1 INFO-VAX	Wed, 13 Oct 2004	Volume 2004 : Issue 568       Contents:G Re: AlphaServer ES47 MBM "replicated database not synchronized" message + Another bug in Zip 2.3 for VMS (with a fix)  Another newbie question  Re: Another newbie question  Re: Another newbie question  Re: Another newbie question  Re: Another newbie question  Re: ftp directory (ls) format  Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT' HP says EVA rumors started by Andrew :) + Re: HP says EVA rumors started by Andrew :)  Laptop as a terminal?  Re: Laptop as a terminal?  Re: Laptop as a terminal?  Re: Laptop as a terminal?  Re: Laptop as a terminal?  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap  Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap 6 Re: OpenVMS and Synergex Positions Baltimore/Wash/Phil) Re: openVMS network configuration problem  Re: OT: IBM Redbooks Re: Sayonara storage# Re: SHOW DEVICE/FILES with FORTRAN? # Re: SHOW DEVICE/FILES with FORTRAN?  termios  for VMS?  Re: termios  for VMS?  Re: vms and fibre channel . Re: [OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2] FAO directive !AD ?  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 03:19:01 GMT % From: "Mike Naime" <mnaime@kc.rr.com> P Subject: Re: AlphaServer ES47 MBM "replicated database not synchronized" message6 Message-ID: <F81bd.3866$PH6.892@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>   Some basic questions:   C Have you tried to connect on the local side of the "NAT" box to the < 10.253.0.1 address instead of connecting to the WAN address?  J What output are you getting from your systems?  Can you possibly post some configuration information?
 show power show part  -all  show system  show mem	 show memb  show duo	 show grid  show net   That should cover everything.   L You might have a problem with the drawers not thinking that they are part of the same server.  E Also, check the ID's of the drawers, they should be 0 (Master) and 1.   
 Mike Naime  A Graham Owen <grahamowen@streetmanagement.org.uk> wrote in message 7 news:7d424a97.0410040144.1a45a949@posting.google.com...  > Can anybody help please? > H > I am attempting to power up a standalone AlphaServer ES47 by telnetingD > into the MBM.  The system won't power up, or do most other things.$ > The error messages that I get are: > : > ~CLI-W-(tCLItelnet) replicated database not synchronized > and 1 > ~CLI-E-(tCLItelnet) error in accessing database  > D > These message do not seem to appear in the CLI Reference document.? > Can you tell me what the error is here and how to rectify it?  >  > Many Thanks.   ------------------------------  + Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:13:49 -0500 (CDT)  From: sms@antinode.org4 Subject: Another bug in Zip 2.3 for VMS (with a fix)) Message-ID: <04101222134941@antinode.org>   G    In the continuing Zip saga, as I've been working on VMS code for the E forthcoming Zip 3.0, I've run into an interesting bug in Zip on VMS.  F From time to time, but not always, there seemed to be an awkward pauseD between the time when an archive was apparently created and when Zip actually exited.  E    Research revealed that Zip creates an archive in a temporary file, A "ziXXXXXX.;", where "XXXXXX" is the low six digits of the decimal H representation of the process ID.  (See "tempnam()".)  Then, if all goesH well, it renames it to the desired archive destination name specified by	 the user.   F    The temporary file was supposed to be created in the same directoryG as the user-specified destination, making it easy to rename.  Sadly, on G VMS it was normally created in the default directory instead.  Thus, if C the archive destination was on a different disk, the rename attempt H failed, and Zip (cleverly, but not instantaneously) copied the temporaryH file to the archive destination.  This copy operation was the reason forF the pause, which could be substantial for large files on hardware like mine.   H    The fix should be in Zip 3.0 whenever that emerges.  If it's bothered@ you before, as it has me, a retro-fix is available in the latest FILEIO.C and VMS.C under:   4       http://www.antinode.org/ftp/info-zip/zip-2_3x//       ftp://ftp.antinode.org/info-zip/zip-2_3x/   F    On the bright side, there appears to be some hope of the large-fileD stuff working on VMS in the new Zip/UnZip, where the C RTL can cope.  H ------------------------------------------------------------------------  4    Steven M. Schweda               (+1) 651-699-98183    382 South Warwick Street        sms@antinode-org     Saint Paul  MN  55105-2547    ------------------------------    Date: 12 Oct 2004 14:28:48 -0700# From: Stitzman@gmail.com (stitzman)   Subject: Another newbie question= Message-ID: <53cc0efd.0410121328.311308aa@posting.google.com>   @ How's this for a serious newbie question?  I can't even create aC directory.  I'm in my home directory and here's the sort of thing I  tried:   $ create/directory test 
  -- and -- $ create/directory test.dir 
  -- and -- $ create/directory test.dir;1   $ Each time I got the following error:  : %CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, TEST.DIR;1 directory file not created, -LIB-F-INVFILSPE, invalid file specification    5 What am I doing wrong?  I guess I'm too used to Unix.    Thanks,  Jon    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:42:49 -0400 + From: Ken Robinson <kenrbnsn1@patmedia.net> $ Subject: Re: Another newbie questionA Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20041012174046.0347aec0@mail.patmedia.net>   ' At 05:28 PM 10/12/2004, stitzman wrote: A >How's this for a serious newbie question?  I can't even create a D >directory.  I'm in my home directory and here's the sort of thing I >tried:  >  >$ create/directory test >  -- and -- >$ create/directory test.dir >  -- and -- >$ create/directory test.dir;1   $ create/dir [.test]  C Will create a sub-directory in your home directory. You can also do ! $ create/dir [.test1.test2.test3]   " And VMS will do the correct thing.   Use VMS HELP   $help cre /dire   
 Ken Robinson     ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:46:17 -0400 * From: Joel Loveless <joell@mindspring.com>$ Subject: Re: Another newbie question8 Message-ID: <kujom05m2ug8akb56glm55h4sul2vqbrmp@4ax.com>   Try    $ create/dir [test]   E this will create a directory called test in the root directory of the = disk set you are currently located. To create a subdirectory;    $ create/dir [.test]  > the dot indicates subdirectory of cuurent. For more try $ HELP
