIC X(10).  >    03  MY-FIELD-2   PIC 9(10). >; >  > > >(2) create a domain file in your Datatrieve directory named   >domainName_DOM.DTR G >with its contents naming the record layout file and your physical data  >file  > * >DOMAIN domainName USING domainName_REC ON" >logicalNameDirectory:PAYROLL.DAT; >  > F >Using Datatrieve on an AlphaServer is different than behavior on VAX.G >It took me a while to figure that out after reading some documentation  >and trial-and-error. 3 >The _REC_REC is odd in the filespec; but it works.   A I strongly suspect that the difference you're describing isn't a  O VAX/ALPHA difference, but rather a difference between having CDD and not having I CDD.  (Mindreading, I'd guess that your VAXes are old enough that CDD was I as a Digital product, included in the VIA bundle, while your Alphas came  K after Digital sold Rdb, DBMS, and CDD to Oracle, then revised Datatrieve so $ that it could work without the CDD.)   -- Alan      --  O =============================================================================== 0  Alan Winston --- WINSTON@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDUM  Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL   Phone:  650/926-3056 M  Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA   94025 O ===============================================================================    ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 17:19:27 -0700 , From: JimStrehlow@data911.com (Jim Strehlow)- Subject: Re: Datatrieve Help Creating Domains < Message-ID: <4b6ec350.0407081619.3293d24@posting.google.com>  Z "Barry Treahy, Jr." <Treahy@MMaz.com> wrote in message news:<40ED8497.9000208@MMaz.com>...J > The VMS version shouldn't make any difference... I challenge you to try K > the prior mentioned DEFINE, above, on your system and paste the results,   > if should work just fine...  > Barry   ; That method does work and is great for new files (domains).   E What is different between VAX and Alpha was (historically) VAX stored B objects in the Common Data Dictionary (CDD) where Alpha stores the+ objects in individual files in directories.   E The syntax of what is stored for the domain and record definitions is B slightly different. Borrowing a script "as is" (EXTRACTed from the) CDD) from the VAX to Alpha usually fails. @ That was the point I was trying to make. He may have been tryingB "tried and true" old methods that worked on VAX but do not work on Alpha.  A (I have used Datatrieve recently for data conversions from RMS to  Oracle. +  I do not "actively" work with Datatrieve.)    Thanks for the information.    Jim    ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 15:08:52 -0700 0 From: dave.baxter@bannerhealth.com (Dave Baxter). Subject: Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS= Message-ID: <a3c44af1.0407081408.18f6f03d@posting.google.com>   C I am looking at my CLI manual for my HSG80 controllers and I notice F the "ADD CONCATSET" command.   It is followed by the WArning/INfo thatD this should only be used with host OS's that support "Dynamic Volume Expansion". =      I know this is available with OpenVMS V7.3-2, for use in E conjunction with the Dissimilar Device Shadowing (DDS) functionality, A however I was wondering if (since this is an HSG controller level ? expansion), whether I could 'grow' a CONCATSET on an OVMS 7.3-1  system.    Anyone know ???    Dave   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:53:36 GMT 1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com> 2 Subject: Re: Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS= Message-ID: <k0mHc.12113$7a6.9702@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com>    Dave Baxter wrote:  E > I am looking at my CLI manual for my HSG80 controllers and I notice H > the "ADD CONCATSET" command.   It is followed by the WArning/INfo thatF > this should only be used with host OS's that support "Dynamic Volume
