1 INFO-VAX	Thu, 31 Mar 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 180       Contents: Re: Autogen question Re: Autogen question Re: cloning a system disk   Re: ports 135, 445, 139 and 1433$ Re: Restartable file transfer server Re: TCPIP SHOW ROUTE+ Re: There is certainly opportunity in chaos   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:15:41 GMT 3 From: hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com (Charlie Hammond)  Subject: Re: Autogen question 1 Message-ID: <1fW2e.2638$MV1.902@news.cpqcorp.net>   _ In article <1112287552.109753.189880@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, tadamsmar@yahoo.com writes:  > 0 >Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:F >> In article <1112278992.440525.293520@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, >> tadamsmar@yahoo.com writes: >>5 >> > @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS SAVPARAMS FEEDBACK  >> > >> > > > >> > > > or D >> > @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA SETPARAMS FEEDBACK and reboot later >> >4 >> > But none of these steps have a GENPARAMS phase.9 >> > HELP AUTOGEN documentation leave the impression that - >> > GENPARAMS would be needed at some point.  >> >3 >> > So, is GENPARMS implicit in this procedure, or  >> > it is not needed? >>E >> The first two arguments are the start phase and the end phase.  It  >does ' >> these two and all between, in order.  > C >So, if I don't mind loading the system when I am getting feedback, + >I could do the whole process in two steps:  > 0 >@SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARMS TESTFILES FEEDBACK >  >(Review report) > , >@SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT FEEDBACK > 	 >Correct?   	 Yes, but.   ; It is better to run the SAVPARAMS phase on a regular bases. ? Set up a job to run it and re-submit itself every business day, C or at least once a week, at a time of day when your system workload  is typical.   > This will also ensure that you have current feedback the next @ time you upgrade OpenVMS -- which can be a BIG help getting the ? new system running well without multiple AUTOGEN/REBOOT cycles!    --  J       Charlie Hammond -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- Ft Lauderdale  FL  USAF           (hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com -- remove "@not" when replying)J       All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily my employer's.   ------------------------------    Date: 31 Mar 2005 10:10:10 -0800 From: tadamsmar@yahoo.com  Subject: Re: Autogen question C Message-ID: <1112292610.918742.203090@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Rob Brown wrote:0 > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 tadamsmar@yahoo.com wrote: > F > > So, if I don't mind loading the system when I am getting feedback,. > > I could do the whole process in two steps: > > 3 > > @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARMS TESTFILES FEEDBACK  > >  > > (Review report)  > > / > > @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA REBOOT FEEDBACK  > >  > > Correct? >  > I would do this: > 5 >    @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN SAVPARAMS TESTFILES FEEDBACK  >    (Review report) >    REBOOT    What do you mean?   ( Just rebooting will do nothing, I think.   > D > I see little benefit in recalculating the parameters if I like the& > ones that have already been created. > = > I generally leave off the FEEDBACK parameter.  Autogen will C > automatically use feedback if the system has been up long enough.  > And I'm a lazy typist. >  >  > -- > D > Rob Brown                        b r o w n a t g m c l d o t c o mC > G. Michaels Consulting Ltd.      (866)438-2101 (voice) toll free! 8 > Edmonton                         (780)438-9343 (voice)7 >                                   (780)437-3367 (FAX) 4 >                                   http://gmcl.com/   ------------------------------  + Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:06:08 +0000 (UTC) P From: helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply)" Subject: Re: cloning a system disk$ Message-ID: <d2he6g$3qh$1@online.de>  7 In article <3b2ng1F6f71q9U1@individual.net>, Paul Sture  <paul.sture@decus.ch> writes:   H > Please see the VMS FAQ - "How do I change the node name of an OpenVMS 
 > System?"   Yes, of course.   6 However, is this completely accurate and up-to-date?    H "There are likely a few other areas where the nodename will be stored."   I "This may well have missed one or two configuration tools (or more!) that H are needed at your site---the node name tends to get stored all over the5 place, in layered products, and in local software..."    :-(   ( It would be nice to split it into parts:      o  what to do in any case  *    o  what to do if you are running DECnet  )    o  what to do if you are running TCPIP   9    o  what to do if SYSUAF.DAT etc are on the system disk   G In particular, in my case, where SYSUAF.DAT is not on the system disk,  . what, if anything, do I need to do instead of   G       Use the AUTHORIZE utility command RENAME/IDENTIFIER to rename the G       SYS$NODE_oldnodename rightslist identifier to match the new node  G       name. (Do not change the binary value of this identifier, and do  "       not delete the identifier.)   G The FAQ doesn't mention ALLOCLASS, for instance.  I think this part of  F the FAQ needs to be updated, ideally split up as above.  On the other H hand, I'm glad I took another look, since I would have forgotten that a 9 reboot is needed before updating the TCPIP configuration.    ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:07:25 GMT % From: "John Vottero" <John@mvpsi.com> ) Subject: Re: ports 135, 445, 139 and 1433 > Message-ID: <x%W2e.12958$ZB6.12502@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>  M "Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply" <helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de>  / wrote in message news:d2f6mf$1nb$3@online.de... G > In article <1112218707.e8996b3f597304b091b99982cec20659@teranews>, JF . > Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes: > 2 >> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:L >> > OK, but HOW does it "send" the log to a given address?  Does it connectD >> > to some port at that address and transfer the log to something  >> > listening >> > there?  >> >>H >> Syslog uses UDP. The router sends a packet to port 514 of whatever IP. >> address you told the router to send it too. >>K >> So if your have s syslog deamon/server on the machine, it listens to any F >> packet coming in to port 514 and logs it to disk (in the case fo Mr8 >> Vottero's package, you can also have it go to OPCOM). > - > Interesting.  Where can I get this package?  >    It's at:   http://vms.mvpsi.com/free.html   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:27:16 +0200 & From: "ste.kaze" <ste.kaze@wanadoo.fr>- Subject: Re: Restartable file transfer server 7 Message-ID: <424c32e7$0$25030$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr>   E "Phil" <philip.tregoning@gmail.com> a crit dans le message de news:  2 90ba3fc8.0503310511.1fc06802@posting.google.com... > Hello, > H > Are there any TCP/IP based restartable file transfer servers availableA > for VMS/Alpha?  The standard TCP/IP Services FTP server says it @ > doens't support the REST command (as seen by HELP /REMOTE when  > connected from an FTP client). > 5 > This is for a system running VMS 7.1-2 and UCX 4.2.  > 	 > Thanks,  > 	 >  Phil T   L FTSO, which is FTSV (file transfer spooler for Vms ...) using IP instead of  Decnet, should do it.   