 CREATE/DIR    C On 12 Oct 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Stitzman@gmail.com (stitzman) wrote:   A >How's this for a serious newbie question?  I can't even create a D >directory.  I'm in my home directory and here's the sort of thing I >tried:  >  >$ create/directory test > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir;1 > % >Each time I got the following error:  > ; >%CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, TEST.DIR;1 directory file not created - >-LIB-F-INVFILSPE, invalid file specification  >  > 6 >What am I doing wrong?  I guess I'm too used to Unix. >  >Thanks, >Jon   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:50:59 GMT L From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)$ Subject: Re: Another newbie question6 Message-ID: <00A393F3.59A743C6@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  c In article <53cc0efd.0410121328.311308aa@posting.google.com>, Stitzman@gmail.com (stitzman) writes: A >How's this for a serious newbie question?  I can't even create a D >directory.  I'm in my home directory and here's the sort of thing I >tried:  >  >$ create/directory test > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir;1 > % >Each time I got the following error:  > ; >%CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, TEST.DIR;1 directory file not created - >-LIB-F-INVFILSPE, invalid file specification  >  > 6 >What am I doing wrong?  I guess I'm too used to Unix.   Syntax:    $ create/directory [.test]  L (makes file test.dir, which has a directory bit flipped on in it someplace).   -- Alan    ------------------------------  + Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:52:27 +0000 (UTC) 6 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)$ Subject: Re: Another newbie question1 Message-ID: <newscache$wxqh5i$kf32$1@news.sil.at>   c In article <53cc0efd.0410121328.311308aa@posting.google.com>, Stitzman@gmail.com (stitzman) writes: A >How's this for a serious newbie question?  I can't even create a D >directory.  I'm in my home directory and here's the sort of thing I >tried:  >  >$ create/directory test > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir > -- and --  >$ create/directory test.dir;1 > % >Each time I got the following error:  > ; >%CREATE-E-DIRNOTCRE, TEST.DIR;1 directory file not created - >-LIB-F-INVFILSPE, invalid file specification  >  > 6 >What am I doing wrong?  I guess I'm too used to Unix.  D Read HELP. There is the word "directory-spec[,...]" not "file-spec". Correct syntax is    $ CREATE/DIRECTORY [.TEST]   --   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: 12 Oct 2004 14:17:06 -0700, From: JimStrehlow@data911.com (Jim Strehlow)& Subject: Re: ftp directory (ls) format= Message-ID: <4b6ec350.0410121317.79ab2488@posting.google.com>   Y briggs@encompasserve.org wrote in message news:<JLm$nqvQbg+p@eisner.encompasserve.org>...  ... = > Does anyone know of an internet FTP site hosted by OpenVMS?  >  > Try ftp.process.com  > L > That site is run by Process Software, the current vendors for both TCPWare, > and Multinet.  It runs the TCPWare server. > ...  > 	John Briggs  # Thank you. We used to use Multinet. A We might use it again if its version of FTP works better with the B third party custom control that our developer needs for a wireless	 solution.    Jim Strehlow, Alameda, CA, USA   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:25:24 +0200 0 From: Keith Cayemberg <keith.cayemberg@arcor.de>' Subject: Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT B Message-ID: <416c2fa5$0$20941$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net>   JF Mezei wrote:   1 > The VMS systems have long since been replaced.    G While it's correct that SWIFT is desupporting ST400 at the end of this  3 year, at the present moment it's still supported...   @ SWIFT - Operations Forum Europe - ST400 Rel. 5.3.5 qualified for* OpenVMS 6.2 & 7.3 - EOL  end of 2004 - PPT, http://www.swift.com/index.cfm?item_id=42270  H While not wanting to disagree that this has been a set-back for OpenVMS H as a platform for financial services, I do want to point out that there F are a number of other companies providing SWIFT compatible access for / OpenVMS. Please consider the following links...      ALLSHARE - Quaestor - Bank/View  Private Banking - Bank/View B many interfaces with other systems. Bank/View interfaces with for I instance: Euronext, Switch, BGC, SWIFT, DECK, Cedel, Euroclear, Necigef,  G Telekurs, GL Trade, NEX Management, FMC, Beursdata, Telex, Fax, Mabel,  ! Exact, WP, Word, Lotus and Excel. 3 http://www.allshare.nl/banking/private/bankview.htm G Retail Banking - Quaestor is our top of the line core banking solution  ( for Retail, Private and Wholesale banks.F Platform-independent : Quaestor is built with COOL:Gen, a programming G language of Computer Associates (CA). This makes Quaestor suitable for  F several RDBM (Relational Data Base Management) systems (DB/2, Oracle, C Sybase, SQL Server, etc.), Operating Systems (MVS, VMS, Unix, AIX,  C Windows NT, etc.) and hardware platforms (mainframe, midrange, PC); 9 http://www.allshare.nl/banking/retailbanking/quaestor.htm  --- ' GIFTS Software Inc. - SWIFT CBT - GIFTS # http://www.giftssoft.com/index.html   4 GIFTS Software Inc. - OpenVMS Business Partner Brief3 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/partners/gifts/index.html   6 GIFTS Software Inc. - Den Danske Bank - Brochure - PDFL ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/store/solutionstore/GIFTS_DenDanske_ss_09-11_ro.pdf ---  Logica - Partner Brief; http://www.openvms.compaq.com/solutions/finance/logica.html   6 LogicaCMG - FastWire - SWIFT, Telex, fax, CHAPS, FXNET- http://public.logicacmg.com/~fsd/fastwire.htm   * LogicaCMG - OpenVMS Business Partner Brief: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/solutions/telecom/logicacmg.html --- ' Montran Corporation - Global Payments - 2 over S.W.I.F.T., TELEX, and local clearing systems7 http://www.montran.com/products/gps/global_payments.htm   * Montran Corporation - GPS - Broshure - PDFF ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/store/solutionstore/MontranGPS_SB_0300_ro.pdf  4 Montran Corporation - OpenVMS Business Partner Brief5 http://h71000.www7.hp.com/partners/montran/index.html   9 Montran Corporation - RTGS - Real Time Settlement Systems 1 http://www.montran.com/products/rtgs/real_tgs.htm   + Montran Corporation - RTGS - Broshure - PDF H ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/store/solutionstore/Montran_rtgs_SB_0808_ro.pdf --- * Telindus Network SA - SWIFT CBT - HypercomC http://www.telindusproducts.com/integrated+applications/industries/  --- $ TLC Consulting Limited - Interlock -& migration from ST400 to Swift Allianceg http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:iEzPwBIfHZsJ:www.tlcconsulting.net/Interlock.htm+tlc+interlock&hl=en   0 TLC Interlock Flyer.pdf (application/pdf Object)? http://www.tlcconsulting.net/flyers/TLC%20Interlock%20Flyer.pdf   6 TLC Interlock White Paper.pdf (application/pdf Object)G http://www.tlcconsulting.net/flyers/TLC%20Interlock%20White%20Paper.pdf     G There is a long list of other Finance Industry applications running on  F OpenVMS not specific to SWIFT Funds Transfer. I am aware of 27 Banks, G Building Societies or Credit Unions which are currently using OpenVMS.  @ Several of these have OpenVMS as the primary platform for their  financial system.    Cheers!    Keith Cayemberg    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:33:20 -0400 # From: "John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> ' Subject: Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT , Message-ID: <4radnZVGrPY70PHcRVn-iA@igs.net>   David Froble wrote:  > John Smith wrote:  > < >> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2004/041011a.html >> >>= >> HP Launches Financial Services Industry Platform for SWIFT  >> Connectivity  >>C >> Solution delivers lower costs and higher availability through HP : >> ProLiant server running Microsoft clustering technology >>% >> ATLANTA, SIBOS 2004, Oct. 11, 2004 L >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---  >> ----  >>B >> HP today announced a new server platform that enables financialD >> institutions and large corporations to access the SWIFT financialB >> messaging network while taking advantage of the lower costs andG >> higher availability of the clustered Microsoft Windows environment.  >  > = > Oh goodie!  History repeating itself again.  Let's see ....  > ? > DEC has VAX customers, and wants more Alpha customers.  Great F > solution, rob the VAX customer base to acquire more Alpha customers. > G > HP now owns VMS which was a prefered platform for Swift.  HP provides D > a new Swift system which allows them to pay licenses to Microsoft,C > replacing the VMS based systems which have no need to pay license  > fees to Microsoft. > G > At least there is consistancy.  Nothing else good I can see.  Problem  > is, consistantly stupid!    = And then there's this sort of thing yet again from Microsoft:   / http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5406550.html   J If I were the head of IT security/risk managment at a bank, I sure as hellJ wouldn't let anything like a Swift gateway run on anything from Microsoft.  L Talk about the proverbial costly single-point-of-failure - hack into a SwiftG gateway and kiss your money goodbye. Yes there are usually other decent I controls surrounding a Swift gateway, but I've see instances where things J arent as secure as they should be and machines exposed over networks whereK they should not have been. All you need is one or two and you have yourself  a very nice full bank account.   ------------------------------  + Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:41:13 +0000 (UTC) 6 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)' Subject: Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT 1 Message-ID: <newscache$6fqh5i$8c32$1@news.sil.at>   q In article <bfeNDnbH6By5@eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: ] >In article <416B78F8.B1C45510@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes: Q >> Also, with HP UX still in transition to that IA64 thing, and with more changes Q >> coming when they integrate the tru64 features, customers might be less affraid K >> to go with wintel which is a platform with a much less uncertain future.  > 4 >   That's true.  With wintel we know it won't work.  N But that doesn't prevent management to start the project and continue it untilL the company is dead (because every IT specialist inhouse - formerly employedK to make billyboxes work - still recommend M$ as the best possible solution) D Sad isn't it. But so well known. And they are all in good company...  J Wait some more years and enough LINUX weenies are out of school/universityJ to successful fight against M$. But that doesn't help VMS or the industry.M Too bad that all is based on no VMS in education/press for over a decade now.    --   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: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:46:04 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> ' Subject: Re: HP ignores OpenVMS & SWIFT , Message-ID: <416C7AC3.ED1B4AFF@teksavvy.com>   Keith Cayemberg wrote:I >> There is a long list of other Finance Industry applications running on G > OpenVMS not specific to SWIFT Funds Transfer. I am aware of 27 Banks, H > Building Societies or Credit Unions which are currently using OpenVMS.A > Several of these have OpenVMS as the primary platform for their  > financial system.   L Thanks for the long list with pointers. However, do you know if all of thoseN are qualified for the current TCPIP based SWIFt network with all the new SWIFT applications ?  K Montran seems to be a really old piece of software that connected to ST400.    ------------------------------    Date: 12 Oct 2004 17:30:40 -0700( From: bob@instantwhip.com (Bob Ceculski)0 Subject: HP says EVA rumors started by Andrew :)= Message-ID: <d7791aa1.0410121630.784b92e3@posting.google.com>   8 just kidding Andrew ... or did you really start them? :)  ) http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19043    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:41:35 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> 4 Subject: Re: HP says EVA rumors started by Andrew :), Message-ID: <416C95D1.778878D8@teksavvy.com>   Bob Ceculski wrote:  > : > just kidding Andrew ... or did you really start them? :) > + > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19043   L Interesting article. But then, the original article didn't state that HP wasG winding down EVA, it stated that the outsourcing of support would drive L customers away to a point where sales would be low enough to justify getting