 > Expansion". ? >      I know this is available with OpenVMS V7.3-2, for use in G > conjunction with the Dissimilar Device Shadowing (DDS) functionality, C > however I was wondering if (since this is an HSG controller level A > expansion), whether I could 'grow' a CONCATSET on an OVMS 7.3-1 	 > system.  >  > Anyone know ???  >  > Dave   simplistically speaking:B Not dynamically until 7.3-2.  If you add concat stuff, the header C information about the size of the disk will not be updated until a  C re-init.  The disk and the filesystem on the disk are two seperate  F entities until you get to 7.3-2 where the OS can "adjust" that header  information.  F BTW, did Banner ever hire the Cerner/VMS person they were looking for?   Michael Austin.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:56:50 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>2 Subject: Re: Dynamic Volume Expansion & CONCATSETS+ Message-ID: <40EDFB62.7A4CF6F1@comcast.net>    Dave Baxter wrote: > E > I am looking at my CLI manual for my HSG80 controllers and I notice H > the "ADD CONCATSET" command.   It is followed by the WArning/INfo thatF > this should only be used with host OS's that support "Dynamic Volume
 > Expansion". ? >      I know this is available with OpenVMS V7.3-2, for use in G > conjunction with the Dissimilar Device Shadowing (DDS) functionality, C > however I was wondering if (since this is an HSG controller level A > expansion), whether I could 'grow' a CONCATSET on an OVMS 7.3-1 	 > system.  >  > Anyone know ???   H Every doings I have been at lately has said that V7.3-1 does not supportD volume expansion and the necessary features will not be back-ported.  + That said, there's always BACKUP/restore...    D.J.D.   ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 15:20:40 GMT < From: gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann)/ Subject: Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege? 0 Message-ID: <ccjoo8$1lu$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>  q In article <fY+v$StmEQ$I@eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: o >In article <cch5nt$8q$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>, gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann) writes:  >>  L >> Not quite. To be more specific, the product in question is "Pathworks forP >> Macintosh" or "MSA", a retired product from DEC. It is started via the systemN >> startup procedure and therefore its processes run under the SYSTEM account.O >> The question is whether I do any harm to the OS if SYSTEM has no EXQUOTA per + >> default but has to enable it if need be.  > I >   So was the file an MSA log, or a Mac user's data file?  I would never I >   place the latter on the system disk, and I would be really worried if  >   MSA had lots to log.  N It was a spool file of a printing job, finally more than 1 GB in size. Now the& spool directory is on a separate disk.  M By the way, I enabled auditing for the EXQUOTA privilege. Now I noticed that  M yet another process of some third party software makes use of this privilege. F Is there a way to find out which file actually caused the audit event?   Regards,    Christoph Gartmann    --  E  Max-Planck-Institut fuer      Phone   : +49-761-5108-464   Fax: -452   ImmunbiologieI  Postfach 1169                 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de   D-79011  Freiburg, Germany 9                http://www.immunbio.mpg.de/home/menue.html    ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 16:14:59 -0500 ; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) / Subject: Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege? 3 Message-ID: <74cz2P6516od@eisner.encompasserve.org>   o In article <ccjoo8$1lu$1@n.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>, gartmann@non.immunbio.mpg.de.sens (Christoph Gartmann) writes:  > O > By the way, I enabled auditing for the EXQUOTA privilege. Now I noticed that  O > yet another process of some third party software makes use of this privilege. H > Is there a way to find out which file actually caused the audit event? >   G    You could enable security auditing of all sucessfull file access and G    look for coincidence, but don't leave it on too long unless you have *    lots of space on your audit log device.   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:36:50 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>/ Subject: Re: EXQUOTA SYSTEM's efault privilege? + Message-ID: <40EDF6B2.A81B42D2@comcast.net>    Christoph Gartmann wrote:  > b > In article <40ECA0CF.64513700@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> writes:K > >If I had the problem, I would turn off disquotas on the system disk, put K > >SYSTEM back to /DEFP=ALL and then try to find out what process filled up J > >the system disk and what I can do to prevent it. Sounds like a run-away	 > >to me.  > O > I know exactly which process causes the problem and why. But it is impossible % > to tell exactly when it will occur.   D Hhmmm... Sounds like there's more troubleshooting to do. You say youC know why, but not when. I'd say you know what, but not why or when.   ( > By the way, we have diskquotas enabled4 > on the system disk since years, no problem so far.   See P http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/732FINAL/6048/6048pro_005.html#startsubcommand_443  " ...especially the Note in the box.  B In an earlier post, you indicated that SYSTEM was the owner of theE offending process. That fits the documented criteria for not enabling E disk quotas on the system disk (it's a SYSTEM file, not a user file).   B Further, I suspect the note is written with the understanding thatH SYSTEM has EXQUOTA by default; thus OPCOM, Accounting, the Audit Server,G etc. should never hit a disk quota restriction and either crash or lock  up your system.    > In contrary, if a process P > dies because of lack of diskquotas you notice it and you know that you have to > take care about something.  A How soon would know that the audit server process died? ...OPCOM?  ...etc.?  E > >I could send you some DCL code that you could massage to suit your H > >needs. It pages me when freespace on a mounted volume changes by moreB > >than x% (default = 10%) between samples (currently every hour). > > 	 > >D.J.D.  > ? > Somehow we achieved this by having quotas on the system disk.   E Not quite. You made it possible for processes to die for lack of disk F quota - a RE-active solution, probably dependent upon a human to catchF the event and respond to it. Taking EXQUOTA away from SYSTEM's DEFPRIVG list could be viewed as making your system unsupported / unsupportable.   D Actively monitoring freespace and notifying for large variances is aC PRO-active solution that does not impact other functionality either  negatively or positively.    Rather a difference.   D.J.D.   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:20:09 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>Y Subject: Re: Hello, I want to complain-- [You want to complain!] (Was: Accuweather...) Ac + Message-ID: <40EDF2C8.DA434BAE@comcast.net>    William Webb wrote:  > [snip] > Okay, everybody- enough. > : > We've got to all get on the same page about complaining. > F > If HP does a bit of VMS marketing that appears to be targeted at theH > current user base, some people invariably complain that it should have! > been directed at non-VMS users.   H We seem to agree that "preaching to the choir" is not best use of scarce marketing resources.  F > If HP does a bit of VMS marketing that is in a format proprietary toF > non-VMS systems [insert trademarked Redmond product name here], someH > people invariably complain that it should have been a platform-neutral	 > format.   H We seem to agree that inclusiveness is indeed desirable a key element of a marketing strategy.   B > If HP does a bit of VMS marketing that is in a platform-agnosticG > format [PDFs come to mind here], some people invariably complain that * > there's not a PDF viewer built into VMS.  E Careful, there. The example in this case is of broader impact, as the E entire non-Windows community is left out in the cold (or the dark, as  the case may be).    > Perhaps INTEREX   & ...and/or Encompass, and/or (etc.) ...  1 > should consider having an Instapoll about this.   E Depends on whether or not hp will listen to the result. Experience to % date is, well, less than encouraging.    D.J.D.   ------------------------------  $ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:17:03 -0400( From: "Wayne" <bruzeks@atcomcastdot.net>5 Subject: Re: How does VMS decide what to call a disk? 0 Message-ID: <26GdnbBwxs55WnDd4p2dnA@comcast.com>  * Thank you folks! Your help is appreciated.   Wayne    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:51:26 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>5 Subject: Re: How does VMS decide what to call a disk? + Message-ID: <40EDFA1E.E1B0FD55@comcast.net>    Wayne wrote: > A > "David J Dachtera" <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message ' > news:40ECA297.6F3E2228@comcast.net...  > > > ---------  > > > > $ set def [oracle9i] > > > > $ sh def > > > >   DISK02:[oracle9i] 
