1 INFO-VAX	Thu, 16 Mar 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 150       Contents:? Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution? C Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution? C Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution? C Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution? C Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?  Re: DECterm performance  Re: GLIB and GTK for OpenVMS ? Re: hardware errors? Re: hardware errors? Re: hardware errors?* Re: Help needed with BA32 cooling problems* Re: Help needed with BA32 cooling problems1 Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets 1 Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets 1 Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets 1 Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets 1 Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets / Re: Intalation of OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1 question & Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing?* Re: Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing?* Re: Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing? Re: LSI Logic 6200U3LP-S? Re: Mysterious revision date changes caused by Advanced Server? A Re: USB on OpenVMS, IO$_DIAGNOSE APIs (was Re: Mtools for VMS (?)  Re: VMS Updates   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:29:01 GMT  From: d_gillbilly@hotmail.com H Subject: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?8 Message-ID: <8k3j12hosd4magp6bk1tgrb0bkfccpi8dq@4ax.com>   Hello fellow VMSer's,   =    I am currently developing a proof of concept for customer. ? Instead of printing a document, they want to email it. By using C a little DCL, lib$spawn, ghostscript, mime and sff, I can send out, A as PDF's, a very high percentage of my output. I can even extract @ setup files from POST.TLB, marry it with an ANSI data stream andA email single pages. But I can't seem to turn the page (it creates ? corrupted PDF's). It could be a problem with ghostscript or the > coding of the postscript in the library (but I think I'm doing< something to corrupt a dictionary stack when I marry the twoC data streams). Then it occurred to me that I'm trying to duplicate  B the functionality of DCPS, so instead of re-inventing yet another H wheel, I decided to see if I could capture the output from a DCPS queue.  +    Wiz 8780 says no, not yet (28-May-2003).      A    Reading the DCPS system manglers guide v2.5 (Nov 2005), I find G out that a temporary file can get created when spooling to a LPD queue. B I suspect that the temporary file would be postscript that I could use (in the short term).  C    Question: Has anyone actually tried to use these temporary files B for anything other than printing? I don't actually care if this isB supported as I expect to eventually get the postscript figured out= (everything after the PS generation is "use at your own risk" H already). I can charge out development costs if I can at least show thatC it works. The customer doesn't have to know that I cheated a little  for the demo :-)  B    I'm thinking that I could create a stopped LPD que (that points9 at nothing?) and dig my file out of DCPS$SPOOL_DIRECTORY.       Am I wasting my time?     @    Or should I concentrate on debugging mind numbing postscript?  !    Any comments would be welcome.      
    Thanks.  .    Just looking for a(nother) short term hack,       Duane        
 Alpha VMS 8.2  DCPS 2.5 HP TCP/IP V5.5 - ECO 1   Ask the Wizard 8780    The Question is:  G Is it possible to set up a DCPS queue so that the output goes to a disk $ file rather than a physical printer?    The Answer is :   H   This print-to-file capability is being considered for a future release
   of DCPS.   D   That said, there are customized OpenVMS print symbionts that allowG   print-to-file capabilities available.  Related topics include (4453),    (5272), and (6477).    >   Depending on the particular data formats involved, file data' conversion tools can also be available.      * DCPS system manglers guide v2.5 (Nov 2005)  & 3.5.5 Enabling Spooling for LPD Queues  H Remote LPD queues, and some LPD printers, require the size of the job toH be known before the job is sent. DCPS can produce a temporary spool file so the size can be determined.     ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:03:15 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> L Subject: Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?, Message-ID: <44199A4B.3A00A9F0@teksavvy.com>   d_gillbilly@hotmail.com wrote:D > data streams). Then it occurred to me that I'm trying to duplicateC > the functionality of DCPS, so instead of re-inventing yet another J > wheel, I decided to see if I could capture the output from a DCPS queue.  ( The output of DCPS is purposefully ugly.  # You can capture it with this trick:    $DEFINE/SYSTEM DCPS$TEST 1   stop the queue/next  start/queue    and  PRINT/PARA=DIAG=BOTH=FILE   E This creates 2 log files in your sys$login which contain the raw data @ sent to the printer and the raw data received from your printer.  B >    Or should I concentrate on debugging mind numbing postscript?    H If you are generating the postscript, DCPS will do very little to it. ItA will send a prologue to the printer to ask the printer's type and H current page count, then send your potscript unedited to the printer andF when that it done, the DCPS software sends more code to interrogate te? printer for its page count again. (just so that DCPS can wriote 4 accounting records with the number of pages printed)  F So DCPS would not be of help to you in this. And its ANSI-to-POSTCRIPTE logic is embedded into the symbiont and the resulting postscript code  sent to printer is very ugly.   D If you print the file to a postscript printer, does it print fine ?   < Have you considered getting the Adobe Acrobat PDF creator ?   E Finally, if your postscript is simple, and your VMS version is 7.2 or E earlier, you could use the CDA viewer since it can process postscript N level 1 files and if there are any errors, you get a window listing the error.  G Not sure about ghostscript, but with adobe, the "print" and "=" command C work well and display output as acrobat executes your postscript to > generate the PDF, so you can put lots of debugging statements.  D Another way is to use "copypage" inside a page you suspect of havingB problems. This allows you to eject a page as it is being built andM continue to build on it. So it gives you an idea of where the problem occurs.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:25:20 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> L Subject: Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?+ Message-ID: <44199F77.9EADAAC@teksavvy.com>    Paul Anderson wrote:E > This is still true.  Print-to-file is being considered for a future A > release.  It's closer than it used to be since we now, with LPD I > spooling, have the mechanism to make such a file.  The question now is, D > how should a user request this and what should the file be called?    @ CONVERT/DOC myfile.ansi/format=ANSI  myfile.ps/format=POSTSCRIPT  C The converters could make use of whatever shareable images and text C libraries you have for DCPS that help parse ansi input and generate  postscript output.  E And by taking this out of the print symbiont, it makes it much easier B for users to include this with command procedures and do some postB processing (such as feeling output to ghostscript) than if it goesH though the print symbiont that leaves stray files in a directory at some7 random time in the future when the symbiont gets to it.   B The DDIF converter architecture is something that should really beA leveraged on VMS. It can be called from DCL as well as a callable  interface from applications.   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:06:21 GMT * From: Paul Anderson <paul.anderson@hp.com>L Subject: Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?5 Message-ID: <160320061208098200%paul.anderson@hp.com>   8 In article <8k3j12hosd4magp6bk1tgrb0bkfccpi8dq@4ax.com>,  <d_gillbilly@hotmail.com> wrote:  D > Reading the DCPS system manglers guide v2.5 (Nov 2005), I find outG > that a temporary file can get created when spooling to a LPD queue. I F > suspect that the temporary file would be postscript that I could use > (in the short term).  
 ...snip...  D > I'm thinking that I could create a stopped LPD que (that points at8 > nothing?) and dig my file out of DCPS$SPOOL_DIRECTORY.  F A stopped LPD queue won't work because DCPS won't create the temporary file until the job is printing.   C You might get closer to what you want if you define the unsupported G logical name DCPS$SPOOL_KEEP.  This will keep the temporary file in the F DCPS spool directory after the job is done printing.  Now if you don'tG want the file to print, specify a remote queue instead of a printer and  don't start the remote queue.   I > Is it possible to set up a DCPS queue so that the output goes to a disk & > file rather than a physical printer? >    > The Answer is :  > J >   This print-to-file capability is being considered for a future release >   of DCPS.  C This is still true.  Print-to-file is being considered for a future ? release.  It's closer than it used to be since we now, with LPD G spooling, have the mechanism to make such a file.  The question now is, B how should a user request this and what should the file be called?   Paul   --    Paul Anderson   OpenVMS Engineering    Hewlett-Packard Company    ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:10:52 GMT  From: d_gillbilly@hotmail.com L Subject: Re: Can I use DCPS LPD temporary files as a print to file solution?8 Message-ID: <9u6j121i3binuegob1qs19cea4ut0aik5a@4ax.com>    Thanks JF for your quick reply.   , On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:03:15 -0500, JF Mezei% <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:    >d_gillbilly@hotmail.com wrote: E >> data streams). Then it occurred to me that I'm trying to duplicate D >> the functionality of DCPS, so instead of re-inventing yet anotherK >> wheel, I decided to see if I could capture the output from a DCPS queue.  > ) >The output of DCPS is purposefully ugly.  > $ >You can capture it with this trick: >  >$DEFINE/SYSTEM DCPS$TEST 1  >  >stop the queue/next >start/queue >  >and   >PRINT/PARA=DIAG=BOTH=FILE > F >This creates 2 log files in your sys$login which contain the raw dataA >sent to the printer and the raw data received from your printer.   < I will try this and see if I can use this in the short term.   > C >>    Or should I concentrate on debugging mind numbing postscript?  >  >    <snip>   > E >If you print the file to a postscript printer, does it print fine ?   >   @ The existing application works fine. I've botched up the PS when< I try to do a page turn. It's been 10 or more years since I B wrote an ansi forms to ps forms converter. I've forgotten a lot of PS since then.  = >Have you considered getting the Adobe Acrobat PDF creator ?   >   B Yes and no. It doesn't interface well with my VMS apps, but it may/ teach me how to imbed graphics in my forms. :-)   D I'm trying to add this feature to our existing print routine and I'mH almost there. My problem is that I started from the email side (learningF mime, sff, getting ghostscript working thinking that the PS side wouldF be trivial, after all, I already have a working print solution. Now, I just want to email it).   F >Finally, if your postscript is simple, and your VMS version is 7.2 orF >earlier, you could use the CDA viewer since it can process postscriptO >level 1 files and if there are any errors, you get a window listing the error.  >   G Too late for that (VMS 8.2), but the postscript is pretty simple. Lines C and labels. But it was written to be position independant so that I E could easily customize it. It's just a form that gives some structure F and meaning to the data. We generally only use this for their customerG facing output (like invoices, po's etc). Exactly the things my customer  wants to email.    > E >Another way is to use "copypage" inside a page you suspect of having C >problems. This allows you to eject a page as it is being built and N >continue to build on it. So it gives you an idea of where the problem occurs.   I've not used this before.    D After reviewing some of the LPD stuff, and considering what you haveC said about ugly generated postscript, it now seems having PS that I H understand (sort of) would be a more supportable (by me) solution. I canF easily capture my output before it gets to the printer, so I will haveG the PS source. If only DCPS printed to a file. It's already figured out  what I don't know.  E I've got a couple of more days before the meeting. As long as I don't - print a multipage invoice, I will be fine :-)   
 <wishlist> DCPS print to fileG supported MIME and SFF callable interfaces (my DCL feels like a kludge)   <dream on>   native VMS PDF support   </dream on> </wishlist>   1    Just checking to see if there is a better way,         Duane        ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:47:58 -0500 * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com>  Subject: Re: DECterm performance* Message-ID: <44195e7f@usenet01.boi.hp.com>  < "Chris Scheers" <chris@applied-synergy.com> wrote in message, news:4418A2AA.2070805@applied-synergy.com...   > C > As I understand it, the GPX was optimized for UWS and the SPX was  > optimized for DECwindows.  > D > The SPX board makes a huge difference for DECwindows applications. > E > I believe that the base 4000-60 video card is basically a SPX card.  >   H Worse, the GPX was actually designed for a fancy terminal that was neverL produced.  The GPX was used as the first color display for VWS and on Ultrix UWS and then X10.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:12:45 +0100 ' From: "Klaus-D. Bohn" <info@it-bcsb.de> ' Subject: Re: GLIB and GTK for OpenVMS ? 7 Message-ID: <44190ffa$0$11896$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de>   > Yes, i know. But i found only the old and not a newer version.  