 out of it.  M Interesting that they mention still working on a response, but then they leak  this piece of information.  N There is one piece of credible information though, the statement that they areL increasing the number of storage specialists. But are those sales people, or support people ?  L There is one damning piece of information: the fact that the XP line is moreJ or less as profitable as EVA. Implication is that you can generate as muchJ profit with someone else's hardware, why bother spending all the R&D money developing your own ?    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:00:57 -0700 , From: James Nykiel <jnykiel@access4less.net> Subject: Laptop as a terminal?< Message-ID: <pan.2004.10.13.00.00.57.480679@access4less.net>  
 Greetings:    F I am going to be receiving an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (Thank you Alan!)I within the next couple of weeks but unfortunately it now appears that the 6 monitor I was planning on using may be on its way out!  E I have an IBM ThinkPad X20 laptop running Linux Fedora Core 2 and was H wondering if it is possible to somehow use the laptop as a "terminal" soJ that I can install and use OpenVMS until I round up a replacement monitor?  H If this is even possible what all do I need to do, buy, or build to make it so.     Thanks - Jim   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:12:41 GMT L From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)" Subject: Re: Laptop as a terminal?6 Message-ID: <00A39407.24FDDBDC@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>  k In article <pan.2004.10.13.00.00.57.480679@access4less.net>, James Nykiel <jnykiel@access4less.net> writes:  >Greetings:  >  > G >I am going to be receiving an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (Thank you Alan!) J >within the next couple of weeks but unfortunately it now appears that the7 >monitor I was planning on using may be on its way out!  > F >I have an IBM ThinkPad X20 laptop running Linux Fedora Core 2 and wasI >wondering if it is possible to somehow use the laptop as a "terminal" so K >that I can install and use OpenVMS until I round up a replacement monitor?  > I >If this is even possible what all do I need to do, buy, or build to make  >it so.   L I haven't tried this with an AlphaStation in particular.  All VMS boxes withL which I'm familiar have serial ports and can be set to use a serial console.M So if you can get a terminal program running on your laptop (I expect there's L a workable Kermit for Linux) then all you need is the right serial cable and comm settings.  K If you want to use the laptop as a graphical console, I think you're out of % luck, barring considerable surgery.      -- Alan    ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:40:10 GMT % From: Bob Harris <harris@zk3.dec.com> " Subject: Re: Laptop as a terminal?B Message-ID: <harris-146AAB.22402012102004@cacnews.cac.cpqcorp.net>  6 In article <00A39407.24FDDBDC@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>,H  winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)   wrote:   L > In article <pan.2004.10.13.00.00.57.480679@access4less.net>, James Nykiel # > <jnykiel@access4less.net> writes: 
 > >Greetings:  > >  > > I > >I am going to be receiving an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (Thank you Alan!) L > >within the next couple of weeks but unfortunately it now appears that the9 > >monitor I was planning on using may be on its way out!  > > H > >I have an IBM ThinkPad X20 laptop running Linux Fedora Core 2 and wasK > >wondering if it is possible to somehow use the laptop as a "terminal" so M > >that I can install and use OpenVMS until I round up a replacement monitor?  > > K > >If this is even possible what all do I need to do, buy, or build to make 	 > >it so.  > N > I haven't tried this with an AlphaStation in particular.  All VMS boxes withN > which I'm familiar have serial ports and can be set to use a serial console.O > So if you can get a terminal program running on your laptop (I expect there's N > a workable Kermit for Linux) then all you need is the right serial cable and > comm settings. > M > If you want to use the laptop as a graphical console, I think you're out of ' > luck, barring considerable surgery.    > 	 > -- Alan    9600 baud speed setting   A I've used a DECconnect cable and a pair of H8571-J Rev B (DB9 to  H DECconnect) adaptors (H8571-J  PC/AT 9 pin male (PC serial port)).  But B you should be able to use a serial cable with DB9 Male connectors.  ? What I do not know is if this creates a straight through RS232  I connection or if it creates a null modem RS232 connection.  I'm guessing  D it is a null modem connection, as in transmit and receive are cross = wired in the cable and a few other misc pins are cross wired.   E I forget if the firmware is smart enough to know there is no monitor  G attached and automatically use the serial port, or if you have to tell  I the firmware to use the serial port, or if you can remove the video card  H to force the switch (does this system have a separate video card, or is E it an integrated VGA graphics chip?; too many VAXen and Alphas in my  F life and not enough time with them open and their guts hanging out :-)  2                                         Bob Harris   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:47:04 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>" Subject: Re: Laptop as a terminal?+ Message-ID: <416C9728.AEF8E847@comcast.net>    James Nykiel wrote:  >  > Greetings: > H > I am going to be receiving an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (Thank you Alan!)K > within the next couple of weeks but unfortunately it now appears that the 8 > monitor I was planning on using may be on its way out! > G > I have an IBM ThinkPad X20 laptop running Linux Fedora Core 2 and was J > wondering if it is possible to somehow use the laptop as a "terminal" soL > that I can install and use OpenVMS until I round up a replacement monitor? > J > If this is even possible what all do I need to do, buy, or build to make > it so.  ! Well, of course there's Kermit...   H However, if all you need is just a serial console terminal (TTY quality,F little or nothing more), even the crippled HyperTerm that shipped with older WhineBloze will suffice.  H Try to get Kermit or some other freeware serial terminal program, if youA can't afford/justify Reflection or some other (lesser) commercial  terminal program.   F If you don't plug a keyboard into the AS200, I think it should defaultA to the COM1 port, 9600, 8-none-1, even if the console environment  variable is set to "graphics".   