 > > > > $ dir   > > > > Directory DSA22:[000000] > > H > > You can specify a device (or logical) name in a SET DEFAULT command.  > > See the HELP for SET DEFAULT > I > Right, but how / why does the system refer to the device differently at ? > different times? Why sometimes DISK02 and other times DSA22:?   F Depends on the command, I guess. DIRECTORY and most RMS-related things@ will likley use the the LOGVOLNAM (Logical Volume Name) which isF probably, in your example, DISK02. The LOGVOLNAM is established by the MOUNT command:  5 $ MOUNT/SYSTEM ddcu: volume_label logical_volume_name    > Oracle supportN > seems concerned that I don't have just *one* name for the disk. They say theM > software gets confused, calling the disk something sometimes, and something  > else at other times.  E Oracle side-steps so much of VMS's I/O that I don't see why it should 7 matter. Oracle can't even understand bound volume-sets.   E Oracle seems to "live" somewhere between ODS and RMS: it seems to use F systems ervices to find a file and open it, but then it uses low-level2 I/O to bypass RMS and, to some extent, ignore ODS.  3 >  I've always felt free to create as many logicals # > pointing to something as I liked.   D Well, Oracle should be viewed as "not VMS savvy" unless they've beenB consistently reading this group or they have attended VMS classes.  F Wanna screw folks up? Try doing a SHOW DEVICE for a shadow-set member.   D.J.D.   ------------------------------  $ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 22:27:15 -0400  From: John Santos <JOHN@egh.com>F Subject: Re: Intel Itanium's very survival in doubt - inquirer article6 Message-ID: <1040708222134.16556A-100000@Ives.egh.com>  * On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Andrew Harrison wrote:   > Rick Jones wrote: B > >>As I said in the absence of any information about the relativeC > >>time spent by the bind workload in the kernel and in user space  > >>your data is meaningless.  > >  > > C > > Since the performance of an emulated application depends on the I > > user/kernel split no single benchmark is going to completely describe H > > the performance of emulated applications. So, there can be no singleD > > figure describing emulated x86 performance because the differentI > > applications will spend different lengths of time emulated in the app   > > versus native in the kernel. > > G > > I'll agree with that.  I am content to have you allude to it first.  > > F > > I do not agree that the data is _meaningless_.  At the very least,F > > those with some passing familiarity with BIND named will have someA > > idea of the user/kernel splits, and those who know that their I > > application is somewhat like one of the specified BIND named versions A > > will have an idea of how their app might run under emulation.t > >  > ? > Of course but thats narrows the applicability of the data youl< > have provided to a small subset of what people do on their< > systems. It also assumes a greater level of knowledge both< > about bind and about the profile of their application than > most customers have.  : All emulation performance data ever provided by anyone for< anything in the history of the universe has this limitation.   > ; > Regretably all the emulation performance data I have seen = > provided by HP falls into the bind category, workloads that?= > are predominantly kernel based where the kernel is a nativeu > IA64 port.  C Here is where you make an unsupported claim.  Is BIND kernel-bound?l< You have posted no data to support this, you just assume it.  > Maybe it is true, maybe it isn't, but since you are making the@ claim, you have to support it.  Otherwise it is nothing but FUD.   > 	 > Regardsa > Andrew Harrisonr   -- ? John Santos  Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc. 781-861-0670 ext 539   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:09:33 GMT0, From: "Dave Gudewicz" <k9jdk@NOSPAMarrl.net>L Subject: Re: Is anyone interested in an HP World 2004 comp.os.vms (COV) BOF?- Message-ID: <hfmHc.46745$IQ4.18040@attbi_s02>t  L The CARTS LUG will have a booth @ HP World.  If getting a space for a BOF is an issue, all are welcome.    3 "Thomas Wirt" <twnews@kittles.com> wrote in message-7 news:b3531425.0407080839.6ded15eb@posting.google.com...:G > Is anyone interested in a BOF for comp.os.vms at this years HP World?:E > The last time we had one it was kind of nice to put faces to names.9C > If there is interest, then I will pursue scheduling one.  If not,0 > that's fine. > 	 > Thanks,< >s