         Klaus   F "Tapani Rundgren" <Tapani.Rundgren@treville.se> schrieb im Newsbeitrag< news:1142451005.287073.58930@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...  > Check out the work in progress5 > http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:22:10 -0500 & From: Thomas Wirt <twnews@kittles.com> Subject: Re: hardware errors? E Message-ID: <2412d$44197493$4367aba2$19578@msgid.meganewsservers.com>    Chris Sharman wrote:C > We've been suffering from apparent hardware errors for some time. B > Alpha DS20E VMS 7.3-1, internal scsi disk, external Raid RA3000. > J > Back in the summer, we had an aircon failure - the computer room got up H > to the middle 40s, and all the machines started to alarm/error. Don't ' > know whether this is relevant or not.  > J > A couple of weeks later, the DS20E's internal scsi disk (used solely as I > a scratch disk for spooling etc) suffered a mount-verify-timeout. PKA0  " > clocked errors at the same time. > K > The following day the system disk (a mirrored set inside the raid array)  G > errored. This was repeated some weeks later, and has been repeated a   > number of times since. > K > We've been spooling on the system disk for some months, since the second  H > time the internal disk went into mount-verify-timeout, it was failing J > irregularly (and needing reboot each time), and losing all our printers - > (with the spool disk) was just too painful.  > 3 > The offending disks have all been replaced twice. J > The RAID array has only once shown a fault light (on a different disk), F > and the virtual disk continued operating - the fault was apparently K > invisible to VMS, and the raid operated properly, allowing me to replace   > the physical disk. > F > These faults, on the other hand, appear to be invisible to the RAID  > array, only showing on VMS.  > F > The RA3000 has two cabinets, each with seven 18Gb disks (14 in all).J > Each disk is split into two 9Gb partitions (28) and mirrored, giving 14 > > * 9Gb mirrored sets. Each mirror straddles the two cabinets.H > Each pair of physical 18Gb disks makes a pair of mirrored 9Gb virtual  > disks.? > All the disks errors have been on DKA0 (internal) and DKB100. J > DKB101 (which relies on exactly the same hardware components) has never  > had a fault. > 7 > Our maintainer now wants to replace the raid cabinet. K > I'm inclined to think that's a waste of time, and they should be looking  . > at the DS20E motherboard, PCI, or SCSI card. > D > Is there anybody knowledgeable out there who can give an opinion ? > I > Here's a little of the logs from the last errors (if anyone would like  J > more, see http://services.ccagroup.co.uk/dkb100.zip - 3k, or ask me for  > older logs): > 
 > Many thanks  > Chris  > . > **** V3.4  ********************* ENTRY  109 " > ******************************** >  > . > Logging OS                        1. OpenVMS, > System Architecture               2. Alpha- > OS version                           V7.3-1 & > Event sequence number         24714.; > Timestamp of occurrence              14-MAR-2006 06:04:56 : > Time since reboot                    141 Day(s) 14:26:21, > Host name                            EQUUS > F > System Model                         COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 666 MH > 3 > Entry Type                        1. Device Error  >  >  > ---- Device Profile ----0 > Unit                                 $2$DKB100, > Product Name                         HSZ22- > Vendor                               COMPAQ  >  > -- Driver Supplied Info - + > Device Firmware Revision             D11W F > VMS SCSI Error Type               5. Extended Sense Data from Device% > SCSI ID                         x01 % > SCSI LUN                        x00 % > SCSI SUBLUN                     x00 D > Port Status               x00000001  NORMAL  -  normal successful  > completion6 > SCSI Command Opcode             x00  Test Unit Ready > Command Data% >                                 x00 % >                                 x00 % >                                 x00 % >                                 x00 % >                                 x00  > 6 > SCSI Status                     x02  Check Condition& > Remaining Byte Length            18. >  > --- Device Sense Data ---  > 4 > Error Code                      xF0  Current ErrorB >                                      Information Bytes are Valid% > Segment #                       x00 % > Information Byte 3              x00 % >             Byte 2              x00 % >             Byte 1              x00 % >             Byte 0              x00 5 > Sense Key                       x04  Hardware Error % > Additional Sense Length         x0A % > CMD Specific Info Byte 3        x00 % >                   Byte 2        x00 % >                   Byte 1        x00 % >                   Byte 0        x00 5 > ASC & ASCQ                    x40DD  ASC  =   x0040 5 >                                      ASCQ =   x00DD F >                                      Device Vendor Specific ASC/ASCQ4 >                                      unrecognized.