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:30:33 -0700 , From: James Nykiel <jnykiel@access4less.net>" Subject: Re: Laptop as a terminal?< Message-ID: <pan.2004.10.13.05.30.31.690625@access4less.net>   Bob,  ! Found this while googling around:   I > I've got an AlphaStation 200(4/233) and I want to run it headless via a  > serial cable.  > J > Can someone point me to a doc that will definitively tell me what I must" > have to connect a PC (Intel) COM > Port to the Alpha correctly. > G > Might anyone know if I can simply put a NULL adapter on a modem cable : > and make this work (correctly and safely for the Alpha)? > F > Yes. I use a null modem cable to run an AS200 4/233 (and AlphaserverF > 1000A) headless (Linux 2.4.x). The kernel has been built with serialE > console support, a getty is enabled on ttyS0, and SRM has also been   > configured to use serial port.   - Jim   5 On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:40:10 +0000, Bob Harris wrote:   8 > In article <00A39407.24FDDBDC@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>,I >  winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) 	 >  wrote:  > E >> In article <pan.2004.10.13.00.00.57.480679@access4less.net>, James + >> Nykiel <jnykiel@access4less.net> writes:  >> >Greetings: >> > >> >J >> >I am going to be receiving an AlphaStation 200 4/233 (Thank you Alan!)I >> >within the next couple of weeks but unfortunately it now appears that > >> >the monitor I was planning on using may be on its way out! >> >I >> >I have an IBM ThinkPad X20 laptop running Linux Fedora Core 2 and was I >> >wondering if it is possible to somehow use the laptop as a "terminal" H >> >so that I can install and use OpenVMS until I round up a replacement >> >monitor? >> >G >> >If this is even possible what all do I need to do, buy, or build to  >> >make it so.  >>  J >> I haven't tried this with an AlphaStation in particular.  All VMS boxesD >> with which I'm familiar have serial ports and can be set to use aG >> serial console. So if you can get a terminal program running on your J >> laptop (I expect there's a workable Kermit for Linux) then all you need/ >> is the right serial cable and comm settings.  >>  G >> If you want to use the laptop as a graphical console, I think you're - >> out of luck, barring considerable surgery.  >>  
 >> -- Alan >  > 9600 baud speed setting  > B > I've used a DECconnect cable and a pair of H8571-J Rev B (DB9 toI > DECconnect) adaptors (H8571-J  PC/AT 9 pin male (PC serial port)).  But D > you should be able to use a serial cable with DB9 Male connectors. > @ > What I do not know is if this creates a straight through RS232J > connection or if it creates a null modem RS232 connection.  I'm guessingE > it is a null modem connection, as in transmit and receive are cross ? > wired in the cable and a few other misc pins are cross wired.  > F > I forget if the firmware is smart enough to know there is no monitorH > attached and automatically use the serial port, or if you have to tellJ > the firmware to use the serial port, or if you can remove the video cardI > to force the switch (does this system have a separate video card, or is F > it an integrated VGA graphics chip?; too many VAXen and Alphas in myH > life and not enough time with them open and their guts hanging out :-) > 4 >                                         Bob Harris   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:28:39 -0400 , From: "warren sander" <warren.sander@hp.com>" Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap, Message-ID: <416c4dbb$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>  J for the html version blame MS.. It's a ppt file that I do a 'save as html' and that's what I get H I do a bit of editing to add in the top and bottom frames and change the list from dots to numbers   I I've tried the other sizes that powerpoint lets you do slides and basicly  it's not worth the extraK effort vs the gain in readability. Hopefully the PPT, PS, PDF or Zip of the  PS should be enough for you F to re-construct on various platforms. btw, I used the adobe generic ps# driver for the postscript versions.     . "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message" news:opsfrj7psxzgicya@hyrrokkin...I > On 12 Oct 2004 08:16:15 -0700, Fabio Cardoso <fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.br>  > wrote: > 	 > > Click  > > B > > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps.htm > >  > > Regards  > >  > > FC >  > HTML version is unreadable.  >  >  > --  E > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:36:28 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> " Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap, Message-ID: <416C7884.AB344D67@teksavvy.com>   Fabio Cardoso wrote:@ > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps.htm  M Used to be that sales of Alpha would continue as long as demand justified it. H But now, there seems to be the final sale set at 2006 set on page 4, butF leater on, they do mention "at least until 2006". Which one is which ?  K The feeling I get is that V8.2 on IA64 won't be  fully functional. There is 6 mention of support of greater than 8CPUs coming later.  J "Mixed Alpha and Itanium cluster support with shared fibre channel storage% today, full cluster support in 2005."   N I am puzzled by this. Does this mean that you won't be able to use ethernet to( cluster an alpha and an IA64 this year ?  J It mentions continued .NET support ...  What exactly does that mean ? WhatJ .NET support exists on VMS today ? Or is ".NET support" just a meaningless babble ?  M I note that while graphics are mentioned for 8.2, Graphics are "TBD" for 8.3.   I Anmd nowhere in that 47 page document (PDF version) is there mention of a  roadmap for X-windows/Motif.   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:39:12 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> " Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap, Message-ID: <416C7928.2D32F5C9@teksavvy.com>   John Reagan wrote: > > HTML version is unreadable.  > >  > >  > ) > Worked for me using Mozilla on OpenVMS.   N The framing is such that the useless frames take up too much space and occludeF the frames that contain the contents if you screen isn't large enough.  J Dowloading the pDF worked though since it was in a frame that was visible.   