 > Thomas Wirts > Systems Manager  > Kittle's Home Furnishingso > Indianapolis, IN   ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 12:58:03 -0700t' From: rcwood0000@yahoo.com (Roy C Wood)e: Subject: New vms install, problem with serial console opa0= Message-ID: <22e43e71.0407081158.2f69b0b8@posting.google.com>a  9 I have just installed vax-vms 7.3 using my hobbyist disk.gI   I am running the vax through the simh emulator on windows. I always get T   logged in through opa0: which thinks it's a serial line (an la36 device actually).N   I need to start the emulator and boot and login through a device that allowsK   graphics. It doesn't seem apparent on how to do that. I can't telnet intoa5   the environment yet. Any help would be appreciated!v   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:21:56 -0400 2 From: "Stanley F. Quayle" <squayle@insight.rr.com>> Subject: Re: New vms install, problem with serial console opa0/ Message-ID: <40ED82B4.11018.2075341C@localhost>4  H > [...] simh emulator on windows. [...] I need to start the emulator and8 > boot and login through a device that allows graphics.   = SIMH doesn't emulate the graphics hardware like a VAXstation.   A Instead, get TCP/IP working first.  Then, use a X-windows server AD (Reflection, Hummingbird, XFree86, etc.) to connect via TCP/IP.  If F you need a whole login session on VMS (instead of individual graphics F terminals), that requires just a little more VMS magic, which I can't  remember at the moment.c  C It's also possible to transport graphics across DECnet or LAT, but pF current Windows X products do not have DEC-protocol support anymore.  ! It's available on Linux, however.s  
 --Stan Quaylea Quayle Consulting Inc.  
 ----------- Stanley F. Quayle, P.E. N8SQ  +1 614-868-1363a3 8572 North Spring Ct., Pickerington, OH  43147  USAt0 stan-at-stanq-dot-com       http://www.stanq.com   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:02:05 -0500 - From: Hunter Goatley <goathunter@goatley.com>s4 Subject: Re: OpenVMS 7.3-1 on Alpha Wokstation 500au* Message-ID: <40ED8C1D.3070500@goatley.com>   Steve O'Hara wrote:e   > Hi,r > G > The odd thing is that the CD does actually boot i.e. it's finding thewL > bottstrap code on the start of the CD that contains the VMS banner........9 > I'm waiting for SCSI CD to turn so that I can try that.u > A You said you set the os_type to OpenVMS.  Did you INIT the system-? afterward?  On my 600au, I had the same problem you did until Io= did the re-INIT so the system really knew it was OpenVMS.  At)= that time, my dk devices became dq devices, and I was able to-) successfully boot VMS from the dq device.D  > My 500au has all DK devices, so I'm not sure if the above will help you at all or not.e   Hunter   ------------------------------  " Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:55:47 GMT' From: Rick Dyson <rick-dyson@uiowa.edu> ? Subject: Re: OpenVMS Management Station -  cluster storage ????01 Message-ID: <I0JoH0.DDD@sysadm.physics.uiowa.edu>.   Dave,>  F 	I have an almost similar setup, but much lower AlphaServer models. :(H (I suspect we might also both be using the same vendor, but that doesn't1 matter!  I suspect you are not HNAC, but I am. :))  B 	TNT (i.e., OpenVMS Management Station) is not supposed to be veryI SAN aware.  In fact, when I have tried to get it running and working withsH my EMA1200 dual environment with CSC help, their first comment was it isI not supported for SANs...  However, it is able to see my DSA disks (setupmE like yours dual and 4 paths to each) and sometimes even able to senseaH when they are getting full and send me e-mail.  But most of the time theK client won't connect to the server so I can't even adjust the thresholds ont/ disks these days, so I have just turned it off.r  A 	I would suggest (like Kerry mentioned) you use TNT only for UseriK management/Help Desk if you need to and skip it for Disk or Queue stuff. :)u  @ 	That has become my opinion, and I wanted to and tried to use itK a lot on different systems and version of OpenVMS (from v6.2 on to v7.3-1).i  B 	I suspect it is a long dead product.  I have never seen an updateF on the client side.  (Has anyone else ever seen anything except v3.0?)   Regards,