% > FRU Code                        x00 ? > Sense Key Specific Byte 0       x00  Sense Key Data NOT Valid % >                    Byte 1       x00 % >                    Byte 2       x00  >  > ----- Software Info ----- 8 > UCB$x_ERTCNT                     16. Retries Remaining8 > UCB$x_ERTMAX                     16. Retries Allowable- > IRP$Q_IOSB                x0000000000000000 - > UCB$x_STS                 x18025910  Online + >                                      Busy 5 >                                      Software Valid 9 >                                      Unload At Dismount G >                                      "Mount Verification" In-Progress H >                                      Volume is Valid on the local nodeK >                                      Unit supports the Extended Function   > bit 6 > IRP$L_PID                 x810CB780  Requestor "PID"7 > IRP$x_BOFF                        0. Byte Page Offset ? > IRP$x_BCNT                        0. Transfer Size In Byte(s) 7 > UCB$x_ERRCNT                    131. Errors This Unit 6 > UCB$L_OPCNT               154735805. QIO's This Unit1 > ORB$L_OWNER               x00010004  Owners UIC ; > UCB$L_DEVCHAR1            x1C4D4008  Directory Structured 4 >                                      File Oriented/ >                                      Sharable 0 >                                      Available. >                                      Mounted4 >                                      Error Logging7 >                                      Capable of Input 8 >                                      Capable of Output4 >                                      Random AccessB I certainly do not claim to be a hardware expert, but I do have a I cabinet with HS40's and a cabinet with HSZ70's that seem similar to your  H config.  When I get errors like these, I don't worry about them as long F as everything is working fine.  I get 5 or 6 errors a week like this, I without ever having any tangible symptoms or hardware problems.  I would  H prefer a nice clean error log, but a few "Extended Sense" errors a week G   seems to be normal.  Sometimes you can see a pattern developing that  H could indicate that you have 1 or a few bad blocks that are in use on a F specific drive in a raid set.  As long as you are using redundancy in F your raid sets you will always be able to get your data and it should E not have any performance impact.  I would worry if I got 10 of these  I every day on the same volume, but again this could be caused by a single  H bad block.  Changing the disks should have fixed most bad block errors, G thought new ones can always appear at a very slow rate.  Personally, I  F would leave it alone as long as there are no symptoms and the rate is  less than 1 per disk per day.    --     Thomas Wirt  Operations Manager, IS Dept. Kittle's Home Furnishings  Indianapolis, IN   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:36:54 +0000 0 From: Chris Sharman <chris.sharman@sorry.nospam> Subject: Re: hardware errors? 4 Message-ID: <dvbt67$ep7$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>   Thomas Wirt wrote:D > I certainly do not claim to be a hardware expert, but I do have a K > cabinet with HS40's and a cabinet with HSZ70's that seem similar to your  J > config.  When I get errors like these, I don't worry about them as long H > as everything is working fine.  I get 5 or 6 errors a week like this, K > without ever having any tangible symptoms or hardware problems.  I would  J > prefer a nice clean error log, but a few "Extended Sense" errors a week H >  seems to be normal.  Sometimes you can see a pattern developing that J > could indicate that you have 1 or a few bad blocks that are in use on a H > specific drive in a raid set.  As long as you are using redundancy in H > your raid sets you will always be able to get your data and it should G > not have any performance impact.  I would worry if I got 10 of these  K > every day on the same volume, but again this could be caused by a single  J > bad block.  Changing the disks should have fixed most bad block errors, I > thought new ones can always appear at a very slow rate.  Personally, I  H > would leave it alone as long as there are no symptoms and the rate is  > less than 1 per disk per day.   % Interesting, and perhaps encouraging. F But my system has been nice and clean, for 5 years or so, and only in E the last few months has it started clocking errors -and it's not odd  H ones scattered around, but clumps of 50 or so at a time, once every 4-8 6 weeks or so, and always on the same virtual vms drive.  A Indeed, the errors would be ignoreable, if I were so inclined ...    Thanks Chris    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:46:10 -0000 * From: "Richard Brodie" <R.Brodie@rl.ac.uk> Subject: Re: hardware errors? 2 Message-ID: <dvbtnj$c4n$1@blackmamba.itd.rl.ac.uk>  > "Chris Sharman" <chris.sharman@sorry.nospam> wrote in message . news:dvbig2$56s$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...   > Full Description: 9 >   This is a drive detected condition that indicates the 7 >   device had a diagnostic failure while executing its = >   internal diagnostics. The specific nature of this failure 5 >   may be determined by the vendor unique ASCQ code.  >  >   ASCQ Code: xDD   ASC = x40, ASCQ = xDD is indeed & "Vendor specific diagnostic code xDD".  7 In the tiny footprint of CA, there obviously isn't room 9 to store things what the HSZ22 fault codes actually mean. > In my inexpert opinion, it certainly looks like the controller: itself is complaining, so the problem should be downstream	 of that.     ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:24:25 -0500 2 From: Bob Willard <BobwBSGS@TrashThis.comcast.net>3 Subject: Re: Help needed with BA32 cooling problems : Message-ID: <VIadnfAqOeVwxYTZnZ2dnUVZ_vydnZ2d@comcast.com>   Bob Armstrong wrote:  C >  BA32 - not BA23! The BA32 is the baby VAX BI chassis used in the  >8200/8250/8300/8350 systems.  > G >  I have an 8250 (it'd be an 8350 if I could find another CPU :-) that G >has some problem with the cooling.  The blower speed seems to vary all C >the time it's running, and it's constantly speeding up and slowing F >down. The system wil run for about an hour and then trips itself off,2 >presumably either because of airflow or overtemp. > C >  Can anybody tell me if the blower speed is supposed to vary like C >that? Does anybody have any maintenance prints for the BA32 blower > >control? Anybody got any spare parts they're willing to sell? > H >  I spent a long time putting it back together after it'd been strippedE >by a scrap yard, and I've actually got it to the point where it will E >boot VMS now, so I'd really like to fix this last problem.  Besides, F >it's a really cute little system - I believe it's the smallest VAX BI >box around. >  >Thanks, >Bob Armstrong >  >    > E I am fairly sure that the blower in the BA32 is not variable speed -- B it just runs straight off the +24V from the power supply.  So, theB variation in blower speed sounds wrong.  Can you actually feel the: air flow changing with your hand behind the exhaust vents?  D There is an airflow sensor in the BA32 located somewhere between theG "middle" BI card cage and the power supply.  If it senses low air flow, E it will trip the AC circuit breaker.  {From the front, the system has B a RX50 on the right, a BIcage in the middle, and another BIcage onD the left; since the middle BIcage is the only constant on all models7 of the BA32, I'm sure the airflow sensor is behind it.}   C According to the BI Options Handbook -- "The BA32 has three thermal D sensors, one on each power supply module.  One sensor turns off +5V,F +/-15V, and +/-12V channels.  The other two cause the AC breaker to beF tripped."  {The BA32 has two PS modules, a H7251 and a H7253.  I don'tG recall if one of those modules has two thermal sensors, or if the third F sensor is somewhere else in the BA32.}  So -- does the breaker (on theE back of the BA32 get tripped, or does the system merely shut down due  to +5V shutting down?   C By the way, you won't be able to run the system with the BA32's top E cover removed, since that is needed to properly channel air flow.  If E you want to look at or poke at something in the BA32 while the system H is running, replace the metal cover with a couple of pieces of cardboard! to maintain most of the air flow.   G And, if you can find one, you will certainly be interested in the VAXBI D Options Handbook (EB-32255-46); or, the earlier and skimpier versionE (EB-29228-46).  And no, you cannot have my one and only copy; and no, @ I cannot scan it because that would break the paperback binding.  
 Good luck.   --   Cheers, Bob    ------------------------------    Date: 16 Mar 2006 04:55:58 -0800$ From: "Bob Armstrong" <bob@jfcl.com>3 Subject: Re: Help needed with BA32 cooling problems B Message-ID: <1142513758.063945.56400@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>  | >So -- does the breaker (on the back of the BA32 get tripped, or does the system >merely shut down due to +5V shutting down?     The breaker trips.  D >By the way, you won't be able to run the system with the BA32's topB >cover removed, since that is needed to properly channel air flow.  E   Yep, I found that out right away :-)  Actually, mine at least won't A run without both the top and bottom covers in place - it's really ; annoying.  How did field service ever work on one of these?   F >I am fairly sure that the blower in the BA32 is not variable speed --C >it just runs straight off the +24V from the power supply.  So, the C >variation in blower speed sounds wrong.  Can you actually feel the ; >air flow changing with your hand behind the exhaust vents?   <   Yes, you can easily feel the airflow changing - it's quiteE pronounced.  Sounds like either my blower motor is failing or the 24V  supply has a problem.    Bob    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:08:03 -0500  From: "Jilly" <jilly@hp.com>: Subject: Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets* Message-ID: <44196334@usenet01.boi.hp.com>  C Lets say you have a 3 member bound volume set that you have done a  K BACKUP/IMAGE to a tape saveset, to restore that saveset you need to do the  	 following    $ MOUNT/FOR disk1  $ MOUNT/FOR disk2  $ MOUNT/FOR disk3 - $ BACKUP/IMAGE tape:saveset disk1,disk2,disk3   J One of the limitations of a bound volume set is that when you go to do an L image restore you must have the same number of disks as were present in the ' volume when the image saveset was made.   H In order to restore a saveset from an image save of a bound volume to a K bound volume with a different number of disks than the original volume you  , have to do a non-image file by file restore.   Jilly   6 "Jeff Cameron" <roktsci@comcast.net> wrote in message * news:C03CC0FF.1D414%roktsci@comcast.net...K >I have a customer who is having troubles performing image backups of bound D > volume sets then restoring. I do not have sufficient free disks toJ > experiment on my system, and the VMS documentation only describes how toI > mount bound volume sets. We cannot seem to locate information on how to * > restore bound sets from an image backup. > J > When we do the image backup of a bound volume set it seems to work fine,H > however when we attempt to do an image restore it gives us "Device not > mounted" error messages. > L > Do we have to do image backups of each constituent volume and restore them > individually?  > / > Can someone briefly outline the proper steps.  >  > Thank you in advance.  > Jeff Cameron >    ------------------------------    Date: 16 Mar 2006 05:40:26 -0800$ From: "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com>: Subject: Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume setsC Message-ID: <1142516426.162743.193000@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>    Jilly wrote:D > Lets say you have a 3 member bound volume set that you have done aL > BACKUP/IMAGE to a tape saveset, to restore that saveset you need to do the > following  >  > $ MOUNT/FOR disk1  > $ MOUNT/FOR disk2  > $ MOUNT/FOR disk3 / > $ BACKUP/IMAGE tape:saveset disk1,disk2,disk3  > K > One of the limitations of a bound volume set is that when you go to do an M > image restore you must have the same number of disks as were present in the ) > volume when the image saveset was made.  > I > In order to restore a saveset from an image save of a bound volume to a L > bound volume with a different number of disks than the original volume you. > have to do a non-image file by file restore. >  > Jilly  >   G Well, that's certainly true if you try to restore to *fewer* disks, but C what if you have *more* disks? My guess is that either BACKUP/IMAGE D would still work *or* you could use BACKUP/IMAGE/VOLUME. What is the answer?    [...]    ------------------------------    Date: 16 Mar 2006 05:53:15 -0800$ From: "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com>: Subject: Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume setsC Message-ID: <1142517195.161246.221420@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>   
 AEF wrote: > Jilly wrote:F > > Lets say you have a 3 member bound volume set that you have done aN > > BACKUP/IMAGE to a tape saveset, to restore that saveset you need to do the
 > > following  > >  > > $ MOUNT/FOR disk1  > > $ MOUNT/FOR disk2  > > $ MOUNT/FOR disk3 1 > > $ BACKUP/IMAGE tape:saveset disk1,disk2,disk3  > > M > > One of the limitations of a bound volume set is that when you go to do an O > > image restore you must have the same number of disks as were present in the + > > volume when the image saveset was made.  > > K > > In order to restore a saveset from an image save of a bound volume to a N > > bound volume with a different number of disks than the original volume you0 > > have to do a non-image file by file restore. > > 	 > > Jilly  > >  > I > Well, that's certainly true if you try to restore to *fewer* disks, but E > what if you have *more* disks? My guess is that either BACKUP/IMAGE F > would still work *or* you could use BACKUP/IMAGE/VOLUME. What is the	 > answer?   D On second thought, you could just restore to the same number of disk> and then add another disk to the volume set after the restore.   Never mind. :-)    > [...]    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:41:51 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> : Subject: Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets, Message-ID: <44199548.FFE11E85@teksavvy.com>   Jilly wrote:I > In order to restore a saveset from an image save of a bound volume to a L > bound volume with a different number of disks than the original volume you. > have to do a non-image file by file restore.   Must it really be that way ?  E Lets say your saveset represents a snapshot of a 3 disk bound volume. F You'll have volume numbers 0 1 and 2 with files evenly spread amonsgst the 3 volumes.  B If you were to image restore to a 5 disk volume, wouldn't it work,G except that the files only only go on volumes 0 1 and 2 and the other 2 7 disks remain empty until you start creating new files ?   G Or would the disk structure of volume 0 be populated by BACKUP based on C the save set attributes and allow for only 3 disks in that volume ?    ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:10:45 GMT # From: hoff@hp.nospam (Hoff Hoffman) : Subject: Re: Image Backup and Restore of Bound Volume sets2 Message-ID: <VKiSf.4795$iy6.4195@news.cpqcorp.net>  j In article <1142516426.162743.193000@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>, "AEF" <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> writes:   ..H :Well, that's certainly true if you try to restore to *fewer* disks, butD :what if you have *more* disks? My guess is that either BACKUP/IMAGEE :would still work *or* you could use BACKUP/IMAGE/VOLUME. What is the  :answer?  G   I almost always prefer to restore to fewer volumes, and preferably to    one (larger) volume.  F   If I need larger spindles, I either look to acquire them -- a numberF   of folks are using volume sets with 4 and 8 GB disks -- or I look to4   use host-based or controller-based RAID solutions.  C   Yep, you inferred correctly: I prefer to avoid bound-volume sets.     N  ---------------------------- #include <rtfaq.h> -----------------------------K     For additional, please see the OpenVMS FAQ -- www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq N  --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------G        Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman   OpenVMS Engineering   hoff[\0100]hp.com    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:43:30 +0000 0 From: Chris Sharman <chris.sharman@sorry.nospam>8 Subject: Re: Intalation of OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1 question4 Message-ID: <dvc4jk$oh6$1$830fa795@news.demon.co.uk>   Paco Alguacil wrote:! > Hi to all, Im new in this group  > N > I have a question. I have installed VMS on an AlphaServer DS20 in a  9Gb HD,E > I have made the instalation default, and I added decnet phase V, C, I > fortran, ada and mozilla and I noticed that the disk is almost full. Is E > this normal? I think the OS and utilities must fit in 2Gb. Im doing ) > something wrong (problably)? Any ideas?   . Take a look at the page, swap, and dump files.9 You can use compressed dumps, etc to minimize dump space. I You can move page & swap files off the system disk (can help performance   too).    If they're not the culprits...  F Install DFU off the freeware disk - this is a great tool, and enables C you to quickly search for large files, files (logs) with excessive   numbers of versions, etc.   F You're right - you've lost a lot of space to something. 2Gb should be  enough.    Chris    ------------------------------    Date: 16 Mar 2006 07:21:46 -0800" From: dave.baxter@bannerhealth.com/ Subject: Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing? B Message-ID: <1142522506.204390.77390@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>  A     I apologise for the simplicity of this question, however I am D looking for a fairly quick response and this is usually the place to get it.   D     I recently (Tuesday) brought a new GS1280 into my Non-ProductionA Cluster.    I reconfigured the TCPIP software {TCPIP Services for A OpenVMS, Version 5.4, ECO5 (including the "5+8" patch kit)}, i.e. D defined new interface etc.   And at the time all seemed OK,  I could- Telnet In and Out, and ping other systems OK.   ;    I have now noticed that MY NIC is only set to 100Mb/sec, @ Half-Duplex, while I know the network switch is set to 100Mb/secE Full-Duplex, with Auto Negotiate turned OFF.    All of my other nodes 7 are set to Full-Duplex.       I suspect this new NIC is E Auto-Negotiating and getting the correct speed but that the duplex is  defaulting to "half".   G    I know I can execute a "set device /speed=100/Full_Duplex/NoAuto" on 1 this device in LANCP, however my real question is   D "Will this change take place 'dynamically', and without affecting my users ????"    thanks   Dave.    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:03:41 -0500 . From: "Carl Friedberg" <frida.fried@gmail.com>3 Subject: Re: Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing? I Message-ID: <890539d90603160803t4cbf9a07j6cb8dadce9fe198e@mail.gmail.com>    Dave,   ; On 16 Mar 2006 07:21:46 -0800, dave.baxter@bannerhealth.com % <dave.baxter@bannerhealth.com> wrote:  > = >    I have now noticed that MY NIC is only set to 100Mb/sec,   @ Is there a console variable like EIA0_MODE? Is it set to FastFD?  B > Half-Duplex, while I know the network switch is set to 100Mb/secG > Full-Duplex, with Auto Negotiate turned OFF.    All of my other nodes 9 > are set to Full-Duplex.       I suspect this new NIC is G > Auto-Negotiating and getting the correct speed but that the duplex is  > defaulting to "half".  > K >    I know I can execute a "set device /speed=3D100/Full_Duplex/NoAuto" on 3 > this device in LANCP, however my real question is  > F > "Will this change take place 'dynamically', and without affecting my
 > users ????"   ! Users???? You care about users???   L Any user connecting  with TCP/IP (e.g. Telnet, LAT, X/Motif/DecWindows, mig= htD be kicked off when the network interface gets reset. The best way to find out is 	 to do it.   > When the interface is set to auto-configure, the specification requires that, if there F is a fixed speed at the other end, the interface must confugure itself to half-duplex.   D This means you will get a lot of errors, since one end is using full duplex, but the F other end is using half duplex. The only way to fix this is to set the NIC to full duplex, C 100 mbps, and for that, you need to use LANCP. Of course, you might  also be able? to set it at the console. So one way to do this is to crash the  system, and then youE will be able to fix both the console variable and the LANCP setting .   L Seriously, I think you should find a time when the system is quiet, and iss= ueK the LANCP SET DEVICE command, warning users they might lose their sessions.   L While this situation is not unusual, you should fix it up as soon as you ca= n. I@ believe the downside is mostly lots of error and lost bandwidth.  6 Non Production cluster? does that mean only developers   Carl Friedberg   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:33:21 -0500 & From: Thomas Wirt <twnews@kittles.com>3 Subject: Re: Is setting NIC duplex a dynamic thing? E Message-ID: <b47d0$44199354$4367aba2$21269@msgid.meganewsservers.com>   # dave.baxter@bannerhealth.com wrote:   C >     I apologise for the simplicity of this question, however I am F > looking for a fairly quick response and this is usually the place to	 > get it.  > F >     I recently (Tuesday) brought a new GS1280 into my Non-ProductionC > Cluster.    I reconfigured the TCPIP software {TCPIP Services for C > OpenVMS, Version 5.4, ECO5 (including the "5+8" patch kit)}, i.e. F > defined new interface etc.   And at the time all seemed OK,  I could/ > Telnet In and Out, and ping other systems OK.  > = >    I have now noticed that MY NIC is only set to 100Mb/sec, B > Half-Duplex, while I know the network switch is set to 100Mb/secG > Full-Duplex, with Auto Negotiate turned OFF.    All of my other nodes 9 > are set to Full-Duplex.       I suspect this new NIC is G > Auto-Negotiating and getting the correct speed but that the duplex is  > defaulting to "half".  > I >    I know I can execute a "set device /speed=100/Full_Duplex/NoAuto" on 3 > this device in LANCP, however my real question is  > F > "Will this change take place 'dynamically', and without affecting my