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:35:15 -0400 ' From: John Sauter <J_Sauter@Empire.Net> " Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap8 Message-ID: <ce1pm01b2ussdsro9ojfba1li0060r837v@4ax.com>  ? I found references to the VAX on pages 6, 9, 18, 28, 40 and 46, 7 but not much information about maintenance releases fort8 VAX sofrware.  Rdb shows continued maintenance releases,8 but what about OpenVMS, Pathworks, TCP/IP services, etc.%     John Sauter (J_Sauter@Empire.Net)    ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:14:33 -0700n# From: "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com>O" Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap( Message-ID: <opsfsdujk4zgicya@hyrrokkin>  . On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:39:12 -0400, JF Mezei  % <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:a   > John Reagan wrote:  >> > HTML version is unreadable. >> > >> > >>* >> Worked for me using Mozilla on OpenVMS. >dJ > The framing is such that the useless frames take up too much space and  	 > occlude H > the frames that contain the contents if you screen isn't large enough. >eE > Dowloading the pDF worked though since it was in a frame that was  r
 > visible.  D I used Opera on W2K and the text was so small I couldn't make it out and this is on 21" monitor       -- NC Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/n   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 03:04:00 GMT-5 From: rdeininger@mindspringdot.com (Robert Deininger) " Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New RoadmapL Message-ID: <rdeininger-1210042313210001@user-uinj403.dialup.mindspring.com>  5 In article <416C7884.AB344D67@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei % <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:o   >Fabio Cardoso wrote:sA >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/roadmap/openvms_roadmaps.htmt >hN >Used to be that sales of Alpha would continue as long as demand justified it.I >But now, there seems to be the final sale set at 2006 set on page 4, butoG >leater on, they do mention "at least until 2006". Which one is which ?w >mL >The feeling I get is that V8.2 on IA64 won't be  fully functional. There is7 >mention of support of greater than 8CPUs coming later.y  I The largest I64 system that V8.2 will support has 8 CPUs.  Later releaseshJ will support high-end systems.  This plan is at least a year old, probably older.  K >"Mixed Alpha and Itanium cluster support with shared fibre channel storagem& >today, full cluster support in 2005." >mO >I am puzzled by this. Does this mean that you won't be able to use ethernet toM) >cluster an alpha and an IA64 this year ?h  J V8.2 will support LAN as a cluster interconnect.  But LAN boot support for& cluster satellites won't be there yet.  I I think the point about shared fibrechannel storage is that Alpha and I64o$ systems can coexist on the same SAN.   ------------------------------  % Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:35:49 -0400t- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com>-" Subject: Re: OpenVMS : New Roadmap, Message-ID: <416CB08F.FC466202@teksavvy.com>   Robert Deininger wrote: ; > The largest I64 system that V8.2 will support has 8 CPUs.e  L > V8.2 will support LAN as a cluster interconnect.  But LAN boot support for( > cluster satellites won't be there yet. > K > I think the point about shared fibrechannel storage is that Alpha and I64 & > systems can coexist on the same SAN.  L I am curious as to why an IA64 node capable of clustering over ethernet withL other IA64 nodes would not be able to coexist with Alpha (ro even vax) nodes by default ?  ; Is this a case of it being all in there but not supported ?   M Considering all the talk about common source, how come the IA64 version woulds6 have such different functionality than the Alpha one ?  I However, what this says is that VMS won't be ready for prime time on IA64tK until equal functionality has been reached with Alpha. The gap between lastwK Alpha and fully functional VMS on IA64 seems to have widened, requiring the  building of a bridge.f  J I'd be more comfortable and put greater trust in HP if it were to announceM that EV79 would still be produced and that Alphas would remain at least untilt2 mid 2007 (18 months more than current commitment).   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:29:52 -0500i2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>? Subject: Re: OpenVMS and Synergex Positions Baltimore/Wash/Phil + Message-ID: <416C9320.5AEF8137@comcast.net>w   Hal Kuff wrote:n > - > In article <4169D66C.E6D8640D@comcast.net>,-6 >  David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> wrote: >  > > "Main, Kerry" wrote: > > >f" > > > > -----Original Message-----A > > > > From: David J Dachtera [mailto:djesys.nospam@comcast.net]-& > > > > Sent: October 10, 2004 3:29 PM! > > > > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com(G > > > > Subject: Re: OpenVMS and Synergex Positions Baltimore/Wash/Phil  > > > >u > > > > Hal Kuff wrote:-	 > > > > >-5 > > > > > In article <41683FA3.EF94C9AF@comcast.net>,m> > > > > >  David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:	 > > > > >-J > > > > > Well Bob And David, thanxs for the replies.... in answer to your> > > > > > comments, if you understand what a web service (SOA) > > > >eC > > > > Can you define "SOA"? I only recognize that from a DNS zoneo > > > > defintion as > > > > "Start Of Authority".- > > > >  > > >e > > > David, > > > L > > > Think of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) as a standard way (agreedH > > > to by all the major players in the Industry) for a program to call5 > > > subroutines from any platform over the network.  > > >nL > > > Rather than "rewrite all of the business logic we have invested in forJ > > > the last 10-15+ years", many Customers are using SOA to "protect ourM > > > investments and integrate OpenVMS" with web services based applicationsn > > > on other platforms.0 > > >tK > > > You do this by exposing sub functions of the business logic in such a M > > > way that Cobol code on OpenVMS can be called by a .Net application on adK > > > Windows platform or J2EE application running on Linux or Solaris etc.  > > >nE > > > However, as Hal correctly pointed out, there are some technicaleN > > > challenges in exposing application code on ANY platform to web services. > > >2 > > > A few articles:l@ > > > http://news.com.com/2100-7345_3-5182950.html?tag=nefd_lede > > >nM > > > http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?secid=611908207&id=1581387443  > > >o > > > BEA SOA Resource CenteroO > > > http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=index.htm&FP=/content/solutions/soa/l > >mJ > > Well, o.k., but I'm still not seeing any "knockout factors" that would  > > preclude tele-collaboration. > F >  If you need to merge into an existing development group and learn a> > package that will take months to get going on.... how do you > tele-commute?   D Well, if you're spending time reading manuals and poking around withA test code/data, what does it matter where you do it? (You can askaE questions by telephone, just to blow that argument out of the water.)e  2 > How do you work with the end-users of the system  H Telephone, again. If needed, there is much "help desk 'magic'" about forC seeing what's on a user's screen, and/or taking over or supervisingR* their motions through a problem discovery.   > ande7 > spend 10 hours a week for 90 days on the white-board?   $ See http://www.webex.com/ and others   No knock-outs yet...   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems- http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page:T" http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/9   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:54:43 GMTa6 From: "Andy Bustamante" <a_c_bustamante@earthlink.net>2 Subject: Re: openVMS network configuration problem< Message-ID: <doXad.12181$nj.3595@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>  G I'd recommend checking the speed/duplex settings.  Watch this on boot &aI tcpip startup.  Autonegotiate doesn't have a great track record, try hardt1 setting the Alpha and the other end, if possible.        -- E     Andy BustamanteR Remove the ASCII 95s for e-mail-    6 "Simon Stirley" <simon@stirley.me.uk> wrote in message, news:416beffc.1223827661@news.demon.co.uk... > F > Hi .. I've got an openVMS box (DEC Alpha) all installed, licensed upF > and running Motif quite happily. However the network is now refusingG > to connect - no IP connection can be negotiated from the DHCP server,rF > and if I fix the IP address I can neither ping in or out. I have hadF > this working in the past, before changing the disks for bigger ones,1 > so I don't think it's a hardware issue as such.g >lC > Anyone any ideas ? I've been through remove/add of TCP/IP and alliH > sorts of different configurations but with no results. It's the latest" > version of openVMS, 7.3 I think. >I	 > Thanks.    ------------------------------    Date: 12 Oct 2004 21:35:47 -0700/ From: johnhreinhardt@yahoo.com (John Reinhardt)  Subject: Re: OT: IBM Redbooksi= Message-ID: <5d708ac7.0410122035.1c0af615@posting.google.com>    > >aD > >I think the OpenVMS community should "copy" this model of writingB > >books. There is too much informarion spreaded in the web sites. > >  > >  i > >rJ > Silly question, but since IBM has always been known as Big Blue, why did: > they choose to call them RedBooks rather than BlueBooks? >  > D > As for having VMS equivalents, there used to be when Digital ownedI > Digital Press; books, magazines, mailers - each specific to the Digital-E > products line.  Nothing better than owning your own printing press,JF > somewhere HP, Compaq, or perhaps even Digital, lost sight of that...  C Perhaps the OpenVMS equivalent could be called OrangeBooks (for theg< early VMS binders), or GreyBooks (for the later binders), orD BlackBooks ( for the current direction HP is taking VMS... no, wait,E let's not go there).  Alternatives could be DECbooks (taken already?)t VMSbooks?  VMSInfo?d   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:00:14 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com>t Subject: Re: Sayonara storagef, Message-ID: <416C7008.2F613AED@teksavvy.com>   jlsue wrote:K > negative connotations.  The rest, though, implies that the company may be K > trying to be thorough and accurate in giving as much information as you'd2: > need to feel confident they are behind their statements.  G Sorry, that doesn't work. Companies who know their products are able to4% respond within hours to such stories.   F If it takes that much time to concuct an answer it means that the trueJ strategic long term plan does not match what HP says publicly in the shortM term and that is when the laywers must carefuly weight each and every word tomL ensure that HP doesn't technically lie and that the statement won't generate an SEC enquiry.w   ------------------------------  # Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:59:24 GMTt0 From: John Santos <john.santos@post.harvard.edu>, Subject: Re: SHOW DEVICE/FILES with FORTRAN?> Message-ID: <MPG.1bd639018dbb68519896e2@news.bellatlantic.net>  - In article <416B616C.FA2E19CA@teksavvy.com>, t$ jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com says... > David Froble wrote: - > > ;       Assign the VMS I/O channel numberi > > ;rE > >          MOVAB   WRK_Q_DEVDSC,R0         ; Set descriptor addressG3 > >          CVTBW   NAM$T_DVI(R8),DSC$W_LENGTH(R0)s6 > >          MOVAB   NAM$T_DVI+1(R8),DSC$A_POINTER(R0)G > >          $ASSIGN_S DEVNAM=(R0),CHAN=WRK_W_VMSCHN,ACMODE=#PSL$C_USERiF > >          BLBS    R0,300$                 ; Continue if all is okay > > = > > After this snippet of code, there is an open file, right?  > > Where's the lock?Q >  > M > No it doesn't open a file, it opens a channel to the device. That device ish  > the disk that holds some file. > O > And just because yo don't see an obvious call to the locking routines doesn'teM > mean that a lock isn't taken on a resource behind the scenes on your behalfa > without you knowing it.,  I To open the file, you need to follow up the $ASSIGN with a $QIO ACP call  F to actually open (or create) a file.  The ACP (or XQP after about VMS G 4.0 for ODS-2 or ODS-5 disks) creates the file lock, I think.  RMS alsopD has its own locks but I think it uses the ACP/XQP lock for the file D itself.  At any rate, it is possible to get "File locked by another B user" errors and to cause them if a program uses the ACP functions7 to access a file that is open or will be opened by RMS.o   -- m John   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:03:37 GMTi0 From: John Santos <john.santos@post.harvard.edu>, Subject: Re: SHOW DEVICE/FILES with FORTRAN?