 Rick Dyson   Dave Baxter wrote:  G > During the recent July 4th weekend, I was stupid enough to take a few H > days off.     Of course, wouldn't you know it, this was when one of my0 > HSG80 disk controllers decided to take a dump.E >     As far as I am aware, I have my SAN/CLUSTER configured for high-G > redundancy, and therefore I am trying to figure out why my system hadrF > such a bad time when all that happened was that a controller failed. > G > Cluster = 1x ES40 (4-way 833MHz) + 1 GS1280 (4-way 1.15 GHz) + Quorumn > Disk.d > C > Storage 2 pairs of HSG80 Disk Controllers. each pr configured forlF > Multibus-Failover.   and in dual-redundant configuration.    None of( > the disk devices have preferred paths. > B > Both Host systems have dual HBA's and are connected to redundant
 > fabrics. > B > Within the cluster I use Host-based shadowing.     Each HSG pair, > contributes one member to each shadow-set. > D > Therefore, there are 4 physical paths available from each host, to" > each member of every shadow-set. > E > When a disk controller fails, it is supposed to failover all of thesD > drives it has responsibility for to its partner.     I assume that@ > this might also involve a period of Mount Verification for theB > affected volumes.     The message I received from the Management
 > station was) > A >      "PROD11: Shadow set DSA12: has no member device on NODE01"t > E > This implies to me that the Shadow set has no members !!?   Is thisr > what it is really saying ??? > B > If anyone could clarify this message that would probably help meG > understand the weekends events.    Also, If anyone could describe the 7 > events which take place when a Controller fails-over.e >  > My thanks in advance > 
 > Dave Baxtere   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:39:49 -0500o2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>? Subject: Re: OpenVMS Management Station -  cluster storage ???? * Message-ID: <40EDF765.5948AF0@comcast.net>   "Main, Kerry" wrote: >  > > -----Original Message-----= > > From: David J Dachtera [mailto:djesys.nospam@comcast.net]  > > Sent: July 7, 2004 9:22 PM > > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.ComMB > > Subject: Re: OpenVMS Management Station - cluster storage ???? > >: > [snip ..]5 > @ > > If you have a support contract, you'd do well to log a call. > >1= > > Personally, I've never seen a valid use for TNT (OVMS Mgt? > > Stn) out heree > > in the real world. > > 
 > > D.J.D. > >  >  > David, > H > I usually position the OpenVMS Management Station as something for the@ > help desk environment where they prefer a GUI to manage users, > passwords, queues etc.  B YECCCHHH!!!! I certainly wouldn't want non-techie help desk people poking around in the UAF!n  ( Possible HIPAA issues in the U.S., also.   D.J.D.   ------------------------------   Date: 8 Jul 2004 16:17:08 -0500u; From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)tA Subject: Re: OpenVMS ssh login problem with pre-expired passwordse3 Message-ID: <flx433zq9qW4@eisner.encompasserve.org>2  n In article <9ncHc.649$X67.527@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>, Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com> writes: > J > For some reason the SSH service does not know how to deal with anything G > other than a non-expired, working u/p.  I have had this problem many fK > times and it requires someone log into the system and modify the account  E > to nopwdexp, then log in and change your password (or not :) which hH > defeats the purpose of expiring passwords. There is no "your password H > will expire in n-days. Do you want to change it now?".   This is true  > for both Multinet and TCPIP.  D    Multinet does have hooks for dealing with this.  