 > users ????"  >  > thanks >  > Dave.  > G It will take effect immediately, but you will probably disconnect some  I or all of your telnet and like sessions.  I can not remember if LAT does  D any better at hanging on in situations like this.  Also, if you are @ connecting to a managed switch, then you may have SPANNING TREE G protection on for that port.  If you do, then it will probably take at  L least 30 seconds after your change before the connection will be live again.  F Give the LANCP command, but do it when things are as quiet as you can 	 get them.    --     Thomas Wirt  Operations Manager, IS Dept. Kittle's Home Furnishings  Indianapolis, IN   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:23:33 +0100 + From: Marc Schlensog <fishtank.spam@web.de> ! Subject: Re: LSI Logic 6200U3LP-S : Message-ID: <20060316142333.41b6271d.fishtank.spam@web.de>   On 15 Mar 2006 15:07:42 -0600 5 kuhrt.nospammy@encompasserve.org (Marty Kuhrt) wrote:   ? > I found a LSI Logic PCI U3 SCSI card, part number 6200U3LP-S. > > Any chance of this working in an Alpha system like a DS10 or	 > a 500a?   = I don't think so. That -S is a hint that it's the version for G Sparc/Solaris, which has, IIRC, a firmware different from the x86/Alpha  model.   Regards,   Marc   ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:29:50 -0600 8 From: Carl Karcher <karcher.nomorespam@waisman.wisc.edu>H Subject: Re: Mysterious revision date changes caused by Advanced Server?- Message-ID: <dvc7ae$33o$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>    d_gillbilly@hotmail.com wrote: ... @ >    These header updates do correspond to files with suppressedJ > PATHWORKS ACE's. If AS wants to set an ACE, I get a header update on theH > file. I can understand this. But why only selected files. And how do II > get this behavious to stop. I have entire shares without any suppressed H > ACE's, and other shares that I can't seem to make the suppressed ACE'sI > go away. Also, if I rename the file, it MAY stop fiddling with the ACE. H > I'm still at the consistantly inconsistant stage looking for THE clue.  A Have a look at the STORE_SECURITY_ACES parameter setting (in the   "registry"). See:   B http://h71000.www7.hp.com/DOC/73final/6556/6556pro_010.html#fixace   --   --G -- Carl Karcher, Waisman Computing Services, Waisman Center, UW-Madison 8 --                   karcher.dontspamme@waisman.wisc.edu   ------------------------------  # Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:58:21 GMT , From: Hoff Hoffman <hoff-remove-this@hp.com>J Subject: Re: USB on OpenVMS, IO$_DIAGNOSE APIs (was Re: Mtools for VMS (?)1 Message-ID: <xWfSf.4781$0A6.671@news.cpqcorp.net>     VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:W > In article <441858C1.3E63E621@hp.com>, Forrest Kenney <Forrest.Kenney@hp.com> writes:  >> >>A >> 	I give Steve Hoffman drops of new DNDRIVER every now and then G >> and when he gets a chance he puts them onthe freeware site.  Having  J >> said that what is on the freeware site is generally a good ways behind J >> the latest driver.  I am still trying hard to make sure that the driverJ >> can be built and work on every version that supports USB.  But that is H >> getting harder and harder to do all the time.  If you need something I >> that is not in the driver on the freeware site contact me directly and J >> I will see about getting you an image.  No promises if I have code that' >> will help I will try and release it.  >> >> Forrest Kenney  >> OpenVMS group > I > What version of the DNDRIVER do I need so that I can plug something USB , > into the itanium box without crashing VMS?      .    The following is the response from Forrest:      Q >         Just plugging something into the USB should not crash the system.  That O > is true all the way back to V7.3.  If you have a USB mass storage device that M > crashes the system what is it and can we have a dump.  If no one reports it  > thenM > it will never get fixed.  Having said that I know that the DNDRIVER in V8.2  > and O > V8.2-1 is fairly easy to break.  Which is why it was latent in those releases L > but I am more than happy to look at dumps.  When V8.3 comes out the driver > shouldM > be more robust.  That is not to say I don't expect someone to find a way to  > makeO > it fail.  There are way more devices than I have time or money to buy that do  > strange and wonderful things.  > Q >         Also for V8.3 USB disks are only supported officially for installation. P > using it as your system disk is not supported.  At the present time we have no% > plans on removing that restriction.  > Q >         I have cranked out custom release for 8.2 and 8.2-1.  For 8.3 I will be M > more reluctant to crank out custom versions.  Fixes for that release once a  > fix D > has been tested it will go out through the normal patch mechanism. >  > 	 > Forrest  > OpenVMS group  >    ------------------------------  % Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:58:25 -0700  From: Kevin Handy <kth@srv.net>  Subject: Re: VMS Updates2 Message-ID: <1142531089_8589@sp6iad.superfeed.net>   dan.ryan@cgha.com wrote:  H > I know Microsoft had it where if there was an update, especially if itI > was critical or serious, they would send out an email.  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