> Message-ID: <MPG.1bd639fd800cade19896e3@news.bellatlantic.net>  G In article <416af4a3$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>, hein.nomail@hp.nomail.com   says...w > J > "Bob Koehler" <koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote in message/ > news:5JppZl6IZHAM@eisner.encompasserve.org...tJ > > In article <newscache$3xnf5i$r5t1$1@news.sil.at>, peter@langstoeger.at% > (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER) writes:o > > >e: > > >        %SYSTEM-W-FILELOCKED, file is deaccess locked > >SE > >    I thought that was an artifact of FCS (predecessor to RMS) and G > >    no longer a situation one could actually get into.  Can it stills* > >    be reached via ACP (XQP) functions? > 4 > The functionality is still there, best I can tell: > N > The XQP writes through WCB$V_DLOCK to FCH upon close if need be. FIB$V_DLOCKN > will set WCB$V_DLOCK on IO$_ACCESS is so requested. IO$_MODIFY can clear the; > bit when the application believes the file is consistent.l > K > I personally have not seen a single application exploiting DEACCESS LOCK, G > since RSX-11M days. Do you know of any VMS provided tool that use thenJ > Deaccess lock semantics? Do you know of any ISV / 3rd party common usageK > applications that use this? Do you know of any end-user applications thatt > use this?n > M > I was wandering whether it would make sense to re-define F$FILE(x,"LOCKED")mL > to also mean that the file is currently being accessed: like it would show > up with SHOW DEV/FILE. > N > It would be a bit hokey to have a double defintion, and in the sense that weI > all understand that this is a transient state. It may well change right K > after you looked. For any serious business you just have to open the fileHK > exclusively yourself. If that works, it was not, and is not, locked by ana > other process :-). > L > Still, I believe this to be what our customer base wants / expects to see. >  > Opinions? Hein.h  H ROSS/V still does this for the temporary files from writing to a spooled- terminal or printer.  I don't remember why...a  F I found the comment from 9Jan1984 when I removed using FIB$M_DLOCK forB regular disk files.  I think it caused lots of problems and didn'tA really help prevent them, but after almost 21 years, I think the >, replacement code is now officially grown up!   -- r John   ------------------------------    Date: 12 Oct 2004 13:27:46 -07001 From: "galenlt@ucia.gov" <gspamtackett@yahoo.com>n Subject: termios  for VMS?B Message-ID: <1097612866.665232.43010@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>  D I suspect the answer to this question is no or I would have found it more easily, but here goes:A  C Is there a port of termios for VMS? I could use one that runs underhA either GNV or "native" VMS. Even a limited port would probably beo helpful.  G The OpenVMS Porting Libraries don't include it, and the current versionw1 of GNV doesn't either, as nearly as I can tell...e   ------------------------------  % Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:41:43 -0500 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> Subject: Re: termios  for VMS?+ Message-ID: <416C95E7.A6B5C6CA@comcast.net>n   "galenlt@ucia.gov" wrote:e > F > I suspect the answer to this question is no or I would have found it > more easily, but here goes:c > E > Is there a port of termios for VMS? I could use one that runs underaC > either GNV or "native" VMS. Even a limited port would probably bee
 > helpful. > I > The OpenVMS Porting Libraries don't include it, and the current versiony3 > of GNV doesn't either, as nearly as I can tell...o   <Donning dental smock>   What is "termios"?  @ A Yahoo! search turned up references to a termios.h file and theF associated specification and manpages, but not to any software by that name.    -- e David J Dachtera dba DJE Systemsc http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page::" http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/F   ------------------------------  # Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:49:38 GMTN% From: "Mike Naime" <mnaime@kc.rr.com>h" Subject: Re: vms and fibre channel7 Message-ID: <6J0bd.3662$PH6.2672@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>k  L I think that the more important question would be if the ADTX supported VMS.  > We are using HSG's, EVA's, and the XP1024 in our Data Centers.  G The HSG's and EVA's allow me to set the OS LUN ID on the storage LUN tofJ whatever I want to.  The XP1024 OS LUN ID is determined by the CU groupingG and LUSE ID that you make the LUN from.  You take this CU:LU number and L convert that number from HEX to DECIMAL to determine what your OS LUN ID is.  " Your ADTX may have similar issues.  7 Also, what SAN switches are you plugging this all into?r   Mike  2 Andrzej Bugowski <bandrzej@wp.pl> wrote in message( news:ck2sak$n8d$1@nemesis.news.tpi.pl...I > My question is. Which HBA support VMS. I have cheaper storage ADTX MassuF > Stora L-series and I would like to connect this storage to VMS. This storage ; > support HBA Emulex and Qlogic. Can I use this HBA on VMS?a >nI > Uytkownik "Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER" <peter@langstoeger.at> napisa w 8 > wiadomoci news:newscache$n1k55i$xq81$1@news.sil.at... > F > > In article <ck07p0$6v5$1@atlantis.news.tpi.pl>, "Andrzej Bugowski" > > <bandrzej@wp.pl> writes:7 > >>I would like to ask all. VMS support fibre channel.z > >f > > And the answer is: 17  > > No, it's not. It is: Yes > >  > > What was your question ? > >A > > -- > > Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGERt) > > Network and OpenVMS system specialiste  > > E-mail  peter@langstoeger.atJ > > A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist >u >i   ------------------------------  + Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:32:06 +0000 (UTC)e6 From: peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)7 Subject: Re: [OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2] FAO directive !AD ?s1 Message-ID: <newscache$00qh5i$8c32$1@news.sil.at>e  Z In article <416BB777.7080702@bigpond.com>, David B Sneddon <dbsneddon@bigpond.com> writes:0 >Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER was overheard to say:G >> Does anyone know why the FAO directive !AD is (still) not documented  >> and how one uses it ? >t? >It IS documented... System Services Manual in the $FAO sectiony  M Thanks. So it is only a problem of HELP Lexicals Directives (where I looked).t) I'll report it to the openvmsdoc folks...   D >!AD takes two parameters, the length and the address of the string.   Many thanks-   -- e 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   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2004.568 ************************