They're not veryC    good for SSH1, but that's mostly because SSH1 didn't include the     hooks for dealing with it.t   ------------------------------  $ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:28:09 +0200, From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl>9 Subject: Re: Question about AS 800 and display resolution:* Message-ID: <2l5p2rF982hcU1@uni-berlin.de>   Alain,  G right now I'm not able to check details but there's a "quick and dirty"- method.-7 Edit SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM and add the commands0& posted earlier at the end of the file: .a .v .4   $ set verify  $ decw$server_page_file== 160000 $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == 1280 $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == 10246 $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth  246 $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_refresh_rate 75 $ set noverify $!: $ exit                          ! end of SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM  L You should see these commands on the screen just before Xmotif gets started.? Alternatively, you could add $ set verify and $ set noverify ind* SYS$STARTUP:decw$private_server_setup.com.K If you see these commands on the console then you know they got executed. I  cannot remember off handI whether the call to decw$private_server_setup.com must be added manually.r   Hans  E "Alain Chappuis" <Alain.Chappuis@medecine.unige.ch.nospam> schreef inl9 bericht news:40ED3AB2.8050101@medecine.unige.ch.nospam...l
 > Salut Hans,a >oE > Thank you for your answer, I tested your assistance, but nothing asy	 > hanged!h >o$ > My display screen stay at 800X600./ > The logfile decw$server_0_error.log known as:o > VgaMapScreen: DVI info - >    Width = 1024, Height = 768t	 >    ....  >n% > In my decw$private_server_setup.com  >s	 > I have:s$ >   $ decw$server_page_file== 160000" >   $ decw$xsize_in_pixels == 1280" >   $ decw$ysize_in_pixels == 1024: >   $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_pixel_depth  24: >   $ define/exec/system/nolog decw$server_refresh_rate 75 >.G > I have an other graphic card PCI S3 ViRGE 8 Mgb, can I the plugged it 7 > in the server? and how to configure it in the system?2 >8  > Sorry for my second tentative! > Thank in advance.m > AC > -- AB >   Alain Chappuis    (Remove NO.SPAM to answer me in my address!)B >   Universit de Genve /Facult de Mdecine/Service Informatique3 >   http://www.sifm.unige.ch/presentation/alain.php    ------------------------------  $ Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:22:26 +0200, From: "Hans Vlems" <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl>8 Subject: Re: question on terminal settings for an AS1200* Message-ID: <2l5oo4F95irpU1@uni-berlin.de>  J "Bob Koehler" <koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> schreef in bericht- news:tUUiVqtVGwlY@eisner.encompasserve.org...c9 > In article <2l2thuF83ioqU1@uni-berlin.de>, "Hans Vlems"m! <hvlems.dotweg@zonnet.nl> writes:/ >w/ > > I mean, cardpunches didn't have screen mode  > > either and > > that worked too, right?- >uH >    Never had a cardpunch with lower case.  Prevented eunichs, C, other >    infestations. >.L We worked on a system that had no use for a C compiler. One, it had a betterI system programming language; two, its hw architecture did not lend itself:	 very wellnH for implementing one. It took until the late 90s before a C compiler was added.   ------------------------------  * Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:05:31 +0000 (UTC), From: lewis@PROBE.mitre.org (Keith A. Lewis)A Subject: Re: Transferring a VMS file system onto a Unix-based SANi. Message-ID: <cck9eb$k00$1@newslocal.mitre.org>  n ucaspal@ucl.ac.uk (Paul Lamb) writes in article <ccjsbc$2lfu$1@uns-a.ucl.ac.uk> dated 8 Jul 2004 16:22:04 GMT:I >We have a fairly old VMS system (a Digital Ultimate Workstation 533au2) nG >which remains useful but whose maintenance costs are becoming a worry.y >iB >One suggestion is to transfer all its files (except those on the E >system disk) to a Linux-based Storage Area Network then mount using   >TCPIP MOUNT/ADF=CREATE. >e& >Have many people tried this approach? >dG >Has anyone experienced file corruption (particularly with mail files)?h  I Yes, I run Fedora Core 1 at home and serve IDE disks to my VMS system.  