 buy it at HP     ------------------------------    Date: 31 Mar 2005 12:25:11 -0600 From: briggs@encompasserve.org Subject: Re: TCPIP SHOW ROUTE 3 Message-ID: <YJ8RaCRAZY17@eisner.encompasserve.org>   N In article <opsoif5utdzgicya@hyrrokkin>, "Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> writes:J > The /24 CIDR block correpsonds to the mask you have.  The old mask would > have been a /29  > M > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:08:40 +0000 (UTC), Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES   3 > to reply <helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de> wrote:  >  >> TCPIP>  SHOW ROUTE  >>< >> AN    0.0.0.0                               192.168.1.2068 >> AH    127.0.0.1                             127.0.0.1< >> AH    192.168.1.0/24                        192.168.1.203< >> AH    192.168.1.203                         192.168.1.203 >>K >> All of these are clear except the third one.  I understand where the /24 @ >> comes from; I USED TO have a network mask of 255.255.255.248.  B 192.168.1.0/24 means that same thing as 192.168.1.0 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0  B A netmask of 255.255.255.248 would be indicated with a notation of 192.168.1.0/29  B The number following the slash is the number of leading 1's in the netmask.  G I first encountered this slash notation when dealing with IPv6, however D it is so useful and so terse that it has come into widespread use in the IPv4 world as well.    >> However, C >> I changed it to 255.255.255.0 in both the volatile and permanent H >> configuration (SET INTERFACE and SET CONFIGURATION INTERFACE).  AfterG >> that, there was an unplanned reboot due to a power failure.  The new K >> configuration came up properly (network mask 255.255.255.0 and broadcast > >> mask 192.168.1.255 for all the individual addresses and theI >> cluster-alias address.  So where does the /24 come from?  Is it stored K >> permanently somewhere?  (SHOW ROUTE/PERMANENT only has the equivalent of  >> the first line above.)   ; As above.  It comes from your netmask.  255.255.255.0 = /24   C >> I have now changed it from 192.168.1.0/24 to 192.168.1.0 and, as I >> expected, everything works fine.  Will it stay this way after a reboot H >> and/or restart of TCPIP?  Where was it stored during the last reboot?  @ Hmmm.  Do you have any idea what netmask is associated with thatC 192.168.1.0 route now that you've gotten rid of the slash notation?   C It seems plausible that you've turned it into a host route (netmask > 255.255.255.255) affecting only the single destination addressA 192.168.1.0 and that the remainder of your 192.168.1.x traffic is ' now being routed through 192.168.1.206.   6 IP networks tend to work surprisingly well in spite of misconfigurations like that.   	John Briggs   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:18:14 GMT % From: "John Vottero" <John@mvpsi.com> 4 Subject: Re: There is certainly opportunity in chaos= Message-ID: <G9X2e.12962$ZB6.7452@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>   6 "Bill Todd" <billtodd@metrocast.net> wrote in message 7 news:dsWdnatka6kHgdbfRVn-tg@metrocastcablevision.com...  > John Smith wrote:   >> norm.raphael@metso.com wrote: >>< >>>Not that I begrudge anyone anything, and I certainly wish< >>>Mr. Hurd all possible success, but it's still deja-vu all >>>over again. >>>  >>> = >>>"Hurd, however, will have significant incentive to turn HP ? >>>around. In addition to a base annual salary of $1.4 million, ? >>>he will be eligible for annual bonuses ranging from twice to ; >>>six times his salary and will also be granted options to > >>>purchase 700,000 shares of HP stock, according to documents> >>>filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday." >> >> >>I >> Did you read about his guaranteed 'golden parachute' - it's a thing of 
 >> beauty. > L > Indeed.  I guess I'm just not BoD material, because I've never managed to J > figure out why something more like a leaden parachute wouldn't be a far  > better performance motivator.   E Why would a great CEO leave a great company for low pay and a leaden  K parachute?  If Mr. Hurd is the person that can right the HP ship, then his  M compensation will be money well spent.   Sure, lots of people would take the  L job at minimum wage with a payoff only if they perform but, that's not what  the BOD was looking for.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.180 ************************