IpL have /ADF turned on but I don't use it for VMS-specific file types anyway -- mostly just mp3 and jpg.    G Large files are a problem.  When I backed up my system disk (actually a E shadow member mounted standalone) to a saveset on the Linux disk, theVK saveset ended up considerably smaller than it should be and backup couldn'tnJ make sense of the contents.  I have not investigated to see whether it's aJ limitation of Fedora's NFS server or VMS's NFS client.  I tested a smallerL scope backup and it worked, so I'm pretty sure the problem is the file size.  C >Would you advise backing up from VMS or relying on the SAN backup?e  G As long as the SAN backup includes the hidden ADF files, that should beDI enough.  On the other hand, VMS backup gives you perks like being able to F read the backup date (presumably stored in the ADF file in this case).  $ Other cheap storage options include:   * Generic SCSI disks  J * IDE disks (unsupported, and slow on my PWS 500au, and they don't like toA multitask, but that's where I ended up putting my backup saveset)b  0 --Keith Lewis              klewis {at} mitre.org> The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer.   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:48:22 GMTm1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com>gA Subject: Re: Transferring a VMS file system onto a Unix-based SANa< Message-ID: <qXlHc.7275$bs6.5563@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>   Paul Lamb wrote:  J > We have a fairly old VMS system (a Digital Ultimate Workstation 533au2) H > which remains useful but whose maintenance costs are becoming a worry. > C > One suggestion is to transfer all its files (except those on the yF > system disk) to a Linux-based Storage Area Network then mount using  > TCPIP MOUNT/ADF=CREATE.e > ' > Have many people tried this approach?t > H > Has anyone experienced file corruption (particularly with mail files)? > D > Would you advise backing up from VMS or relying on the SAN backup? > " > Any advice would be appreciated. >  > Paul Lamb  > " > Mullard Space Science Laboratory > University College Londonn >   G Which SAN storage are you using... EMC? StorageWorks, NAS, MSA?? add a eB fibre HBA to the system and create LUNS for the VMS system on the E storage controller. Then it is native and there is no problem and no sD crappy NFS performance.  Anytime you use the network as a "bus" for I access to data files, performance can get to be intolerable - especially E if the network is overloaded.   G SAN storage is not necessarily Unix - only if you use a *ix box as the h	 "server".e   Michael Austin.f   ------------------------------  " Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:02:21 GMT' From: Rick Dyson <rick-dyson@uiowa.edu> ( Subject: What is creating DADxx Devices?1 Message-ID: <I0Jory.E2G@sysadm.physics.uiowa.edu>y  I I have the LAD system installed.  I rarely use the old InfoServer I have,  but it is there in case.  P Since I recently applied some ECOs to my AlphaServer OpenVMS v7.3 system, I haveO noticed that on average, I have 3 new DAD devices created each day.  However, IwP am the only one who would know how to do that or would do it, and I am not doingH it!  I suspect it is something due to one of these patches and a strange interaction with the OS:  P DEC AXPVMS DNVOSIECO04 V7.3         Patch       Install     13-JUN-2004 23:58:10P DEC AXPVMS VMS73_SHADOWING V4.0     Patch       Install     13-JUN-2004 23:55:51P DEC AXPVMS VMS73_FIBRE_SCSI V7.0    Patch       Install     13-JUN-2004 23:55:07P DEC AXPVMS VMS73_RPC V3.0           Patch       Install     13-JUN-2004 23:54:05    P Does anyone have any suggestions?  I am at the old v7.3, but it is fully patched6 (hey, I even have the current DECNet Phase V patch! :)    K Would I be able to setup some Audit Alarm on the creation of any DAD deviceaM and let VMS bark at me when it occurred?  Maybe even tell me the process thatuO created the device?  I am not very experienced with Audit/Accounting so if thatiN might work, an example or rich suggestion details would be very appreciated!!!   Regards,
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